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News Articles: Religion

Kerry (left) and Heather tour the temple during a rare time when it's open to the public.

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For Heather and Kerry, their tour through a Mormon temple is a bittersweet experience

For Kerry Pray and her wife, Heather, touring a Latter-day Saint temple is a cathartic, eye-opening and emotional experience.

May 25, 2022
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  • Lee Hale
A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday. Top administrative leaders for the SBC said that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse.

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  • Religion

Southern Baptist leaders plan to release a secret list of accused sex abusers

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention said they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse.

May 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
In this screenshot from a Facebook Live video of the church service by Maisey Cook, a woman takes the stage at New Life Christian Church and World Outreach in Warsaw, Ind. with her husband to tell her story of how Pastor John Lowe II had sex with her she was 16 years old.

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  • National

A pastor quits over 'adultery,' but a woman says she was 16 when he abused her

Pastor John Lowe II received a standing ovation after he confessed. But then a woman stepped forward and told him, "You are not the victim here."

May 24, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
In this screenshot from a Facebook Live video of the church service by Maisey Cook, a woman takes the stage at New Life Christian Church and World Outreach in Warsaw, Ind. with her husband to tell her story of how Pastor John Lowe II had sex with her she was 16 years old.

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  • National

A pastor quits over 'adultery,' but a woman says she was 16 when he abused her

Pastor John Lowe II received a standing ovation after he confessed. But then a woman stepped forward and told him, "You are not the victim here."

May 24, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday.

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  • Religion

Top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated sex abuse victims, report says

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to an independent report.

May 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Rosemary Radford Ruether was among the first scholars to think deeply about the role of women in Christianity. She died Saturday at the age of 85.

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Rosemary Radford Ruether, a founding mother of feminist theology, has died at age 85

Ruether was among the first scholars to think deeply about the role of women in Christianity, shaking up old patriarchies and pushing for change.

May 22, 2022
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  • Monique Parsons
The Chinese flag is visible behind razor wire at a housing compound in Yangisar, south of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region.

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  • Asia

How goods made with forced labor end up in your local American store

A new report from a non-profit group finds that goods imported from the Xinjiang region in China could be the result of policies that coerce the Uyghur ethnic minority into factory jobs.

May 22, 2022
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  • Emily Feng
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on May 19. The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco said Friday that he would no longer allow Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights.

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  • Politics

Archbishop says Pelosi will be denied Communion because she supports abortion rights

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said he sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter expressing his concerns after she vowed to codify the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

May 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on May 19. The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco said Friday that he would no longer allow Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights.

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  • Politics

Archbishop says Pelosi will be denied Communion because she supports abortion rights

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said he sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter expressing his concerns after she vowed to codify the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

May 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Authorities said David Chou, the gunman in Sunday's deadly attack at a Southern California church, was a Chinese immigrant motivated by hate for Taiwanese people.

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  • National

Suspect faces multiple charges in a deadly California church shooting

David Chou, the man accused of opening fire Sunday on a Taiwanese church congregation in California, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder.

May 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Authorities said David Chou, the gunman in Sunday's deadly attack at a Southern California church, was a Chinese immigrant motivated by hate for Taiwanese people.

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  • National

Suspect faces multiple charges in a deadly California church shooting

David Chou, the man accused of opening fire Sunday on a Taiwanese church congregation in California, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder.

May 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Crime scene tape on Sunday at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif., after a fatal shooting.

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  • National

Parishioners stop gunman in deadly California church attack

A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five before parishioners hog-tied him with electrical cords.

May 16, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Christmas liturgy at the Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg early on Jan. 7, 2020. In the U.S., Orthodox Christianity is a relatively small faith tradition, but in recent years, it has expanded to new regions. Some new converts are using the religion to spread white nationalist views.

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Orthodox Christian churches are drawing in far-right American converts

Orthodox Christianity is a relatively small faith tradition in the U.S., but in recent years it has expanded to new regions. Some new converts are using the religion to spread white nationalist views.

May 10, 2022
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  • Odette Yousef
West Hansen's role is to inform people of the government benefits and services they can access, including the coronavirus vaccine. But many of his clients distrust the needle.

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  • Health

The number of Americans who say they won't get a COVID shot hasn't budged in a year

Politics, religion, distrust and disinformation all play a role. "I've realized that there's no convincing somebody once they have their mind made up," says a social worker in Beaumont, Texas.

May 10, 2022
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  • John Burnett
Caroline McDonald, left, a student at Georgetown University, Lauren Morrissey, with Catholics for Choice, and Pamela Huber, of Washington, join a abortion-rights rally outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021.

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  • National

When does life begin? Religions don't agree

Debates about abortion often center around the issue of when life begins. Some religions say it's at conception. Another says it's with the baby's first breath.

May 08, 2022
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  • Sarah McCammon
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