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Investigation shows how Southern Baptists responded to reports of sex abuse

5:10am May 23, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Russell Moore of Christianity Today about the results of an investigation showing top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated sex abuse victims over almost two decades.

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday.

Top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated sex abuse victims, report says

9:59pm May 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to an independent report.

Rosemary Radford Ruether was among the first scholars to think deeply about the role of women in Christianity. She died Saturday at the age of 85.

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Rosemary Radford Ruether, a founding mother of feminist theology, has died at age 85

5:57pm May 22, 2022

by Monique Parsons

Ruether was among the first scholars to think deeply about the role of women in Christianity, shaking up old patriarchies and pushing for change.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco said Friday that he would no longer allow Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion ri

An archbishop bars Pelosi from Communion over her support for abortion rights

2:58pm May 21, 2022

by Emma Bowman

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said he sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter expressing his concerns after she vowed to codify the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

The Chinese flag is visible behind razor wire at a housing compound in Yangisar, south of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region.

How goods made with forced labor end up in your local American store

7:30am May 21, 2022

by Emily Feng

A new report from a non-profit group finds that goods imported from the Xinjiang region in China could be the result of policies that coerce the Uyghur ethnic minority into factory jobs.

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A woman who grew up Mormon revisits her faith by touring D.C.'s LDS temple

5:12pm May 19, 2022

by Lee Hale

A woman who grew up Mormon and her wife visit the LDS Church's temple in Washington, D.C., as it's briefly open for public tours.

A divide between the pulpit and the pew is roiling the evangelical church

1:30pm May 19, 2022

by Dave Davies

New York Times journalist Ruth Graham says many pastors are being pressured to resist vaccines and mask mandates, embrace Trump's claims about election fraud and adopt QANON-based conspiracy theories.

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A man places flowers at a memorial honoring Dr. John Cheng outside his office building on Tuesday in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Cheng, 52, was killed in Sunday's shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church.

Suspect faces multiple charges in a deadly California church shooting

9:35pm May 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

A prosecutor said the man charged with opening fire on a Taiwanese church congregation in Southern California wanted to "execute in cold blood as many people in that room as possible."

West Hansen's role is to inform people of the government benefits and services they can access, including the coronavirus vaccine. But many of his clients distrust the needle.

The number of Americans who say they won't get a COVID shot hasn't budged in a year

4:37pm May 16, 2022

by John Burnett

Politics, religion, distrust and disinformation all play a role. "I've realized that there's no convincing somebody once they have their mind made up," says a social worker in Beaumont, Texas.

Crime scene tape on Sunday at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif., after a fatal shooting.

Parishioners stop gunman in deadly California church attack

12:58pm May 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five before parishioners hog-tied him with electrical cords.