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News Articles: Religion

Swastika Mountain, located in a remote part of the Umpqua National Forest outside Eugene, Ore., has officially been renamed Mount Halo after a local indigenous leader.

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  • Politics

Swastika Mountain is renamed Mount Halo in honor of a historical tribal leader

The mountain in Oregon and a nearby town, no longer in existence, were named Swastika more than 100 years ago after a local ranch that bore the same name.

May 09, 2023
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  • Dustin Jones
"The rural South is deeply beautiful and complex and contradictory," says Jones. "I really want [people] to know the rural South has something to say."

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  • Arts & Life

Durand Jones pens a love letter to being Black, queer and from the rural South

'Wait Til I Get Over,' an homage to Jones' hometown of Hillaryville, Louisiana, paints a deeply nuanced portrait of Jones and of the Southern customs that raised him.

May 08, 2023
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: In conversation with Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams on God, faith and prayer

Today on Political Rewind: As part of our conversations with Georgia's thought leaders, host Bill Nigut speaks to former Presbyterian pastor and faith leader Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams.

May 04, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut and
  • Chase McGee
Pope Francis is greeted by Hungary President Katalin Novak during the farewell ceremony at the Budapest International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday.

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  • World

Pope Francis says he is open to helping return Ukrainian children taken to Russia

Speaking from the papal plane, Francis said he would be willing to help facilitate the return of children taken to Russia since the war began. And he revealed a secret peace "mission" was under way.

April 30, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Rabbi Harold Kushner, seen here on July 10, 2008, had a way with words that resonated with readers across the world and across religions.

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  • Obituaries

Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of 'When Bad Things Happen to Good People,' dies at 88

Kushner, whose words provided solace to millions of readers about life's most difficult questions, died on Friday while in hospice care in Canton, Mass.

April 29, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, on Wednesday.

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  • Religion

In a historic shift, Pope Francis allows women to vote at bishops' meetings

Catholic women's groups that have long criticized the Vatican for treating women as second-class citizens immediately praised the move as historic in the 2,000-year life of the church.

April 26, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Police and local residents load the exhumed bodies of victims of a religious cult into the back of a truck in the village of Shakahola, near the coastal city of Malindi, in southeastern Kenya on Sunday.

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  • Africa

39 bodies were found in the investigation of a cult in Kenya

The bodies were found on land owned by a pastor in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death.

April 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Global Health

How do you stay optimistic in spite of it all? 6 hopeful souls share their secrets

They're activist and advocates from Brazil, Colombia, India, Kenya, Lesotho and the U.S. We wanted to know: How do they stay positive in the face of the world's many problems and woes?

April 21, 2023
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  • Ari Daniel
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Charles Stanley, whose Christian broadcasts spanned the world, dies at 90

His "In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley," a Christian teaching program, first aired on the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1978. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta for 50 years.

April 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Charles Stanley was senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta from 1971 to 2020.

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  • News

Charles Stanley, longtime pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta, dies at 90

Charles Stanley, the longtime and influential pastor of Dunwoody-based First Baptist Church of Atlanta, died Tuesday at age 90.

April 19, 2023
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  • Dyana Bagby

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  • Law

Supreme Court conservatives seem divided in major religion case

The justices heard arguments Tuesday in a case about how far employers must go to accommodate the religious views of their employees.

April 18, 2023
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  • Nina Totenberg

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  • Law

Who bears the burden, and how much, when religious employees refuse Sabbath work?

The Supreme Court hears arguments in an important case that pits religious employees against others who have to pick up the slack on Sundays.

April 18, 2023
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  • Nina Totenberg
The Dalai Lama, pictured here at a prayer ceremony in McLeod Ganj last week, has come under fire for visibly kissing a young boy on the lips in a video that's been viewed millions of times.

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  • World

The Dalai Lama apologizes for asking a young boy to suck his tongue

The 87-year-old Buddhist high priest says he "regrets" kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to "suck my tongue." A video capturing the incident went viral on social media, sparking outrage.

April 10, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
Extra security could be seen outside Omar Mosque on Sunday afternoon after an imam was stabbed there earlier in the day.

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  • Religion

A New Jersey imam was stabbed during prayer, with the attacker subdued by congregants

An imam in the city of Paterson was stabbed while leading his congregation in prayer on Sunday. When police arrived, the attacker was already apprehended by congregants.

April 10, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Pope Francis bestows the plenary 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central lodge of the St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican at the end of 2023'S Easter Sunday mass.

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  • Europe

In the pope's Easter address, a call to pray for Ukrainians, Russians and refugees

Pope Francis, along with dozens of prelates and tens of thousands of faithful, celebrated Easter Mass in a flower-adorned St. Peter's Square.

April 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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