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With new patriarch, Bulgarian Orthodox Church turns toward Moscow

ISTANBUL (RNS) — A tense election in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on Sunday (June 30) ended with the enthronement of

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With National Rally showing strength in Sunday’s vote, French Muslims hold their breath

PARIS (RNS) — On Wednesday (July 3), five days before the second and decisive round of parliamentary elections in France,

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Labour wins UK elections in landslide, but suffers losses in heavily Muslim areas

LONDON (RNS) — New British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer celebrated a massive election victory on Friday after the Labour

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Mosaics by an artist accused of abusing women will stay on the Lourdes shrine, for now

ROME (AP) — A French bishop has put off any decision on whether to remove mosaics by an ex-Jesuit artist

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Vatican excommunicates former US ambassador Vigano, declares him guilty of schism

ROME (AP) — The Vatican has excommunicated its former ambassador to the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, after finding him

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Judge rules against Texas Attorney General Paxton in campaign against migrant shelters

(RNS) — An El Paso, Texas, district court judge ruled Tuesday (July 2) that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had

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The Episcopal Church revises clergy misconduct protocols for fairness, transparency

(RNS) — As it elected Bishop Sean Rowe its new presiding bishop at last week’s General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky,

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California Baptists cut staff, citing decline in Cooperative Program Giving

(RNS) — The California Southern Baptist Convention, one of 41 regional groups that make up the Southern Baptist Convention, announced

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The Americans with Disabilities Act is still doing its work. Churches should join in.

(RNS) — My firstborn son arrived in 1991, just a year after the Americans with Disabilities Act became law. He

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Why Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it back

(The Conversation) — Gyanendra Shah, former king of Nepal, will celebrate his 77th birthday on July 7, 2024. Twenty years