Religion

Haroon Moghul is a fellow in Jewish-Muslim relations at the Shalom Hartman Institute.

'How To Be A Muslim' Author On Being A Spokesperson For His Faith

8:09pm July 06, 2017

by Terry Gross

"Professional Muslim" Haroon Moghul says, "Every time something bad happens you're called upon to apologize. ... Your entire identity is pegged to events in other parts of the world."

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Objects Of Devotion: Tracing Religion In Early America

12:45pm July 05, 2017

Religion has never been simple in the United States, and there's a lot more to the stories we learned in school.

NC Pride Organizers Apologize Over Yom Kippur Conflict

11:16am July 05, 2017

by Neal Charnoff

An LGBT group in North Carolina is apologizing over a scheduling conflict with a major Jewish holiday.

California Beach Party Brings Together Ex-Believers

4:48pm July 04, 2017

by Luke Vander Ploeg

When people leave religious groups, they sometimes feel adrift. Some formerly faithful folks in Southern California are looking for ways to build community specifically for ex-believers.

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News Brief: Trump CNN Tweet Is Criticized, Latest Vatican Shake-Up

8:42am July 03, 2017

It seems President Trump's frustration with his party and the news media is growing. At the Vatican over the weekend, the cardinal who headed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was ousted.

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Cardinal To Defend Himself Against Sexual Abuse Charges In Australia

6:25am July 03, 2017

A close aide to Pope Francis has been charged with sexually abusing children. Steve Inskeep talks to Thomas Doyle, a former Catholic priest and now a columnist for the National Catholic Reporter.

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In Fighting Abuse By Members Of Catholic Church Clergy, Victim Sees Resistance To Change

8:08am July 02, 2017

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro discusses the Catholic Church's response to its sexual abuse scandal with Marie Collins, who recently resigned from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Mueller in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014.

Pope Francis Replaces Conservative Top Theologian

10:47pm July 01, 2017

by Maquita Peters

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Mueller was ousted as the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on Saturday. Days earlier another top official left to face charges of sexual abuse.

Many upper caste Hindus consider the cow holy and have long rallied to ban beef eating. Critics of the government see the new animal cruelty rules as an effort to cater to these demands.

New Rules Against Animal Cruelty Raise The Stake For India's Beef Wars

3:21pm June 30, 2017

by Sandip Roy

The rules ban cattle sale for slaughter at livestock markets and come at a time of escalating tensions between Hindu extremists and beef-eating minorities. They could also hurt India's beef exports.

Police in the Australian state of Victoria have announced sexual abuse charges against Cardinal George Pell, the pope's finance chief. At the Vatican on Thursday, Pell said he would return to Australia to fight the charges.

Vatican Cardinal Charged With 'Historic Sexual Offenses' In Australia

5:18pm June 29, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Police in the state of Victoria announced charges against Cardinal George Pell, who was a priest there in the 1970s. Now the pope's finance chief, Pell said he looks forward to clearing his name.