How Canada is fighting Islamophobia
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Canada's Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia, Amira Elghawaby, about her new appointment.
Religion
He saw the ghost of his racist grandfather. It helped lead to meaningful healing
John Blake's story is about growing up as a Black kid in West Baltimore in the 1980s, learning painful secrets about his white mother and, as he recalls, a ghost.
'Still alive,' Pope Francis jokes as he leaves a Rome hospital 9 days after surgery
"The pope is well. He's better than before,'' said Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the surgeon who performed the 86-year-old pontiff's operation on June 7.
A turning point for Southern Baptists? Convention ousts churches with women pastors
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University associate professor of religious and gender studies, about the Southern Baptist Convention ousting churches with women pastors.
At their annual meeting, Southern Baptists crack down on women in ministry
Southern Baptists have upheld the expulsion of two churches that have female pastors. They also voted to amend their constitution to further restrict women in ministry.
The Southern Baptist Convention reaffirmed that only men should serve as pastors
NPR's A Martinez talks to Daniel Darling, who teaches at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, about restrictions on women as pastors in the church.
Southern Baptist leaders voted to further restrict the role of women in ministry
Southern Baptist leaders meeting in New Orleans voted to amend their constitution to disallow women from serving as a pastor of any kind. They also extended the work of their sex abuse task force.
Southern Baptists say no to women pastors, uphold expulsion of Saddleback megachurch
The Southern Baptist Convention upheld the removal of two churches for having women as pastors. The nearly 13,000 voters, called "messengers," voted overwhelmingly to uphold the churches' removals.
Arizona Republicans try and fail to expel Democratic lawmaker over Bible prank
Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, who is a minister, was investigated after hiding Bibles in the Arizona House lounge. Republicans narrowly voted to censure – but could not expel – her.
The Catholic Church profited from slavery — 'The 272' explains how
"You don't hear about enslaved people at Mass or in Sunday school," says Rachel Swarns. Her new book tells the story of 272 enslaved people sold in 1838 to help save what is now Georgetown University.