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Mormon Church Celebration Of 40 Years Of Black Priesthood Brings Up Painful Past

6:18pm May 31, 2018

by Lee Hale

The Mormon Church is celebrating 40 years since black men were allowed into the priesthood, but this anniversary comes at a time of heightened racial sensitivity for many church members.

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Women wearing the niqab sit in the audience at the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen on Thursday, as a bill that bans face coverings in public passes by a majority vote.

Denmark Bans The Burqa And Niqab

2:37pm May 31, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Danish parliament voted Thursday to prohibit certain garments that cover people's faces in public. Human rights groups say it "violates the rights to freedom of expression and religion."

Paige Patterson makes his opening speech to the Southern Baptist Convention in June 1999 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Seminary Votes To Fire Paige Patterson After Ousting Him As President

9:14am May 31, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, which made Patterson "president emeritus" last week, said it had received new information about his handling of a sexual abuse claim against a student.

An Israeli draped in the national flag walks past an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in Jerusalem's Old City on May 13, as Israelis marked Jerusalem Day.

Israelis Have A Love-Hate Relationship With Jerusalem

7:00pm May 30, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

One small apartment building near the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is emblematic of Israelis' mixed attitudes about the city.

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Carb-heavy comfort food is familiar to Mormons, here in the form of a popular dish called funeral potatoes.

Mormon Funeral Potatoes: The Carb-Heavy Meal For The End of The World

8:00am May 30, 2018

by Ash Sanders

Call it disaster preparedness cooking: A Utah company began running Facebook ads for an instant version of a staple Mormon comfort food ... because pantries should be stocked for the Second Coming.

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#MeToo Movement Ripples Through Prominent Christian Community

3:56pm May 25, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to Amanda Jones, who runs a Baptist church with her husband in Houston, about the removal of Paige Patterson as president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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An old church steeple backlit by a low setting sun.

Roman Catholics And Evangelicals Move Apart In Their Political Priorities

2:03pm May 25, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

Having been adversaries and then allies, Catholics and evangelicals once again have differing political agendas.

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Breaking Pakistan's Ramadan Fasting Laws Has Serious Consequences

9:12am May 25, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

The holy month of Ramadan is meant to be a blessed time. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. But what if you can't fast? In Pakistan, it's illegal to eat and drink in public during fasting times.

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Indonesians from different religious groups take part in a joint prayer for the victims of a bomb attack on a church in Surabaya earlier this month.

Family Suicide Attacks: Indonesia Must Deradicalize Mothers And Kids Too

12:12pm May 24, 2018

by Sidney Jones

Following the attacks in East Java, we may not see family suicide bombers again. But they serve as a useful wake-up call to seriously evaluate deradicalization programs.

Southern Baptist President Removed Over Language On Sexual Abuse Of Women

6:01pm May 23, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has removed its president over past advice he gave women regarding sexual abuse. He advised women to pray for their abuses and not report them to authorities.

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