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the Politics of Baby Jesus

[ad_1]  Christ, the Keffiyeh, and a Clash of Perspectives A keffiyeh-wrapped Baby Jesus in nativity scenes, including one recently displayed at the Vatican, has sparked

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Hindus debate the legacy of caste in America

[ad_1] (RNS) — Nearly a decade ago, a newly migrated Karthikeyan Shanmugam, an IT engineer from Tamil Nadu, in southern India, was puzzled, to say

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The administration that’s taking shape is prompting fear in some. Let’s face it together.

[ad_1] (RNS) — The New Testament’s Letter to the Hebrews urges us to remember the “great cloud of witnesses” who surround us, cheering us on

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How Elon Musk became ‘prophet-in-chief’ of tech’s Trump-leaning conservatism

[ad_1] (RNS) — In the waning days of October, several hundred people gathered at the Life Center, a megachurch in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for a town

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Pope Francis’ eco-village to promote ecological conversion at 2025 Jubilee

[ad_1] VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ plan to build an eco-village in the historic gardens of Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the popes,

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The Subversive Power of Gratitude with Diana Butler Bass

[ad_1]  Happy Thanksgiving! This week on The State of Belief, we look at gratitude and appreciation from several angles: through the eyes of children,

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Cardinal Miguel Ayuso Guixot, Vatican czar for interreligious dialogue, dies at 72

[ad_1] VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Cardinal Miguel Ayuso Guixot, a leading Vatican expert on Islam, died on Monday (Nov. 25) at the Gemelli Hospital in

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Why you should get to know Thomas Aquinas, even 800 years after he lived

[ad_1] (The Conversation) — Some years ago, I was rushing past the treasures of the Louvre in Paris, on the way to the “Mona Lisa,”

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Texas proposal would give schools the option to use Bible teachings in lessons

[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth

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For Arab Americans and Muslims in newly red Dearborn, a mix of defiance, ambivalence, fear

[ad_1] DEARBORN, Mich. (RNS and NPR) — Jumana Judeh understands why so many in her Arab American community voted the way they did in last