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Kenya’s oldest university gets mosque after a 50-year push

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — After a half-century, students, lecturers and the Muslim community at the University of Nairobi will soon

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Great American Media announces, ‘Great American Christmas 2024,’ begins early on Great American Family, October 11

Coming to New York this holiday season? Great American Family Christmas Festival opens November 22 at world-class The Northwell Park

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Free virtual event to focus on countering Christian Nationalism

WASHINGTON — Sojourners, a leading Christian media and advocacy organization committed to social justice and peace, is tackling the threat

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Ray McCauley, founder of South Africa’s largest congregation, dies at 75

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Tributes are pouring in for Ray McCauley, an influential, if controversial, pastor and spiritual leader for

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Get thee behind me, Satan. And Christian nationalists.

(RNS) — A recent article by Atlantic staff writer Stephanie McCrummen about what white Christian nationalists are planning for the

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On Yom Kippur, New York Jews plan to publicly mourn Palestinian deaths

(RNS) — On Yom Kippur (Oct. 12), the holiest day of the Jewish year, hundreds of Jews will gather at

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Shirley Hoogstra on leading Christian higher ed through a decade of change

WASHINGTON (RNS) — After 10 years of leading the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, Shirley Hoogstra has a new

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Pope’s Oct. 7 letter citing antisemitic verse is a disaster for Jewish-Catholic relations

(RNS) — On the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, Pope Francis wrote a letter

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Oklahoma amends request for Bibles that initially appeared to match only version backed by Trump

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma has amended its request for 55,000 Bibles to be placed in public schools that initially

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Open-door forums finally showcase what Vatican synod is all about

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As bishops and Catholic leaders gather at the Vatican for a monthlong summit on the theme