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After Damaging Year, Pope Francis Calls For 4-Day Clerical Sex Abuse Summit

7:57am January 27, 2019

by Sylvia Poggioli

The Vatican has scheduled a conference on clerical sex abuse, following a year in which allegations emerged around the world. The summit's goal: to make sure bishops understand there's a problem.

'Once Again In Shock': Police Uncover 2nd Terror Plot Against Muslim Community In New York

7:57am January 27, 2019

by Brian Mann

The religious community of Islamberg, New York, has been the target of conservative media attacks, conspiracy theories and actual plots for years. Now the families who live there are speaking out.

Dozens of clergy members, immigration activists and others participate in a protest against the imprisonment and potential deportation of an immigration activist. Religious liberals are becoming increasingly outspoken in their opposition to many Trump adm

Provoked By Trump, The Religious Left Is Finding Its Voice

12:49pm January 24, 2019

by Tom Gjelten

The Trump administration has inspired a new activism on the part of liberal religious groups. Like the Moral Majority of the 1980s, they fear an assault on their most basic Christian values.

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Pope Francis Is In Panama For Catholic Church's World Youth Day

7:38am January 24, 2019

On his way to Panama, Pope Francis answered reporters' questions. Steve Inskeep talks to Ines San Martin of the Catholic news site Cruxnow about what the pope had to say about refugees.

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Pope Francis points at a tablet as he unveils Click To Pray, the official app of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network on Sunday.

Pray With The Pope, From Your iPhone

2:22pm January 20, 2019

by Francesca Paris

The pope brought a tablet to his usual Sunday address, as he announced the ClickToPray app for communal prayer around the world, with a call for young Catholics to engage.

Hindu holy men sample the sacred waters, which are believed to be restorative, with the power to cleanse sin.

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Welcome To The World's Largest Gathering Of Humans

8:02am January 20, 2019

It's India's Kumbh Mela festival, which is expected to draw a record 15 million pilgrims this year, all looking to take a dip in the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers.

A plaque from the original Daily Forward office, seen adorning its Lower Manhattan headquarters in 2013.

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'The Forward,' Storied Jewish Paper, Shutters Print Edition After 121 Years

6:14pm January 18, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

The newspaper, founded in 1897, says it is shifting the focus of its Yiddish and English content to digital — and laying off nearly 30 percent of its staff in the process.

Özlem Cekic: How Can Kindness Disarm Hate?

9:56am January 18, 2019

by NPR/TED STAFF

After being elected to the Danish parliament, Özlem Cekic—a Muslim immigrant to Denmark—began receiving hate mail. To counter it, she did the unexpected: she met her harrassers face to face.

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The sculpture, known as McJesus, was created by Finnish artist Jani Leinonen and displayed as part of the Haifa Museum of Art's "Sacred Goods" exhibition in Israel. The piece, seen on display in the museum Monday, prompted vehement pushback from Christian

'McJesus' Sculpture To Be Pulled From Israeli Museum After Violent Protests

4:01pm January 17, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Jani Leinonen's artwork, which depicts Ronald McDonald slumped on the cross, drew the ire of local Christians. Now, the piece is getting taken down — just as the artist himself had requested.

Christian icons damaged by fighting are seen in a monastery in the village of Maaloula, north of Damascus, Syria. U.S. evangelicals are concerned that a pullout of U.S. troops will leave Syrian Christians vulnerable to attack.

U.S. Evangelicals Push Back Against Trump's Syria Pullout Plan

10:29pm January 16, 2019

by Tom Gjelten

Christian leaders in the U.S. fear President Trump's decision to pull out of Syria will leave Christian minorities in the region vulnerable to attack.

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