Religion and Faith

December 10, 2020 5:59 PM

In new picture book, family adds a 'ninth night of Hanukkah'

In Erica Perl's new children's book, a family's box of Hanukkah items are misplaced during a move. Their neighbors help them to make their holiday a success — so they add a ninth night to thank them.

by Ari Shapiro and Sam Gringlas

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December 10, 2020 10:12 AM

Supreme Court says Muslim men can sue FBI agents in no-fly list case

The case – Tanzin v Tanvir — involved three Muslim men who said their religious-freedom rights were violated when FBI agents tried to use the no-fly list to force them into becoming informants.

by Krishnadev Calamur and Nina Totenberg

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December 9, 2020 4:00 AM

Murdock votes to allow whites-only group to use former church

The Asatru Folk Assembly bought an abandoned Lutheran church in the Swift County town of Murdock, with plans to make it a place for worship and celebration. But some residents have voiced opposition due to the AFA’s pro-white beliefs.

by Kirsti Marohn

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November 28, 2020 8:34 AM

Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights

Among Biden’s plans: Lifting the Trump administration’s near-total ban on military service for transgender people, barring federal contractors from anti-LGBTQ job discrimination, and creating high-level LGBTQ-rights positions in the federal government.

by The Associated Press

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November 27, 2020 10:50 AM

Guard chaplains reflect on Floyd protests, lessons learned

After being deployed to the Minnesota streets during demonstrations over racial injustice, chaplains of the state's National Guard are praying for peace but also readying for whenever their next domestic callup may come.

by The Associated Press

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November 23, 2020 9:19 AM

Pope Francis' book explores George Floyd, virus skeptics

In a new book “Let Us Dream,” Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the U.S. police killing of George Floyd and is blasting COVID-19 skeptics and the media that spread their conspiracies.

by The Associated Press

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November 10, 2020 7:30 AM

Vatican faults many for McCarrick's rise, spares Francis

A Vatican investigation into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has found that a series of bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed reports that he slept with seminarians, and determined that Pope Francis merely continued his predecessors' naive handling of the predator until a former altar boy alleged abuse.

by The Associated Press

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November 6, 2020 10:48 AM

Survey: Trump wins white evangelicals, Catholics split

President Donald Trump won support from about 8 in 10 white evangelical Protestant voters in his race for reelection. That's according to the AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 110,000 voters nationwide.

by The Associated Press

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November 4, 2020 7:24 AM

Faith, LGBTQ rights collide at Supreme Court

At issue in the case is the rights of a city to enforce its anti-discrimination policies in contracting against the rights of religious groups.

by Nina Totenberg

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October 29, 2020 7:14 AM

French prosecutor: Nice killer Tunisian, entered from Italy

France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor says the man who killed three in a Nice church was a Tunisian who entered France from Italy. It was the third attack in two months in France that authorities have attributed to Muslim extremists, including the beheading of a teacher.

by The Associated Press

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