Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Thu, 04 Jul 2024 20:46:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/ 32 32 California Baptists cut staff, citing decline in Cooperative Program Giving https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/california-baptists-cut-staff-citing-decline-in-cooperative-program-giving/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/california-baptists-cut-staff-citing-decline-in-cooperative-program-giving/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 21:30:12 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156203 (RNS) — Overall giving to the SBC’s national funding program is down about 2%.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/california-baptists-cut-staff-citing-decline-in-cooperative-program-giving/feed/ 0 The Americans with Disabilities Act is still doing its work. Churches should join in. https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/the-americans-with-disabilities-act-did-not-make-america-inclusive-it-made-an-inclusive-america-possible/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/the-americans-with-disabilities-act-did-not-make-america-inclusive-it-made-an-inclusive-america-possible/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 21:18:51 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156171 (RNS) — A church that includes people with disabilities is a more radiant church.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/the-americans-with-disabilities-act-did-not-make-america-inclusive-it-made-an-inclusive-america-possible/feed/ 0 The Episcopal Church revises clergy misconduct protocols for fairness, transparency https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/the-episcopal-church-revises-clergy-misconduct-protocols-for-fairness-transparency/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/the-episcopal-church-revises-clergy-misconduct-protocols-for-fairness-transparency/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 20:19:11 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156109 (RNS) — The changes come as the denomination prepares to welcome a new presiding bishop with a history of bringing abuse to light.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/the-episcopal-church-revises-clergy-misconduct-protocols-for-fairness-transparency/feed/ 0 Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/pakistani-court-sentences-christian-man-to-death-for-posting-hateful-content-against-muslims/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/pakistani-court-sentences-christian-man-to-death-for-posting-hateful-content-against-muslims/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:54:18 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156063&preview=true&preview_id=4156063 MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — In August 2023, groups of Muslim men burned dozens of homes and churches after some residents claimed they saw two Christian men tearing out pages from Islam's holy book, the Quran.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/pakistani-court-sentences-christian-man-to-death-for-posting-hateful-content-against-muslims/feed/ 0 Supreme Court of Oklahoma says no to Catholic charter school, but this may not be the end of the boundary-pushing saga https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/supreme-court-of-oklahoma-says-no-to-catholic-charter-school-but-this-may-not-be-the-end-of-the-boundary-pushing-saga/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/supreme-court-of-oklahoma-says-no-to-catholic-charter-school-but-this-may-not-be-the-end-of-the-boundary-pushing-saga/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:46:40 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156090&preview=true&preview_id=4156090 (The Conversation) — Officials have vowed to keep fighting for permission to open the school as a charter – which would be a controversial first for the country.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/supreme-court-of-oklahoma-says-no-to-catholic-charter-school-but-this-may-not-be-the-end-of-the-boundary-pushing-saga/feed/ 0 Why Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it back https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/why-nepal-had-a-religious-monarchy-%e2%88%92-and-why-some-people-want-it-back/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/why-nepal-had-a-religious-monarchy-%e2%88%92-and-why-some-people-want-it-back/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:42:51 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156092&preview=true&preview_id=4156092 (The Conversation) — Many in Nepal are protesting to bring back the Hindu monarchy, which was dissolved in 2008. A scholar of South Asian religions explains what’s behind these protests.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/why-nepal-had-a-religious-monarchy-%e2%88%92-and-why-some-people-want-it-back/feed/ 0 Judge rules against Texas Attorney General Paxton in campaign against migrant shelters https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/judge-rules-against-texas-attorney-general-paxton-in-campaign-against-migrant-shelters/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/judge-rules-against-texas-attorney-general-paxton-in-campaign-against-migrant-shelters/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:35:58 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156116 (RNS) — ‘The record before this Court makes clear that the Texas Attorney General’s use of the request to examine documents from Annunciation House was a pretext to justify its harassment of Annunciation House employees and the persons seeking refuge,’ Judge Francisco Dominguez wrote.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/judge-rules-against-texas-attorney-general-paxton-in-campaign-against-migrant-shelters/feed/ 0 For Israel’s Reform Jews, no need to follow US peers in ordaining rabbis in interfaith marriages https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/reform-movement/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/reform-movement/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:39:37 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155986 JERUSALEM (RNS) — 'In America there is a high rate of interfaith marriages. Here, that issue is irrelevant to us,' said Nachman Shai, dean of the HUC-JIR Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/reform-movement/feed/ 0 Lawsuits challenging abortion bans on religious freedom grounds falter https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/lawsuits-challenging-abortion-bans-on-religious-freedom-grounds-falter/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/lawsuits-challenging-abortion-bans-on-religious-freedom-grounds-falter/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:46:06 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156010 (RNS) — Advocates argue the legal strategy that abortion bans violate religious freedom are not yet dead. In both the Missouri and Kentucky cases, appeals are planned.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/lawsuits-challenging-abortion-bans-on-religious-freedom-grounds-falter/feed/ 0 Christian groups announce merger to “help shape future” of U.S. politics as elections loom https://religionnews.com/2024/07/03/christian-groups-announce-merger-to-help-shape-future-of-u-s-politics-as-elections-loom/ Wed, 03 Jul 2024 14:29:57 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155961&preview=true&preview_id=4155961 I AM PR

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