Roman Catholic priests in eastern Congo are vowing to continue their work in parishes, schools and clinics after the murder of one of their brethren this week in the largely lawless region.
Lauren Markoe - Religion News Service
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North Korea releases Canadian pastor sentenced to life in prison
The pastor’s release came a day after Canadian officials confirmed that a delegation had traveled to North Korea to discuss his imprisonment.
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Chaldean deportations are a ‘death sentence.’ Why are Christian Americans silent?
Some Chaldeans and their supporters are wondering why more Christian Americans—their co-religionists—are not speaking out against the impending deportation of hundreds of them from the U.S. to Iraq.
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Trump: ‘It’s time to put a stop to attacks on religion’
“We will end the discrimination against people of faith. Our government will once again celebrate and protect religious freedom,” Trump, a Presbyterian not known to be particularly religious, told more than 1,000 people in a hotel ballroom across town from the hearing.
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Americans “don’t worship government, we worship God,” Trump says at Liberty commencement
Trump, who received an honorary law degree at Liberty’s commencement, said he was making good on his promises.
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Environmentalist Bill McKibben talks faith
Even fans of McKibben may not know that the founder of the 350.org environmental nonprofit is also a religious man.
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Russia is a major violator of religious freedom, US commission reports
Most recently, Russia banned Jehovah’s Witnesses, labeling them “extremist” and ordering the state to seize their properties.
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Muslim births will outnumber Christian births globally by 2035
A new Pew study found that due to higher fertility rates and a relatively young population, the share of Muslim babies being born is growing while the Christian share is declining.
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Will President Trump rescind this national monument’s status from Native Americans?
A tribal coalition, which considers many sites within Bears Ears sacred, fears the Trump administration will take the unprecedented step of stripping a national monument of its designation, and leave their ancestral lands vulnerable.
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Israel fractures by faith on politics and society
“The survey finds deep religious divisions in Israeli society, not only between Jews and Arabs, but also among Jews.”