Author: Emily Mcfarlan Miller
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Religious leaders offer mixed reactions to Trump’s decision on Jerusalem
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Washington. Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital despite intense Arab, Muslim and European opposition to a move that would upend decades of U.S. policy and risk potentially violent protests. (AP Photo/Alex…
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Europe’s Muslim population growing — but won’t be a majority anytime soon
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Kaitlin Curtice talks about ‘everyday glory’ and her Native American heritage
(RNS) — Kaitlin Curtice grew up Southern Baptist and now attends an Anglican church. She doesn’t necessarily identify herself with either denomination, she said, but she does call herself a Native American Christian. Then she watches a look of confusion cross people’s faces. “They don’t understand what that means,” Curtice said. The popular 29-year-old worship…
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Despite law, State Department misses deadline to name religious freedom violators
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks on the release of the 2016 annual report on International Religious Freedom on Aug. 15, 2017, at the State Department in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Susan Walsh
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Could it happen here? How churches are preparing for a mass shooting
Did they know how many rounds a gunman fired into First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas? Did they know how many little boys and girls he killed? Did they know there was a second violent church attack that same day in Fresno, Calif.? Barry Young’s voice rose as he led an “intruder awareness and…
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Conservatives defend Roy Moore — invoking Joseph, Mary and the Ten Commandments
FILE – In this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally, in Fairhope, Ala. According to a Washington Post story Nov. 9, an Alabama woman said Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14. (AP Photo/Brynn…
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Russell Moore on church shooting: Southern Baptists feel the horror ‘more viscerally’
Kenneth and Irene Hernandez pay their respects as they visit a makeshift memorial with crosses placed near the scene of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing and…
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Massacre at Texas church brings back ‘painful memories’ for New Life Church in Colorado Springs
In 2007, the unthinkable happened at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. A gunman opened fire outside the church, just as its midday service had dismissed. His bullets hit several members of the same family as they left, wounding David Works and killing his two teenage daughters, Rachel and Stephanie. More than 600 people were…
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US bishops’ consultant resigns after penning letter critical of pope
Pope Francis, background center, walks with his pastoral staff as he arrives to celebrate a canonization Mass for 35 new saints in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct.15, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Andrew Medichini
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‘I’ll Push You’: Friends, one in a wheelchair, document their Spanish pilgrimage
Patrick Gray, left, and Justin Skeesuck