Religion

At least 36 students at a North Carolina school have become infected with chickenpox. The school has many students whose parents claimed a religious exemption from state vaccination requirements.

Chickenpox Outbreak Hits N.C. Private School With Low Vaccination Rates

5:07pm November 20, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Three dozen students have been infected at Asheville Waldorf School — which has among the very highest rates of parents claiming religious exemption from state vaccine requirements.

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The Faithful Are Angry As Catholic Church Fails To Unite On Addressing Clergy Abuse

4:33pm November 16, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

This week's widely anticipated meeting of U.S. Catholic bishops ended without recommendation on how to deal with clergy abuse. Further action is now up to the Vatican and a global synod in February.

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Mir, a Pakistani man who used to live in Xinjiang, China, clutches the hands of his two daughters. Since Chinese authorities detained his wife, he's been raising their two girls alone. "My mind just won't work," he says. "I sound incoherent, I can't think

'My Family Has Been Broken': Pakistanis Fear For Uighur Wives Held In China

5:05am November 15, 2018

Rights groups estimate as many as 1 million Uighurs are detained in Chinese camps, with the aim of stripping away their ethnic identity, suppressing their Muslim faith and ensuring loyalty to China.

Gert Berliner, 94, tied the little stuffed monkey to his bicycle when he was a child in Berlin.

A Toy Monkey That Escaped Nazi Germany And Reunited A Family

5:44pm November 14, 2018

by Uri Berliner

Gert Berliner packed a stuffed monkey when he fled the Nazis as a child. He kept the toy for more than a half century before donating it to a museum, an act that led to a remarkable discovery.

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'On Being's' Krista Tippett Asks Big Questions In Search Of Connection

1:54pm November 14, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

Some people shy away from big questions, those that come up against and embrace the mysteries of human existence.

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Uri Berliner stands with Swedish journalist Claes Furstenberg in front of the former Furstenberg family home in Kalmar, Sweden.

The Cost of Courage: The 2 Couples Who Rescued My Family From The Nazis

8:51am November 14, 2018

by Uri Berliner

Two couples sheltered Uri Berliner's family when the Nazis came to power. One thrived; the other paid a terrible price.

Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, a city in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, in 2017. Xinjiang authorities have detained members of the Uighur ethnic minority, who are largely Muslim, and held them in camps the autho

Ex-Detainee Describes Torture In China's Xinjiang Re-Education Camp

12:50pm November 13, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

"They made me wear what they called 'iron clothes,'" the man tells NPR, describing a 50-pound metal suit he was forced to wear for 12 hours. When he returned home, people were afraid to speak to him.

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U.S. Bishops Delay Response To Sexual Abuse Crisis At Vatican's Insistence

6:25am November 13, 2018

by Mary Rose Madden

The U.S. Conference of Bishops this week planned to take up measures regarding clergy sexual abuse. The Vatican told them to delay any decisions until a February meeting in Rome addresses the crisis.

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"I am sorry for the late notice, but in fact this was conveyed to me late yesterday afternoon," Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Monday, postponing moves that had been touted as concrete steps in response

Vatican Insists U.S. Bishops Put Off Vote On Their Response To Sexual Abuse Crisis

4:27pm November 12, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"At the insistence of the Holy See, we will not be voting" on a standard of conduct and other actions, said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The Satanic Temple says a statue in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina bears too close a likeness to the temple's statue of Baphomet, shown here in Little Rock, Ark.

Satanists Sue Netflix, Warner Bros. For $150M, Saying 'Sabrina' Copied Their Statue

8:28pm November 08, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The Satanic Temple has used the statue to protest for freedom of religion. Now, it says the media giants have lifted its copyrighted design for a depiction of evil in the streaming series.