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Evangelicals Rethinking LGBTQ Rights And Inclusion

1:55pm May 15, 2017

Most evangelical church leaders condemn same sex relationships. But some evangelical churches and colleges are starting to have open and frank conversations about sexual orientation and gender identity. Evangelicals and rethinking LGBTQ rights and inclusion.

President Donald Trump gives the commencement address for the Class of 2017 at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., Saturday.

At Liberty, Trump Calls Critics 'Pathetic,' Praises Putting 'Faith Into Action'

8:48am May 14, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

For his first commencement speech as president, Donald Trump chose Liberty University, a bastion of evangelical support during the 2016 campaign.

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Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gathered in Fatima, Portugal Saturday, where Pope Francis canonized two new saints. Jacinta and Francisco Marto were children 100 years ago when their visions of the Virgin Mary marked this place as an important Catholic

Pope Francis Announces Two New Saints On 100-Year Anniversary of Their Vision

1:41pm May 13, 2017

by Maggie Penman

The "little shepherds" were small children when they reported a vision of the Virgin Mary one hundred years ago today in Fatima, Portugal. The farm town has since become an important Catholic shrine.

Facing Global Persecution, Christian Leaders Urge U.S. For More Protection

5:35pm May 12, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

Hundreds of Christian leaders from around the world are in Washington to highlight the cause of Christian persecution in the Middle East and other countries. No other faith group faces more restrictions, and some leaders are pushing the U.S. for more protection.

The Labour Party Hold Their Clause V Meeting To Ratify Their Election Manifesto

Friday News Roundup - International

3:19pm May 12, 2017

France and South Korea have new presidents. And Russia's president? He's been making time for some ice hockey. On the international edition of the Friday News Round Up, a panel of journalists joins guest host John Donvan to talk about those stories and more.

Limit(less) is a documentary project that explores the visual aesthetics of LGBTQ African immigrants.

Picturing Queer Africans In The Diaspora

11:48am May 12, 2017

by Leah Donnella

A photographer uses his lens to peer through perceptions of queerness in his ancestral home.

The cast of "Miss Saigon" takes part in the curtain call on opening night at the Broadway Theatre on March 23, 2017 in New York City.

This Week In Race: Census Worries, Yellowface And Kendall Jenner. Again.

8:48am May 12, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

In this edition: posers, pretenders and passers.

A Boy Scout works on a canoe in 2015 outside Payson, Utah.

Mormon Church Will Withdraw From Boy Scouts' Programs For Older Teens

4:04pm May 11, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The church said that "young men ages 14 to 18 are not being served well" by those programs. Though the church has been resistant to the Scouts' recent LGBT policies, it didn't cite that as the reason.

Cokie Roberts Answers Your Questions About Church And State

5:00am May 11, 2017

A recent executive order from President Trump has resurfaced issues of church and state separation. In #AskCokie, commentator Cokie Roberts talks about the history of religion and politics in the U.S.

Indonesia Convicts Jakarta's Christian Governor Of Blasphemy

4:36pm May 09, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch about Indonesia's court decision to imprison the Christian governor of Jakarta for blasphemy against Islam.