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Multnomah gave up its campus in a failed takeover. Alums want it back.

(RNS) — Multnomah University was facing the end of its days. “We have cried, prayed, and walked a difficult path together as a community,” the

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NY Archbishop Hicks commits to missionary church at installation

NEW YORK (RNS) — Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks began his first homily as the leader of about 2.5 million New York Catholics by speaking Spanish, quoting

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Epstein bought Kaaba covers. What does the sacred Kiswah cloth represent?

(RNS) — Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein purchased sacred cloth that once covered the Kaaba, according to newly released files that include emails detailing a

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Moral Witness in Pressing Times

 It’s not a zero-sum game. This week on The State of Belief, interfaith organizer Maggie Siddiqi makes clear that coming together to counter antisemitism

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Catholic bishops’ conference president calls for Holy Hour after Minneapolis DHS killings Bishops call for ‘holy hour’ after DHS killings

(RNS) — Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called for bishops and priests in Catholic churches across the

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The ‘theology of showing up’ is making Minneapolis a holy place

(RNS) — I arrived in Minneapolis on Wednesday (Jan. 21). I had come because local organizers said people were being disappeared: kidnapped off the street,

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Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE

MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — Around 200 faith leaders fanned out across the city on Thursday (Jan. 22) to observe and document the actions of Immigration and

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DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church

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Venezuelan procession for La Divina Pastora takes on new weight in tense political moment

WASHINGTON (RNS) — It’s been 30 years since Jorge Garcia last joined the millions of people who have crowded the streets of Barquisimeto in northwest

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Renee Good was a martyr for her faith, like MLK, say Presbyterians

(RNS) — Less than a week after her death, Renee Good is being compared to Christian martyrs who were killed while witnessing for their faith.