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Voucher expansion leads to more students, waitlists and classes for some religious schools

(AP) — The Miami Archdiocese’s superintendent of schools says Catholic education is increasingly in demand in South Florida, now that

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Pope asks an aide to read a speech aloud for him, raising further concerns over his health

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, asked an aide to read out his

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Aaron Zigman’s ‘Émigré’ oratorio, about Jews who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai, has US premiere

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Zigman goes back to the 1940s in composing “Émigré,” an oratorio portraying Jews who fled

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Najeeba Syeed and Manu Meel

 On March 7, 2024, interfaith leaders from across the country will gather in Minneapolis for an Interfaith Symposium at

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Church Militant loses defamation suit

(RNS) — Church Militant, the far-right Catholic media network, will cease operating at the end of April 2024, according to

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Photos of the Week: Shab-e-Barat; Navalny funeral

(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes Shiite Muslims commemorating Shab-e-Barat, the funeral of Alexei Navalny and more. The post

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‘How Great Thou Art’ gets new ending on 75th anniversary of famed English translation

(RNS) — The well-known and beloved-by-many words of “How Great Thou Art” have had a long and varied trajectory from

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Biden administration finalizes rule on religious liberty protections

(RNS) — Nine agencies of the Biden administration have finalized a new rule that officials say will improve religious freedom

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Dating app burnout and COVID-19 make Indian matchmaking cool again

(RNS) — At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Netflix reality series “Indian Matchmaking” glued people across the world

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A decade after Reverend Ike’s death, his son writes about his impact on Black church

(RNS) — For 40 years, Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, or Reverend Ike as he would come to be known, preached