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In letter, Jewish groups urge Trump not to enact ‘widespread persecution of immigrants’

(RNS) — A broad group of prominent national and local Jewish organizations has sent a letter to President Donald Trump voicing stern opposition to his

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The Mercy Pulpit & The Sermon Heard Around the World

 God and Trump collide In a week of political and religious tension, sparks flare at the National Cathedral. Host Amanda Henderson and RNS

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There’s No Way Out of This But Through

 This week, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush reflects on the courage of Episcopal Bishop Rt. Rev.  Mariann Budde, who spoke faithfully on behalf of

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At March for Life, crowd roars as GOP leaders renew anti-abortion vows

WASHINGTON (RNS) — After a presidential campaign in which anti-abortion activists lamented that their issue had faded from the GOP’s agenda, the first March for

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Nigerian pastor William F. Kumuyi prayed for Trump — now has some advice for him

(RNS) — The pastor of one of the world’s largest churches had some advice for President Donald Trump as he begins his second term in

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Inauguration week was a collision of two Christianities

(RNS) — The controversy around Bishop Mariann Budde’s prophetic message to Trump this past week at the National Cathedral’s inaugural prayer service is a big

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Garth Hudson, last surviving member of the Band, dead at 87

(RNS) — My son and I have a Thanksgiving ritual. Every year, we sit before a wide-screened television, and we watch Martin Scorcese’s classic concert

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Two churches, two races, one pastor. Can they become one congregation?

WHEATON, Ill. (Chronicle of Philanthropy) — Every Sunday, Jacquetta Carter sets off on an unusual religious journey. Leaving her home in a middle-class neighborhood of

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Photos of the Week: Cold waters, Trump inauguration

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The budgets coming to Congress would bend the moral arc away from justice

(RNS) — “Let us be enraged about injustice but let us not be destroyed by it.” – Bayard Rustin As we simultaneously remembered Martin Luther