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Passion & Policy: Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Interfaith Alliance’s new Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Guthrie Graves-Fitzimmons
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Photos of the Week: Assumption of Mary; Bali mass cremation
(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes annual Assumption of Mary rituals, a mass cremation in Bali and more.
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Christians, evangelicals rally for Kamala Harris ahead of DNC
(RNS) — ‘Voting Kamala … (is) a vote against another four years of faith leaders justifying the actions of a man who destroys the message Jesus came to spread,’ said Jerushah Duford, granddaughter of the Rev. Billy Graham.
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The Church of Latter-day Saints opens new Pittsburgh temple to the public
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Penn. (RNS) — It’s one of over 150 new LDS temples in the process of being built and dedicated around the globe.
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New York’s India Day Parade will not remove controversial Hindu tribute
NEW YORK (RNS) — The centerpiece float of Lord Ram at this year’s parade has been met with fierce criticism from those who say it represents anti-Muslim sentiment.
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How a movement to resist Christian nationalism took on Project 2025
(RNS) — Project 2025 was the perfect test of this emerging movement’s capacity to see it, name it and fight it. And they did.
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Prison drama ‘Sing Sing’ captures faith of the formerly incarcerated
(RNS) — Based on the real-life story of an arts program, the film follows inmates who form a theater troupe while serving their sentences, processing their emotions through musical performance and acting.
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Ram Mandir in the NYC India Day Parade is a symbol of hate, not heritage
(RNS) — As Indian Americans become more visible in politics and public life, there is a growing need to reflect on the kind of legacy we are building.
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Russian artist released in swap builds a new life in Germany, now free to marry her partner
KOBLENZ, Germany (AP) — Sasha Skochilenko and Sofya Subbotina reunited earlier this month in Germany, shortly after Skochilenko and other Russian prisoners were exchanged in a historic East-West swap — a happy if unlikely ending to an over two-year ordeal.
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When the reverend became a rabbi
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A minister and a rabbi walk into a bar, and when they come out, they are the same person.