Religion

The links between welfare in Utah and the LDS Church

5:05pm December 14, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with ProPublica reporter Eli Hager on why many Utah families living in poverty don't get assistance — from the state nor the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Remembering Reverend Turner of White Earth Nation, who died of COVID

5:00pm December 14, 2021

Reverend Irvin Doyle Turner, "Netamishkang," died from COVID although he was fully vaccinated. His sons Doyle and Stephen Turner share what their father meant to the people of the White Earth Nation.

Religion

Supreme Court again leaves state vaccine mandate in place for health care workers

10:38pm December 13, 2021

by Nina Totenberg

This case from New York was the second time the court has refused to block such a state vaccine mandate for health care workers.

Canadian teacher reassigned under a controversial Quebec law for wearing a hijab

4:11pm December 11, 2021

by Emma Jacobs

A teacher who wears a hijab was removed from the classroom under Quebec's Bill 21, which prohibits teachers wearing religious symbols in class.

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A pastor received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in May, during a gathering of a group of interfaith clergy members, community leaders and officials at the Washington National Cathedral, to encourage faith communities to get the COVID vaccine.

1 in 10 Americans say the COVID-19 vaccine conflicts with their religious beliefs

1:18pm December 09, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute and the Interfaith Youth Core shows most Americans believe too many people are using religious beliefs as a reason to not get vaccinated.

Vaccinated Americans say they're angry at those who refuse to get a shot, survey says

6:06am December 09, 2021

by Megan Myscofski

A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute finds that patience is growing thin among vaccinated Americans for those who claim religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccines.

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The Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge from parents in Maine who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools.

Supreme Court signals further erosion of separation of church and state in schools

8:40pm December 08, 2021

by Nina Totenberg

The handwriting on the wall came during a nearly two-hour argument involving a challenge brought by two Maine families to the state's unusual way of providing public education.

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Supreme Court hears Maine case about state funds being used for religious education

4:41pm December 08, 2021

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could expand state aid to religious schools. On one side is the school choice movement, and on the other is Maine, defending its public education.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority has been shrinking the Constitution's wall of separation between church and state, particularly in cases dealing with religious schools.

Supreme Court weighs mandating public funds for religious schools in Maine

9:03am December 08, 2021

by Nina Totenberg

At issue in the case is whether the state, which pays for some students to attend nonsectarian private schools, should also pay tuition for students to attend religious schools.

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Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn and his wife Raizy

Hanukkah is a busy week for Wyoming's only rabbi

4:52pm December 06, 2021

by Kyle Mackie

On the last night of Hanukkah, Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn wraps up a busy week. He is currently the only ordained rabbi serving in Wyoming.