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Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, a cardinal and former head of the Maronite Church, dies at age 98
Cecilio Perez Cruz, Salvadoran priest, shot to death
ELCA pastor deported to Colombia
Jean Vanier, author who shaped theology of disability, dies at age 90
The doors that Rachel Held Evans wedged open
Christian educator James Tebbe receives high-level civilian honor in Pakistan
Jean Vanier and the gift of L’Arche
Rachel Held Evans, Christian writer and speaker, dies at age 37
J. Peter Sartain to retire as archbishop of Seattle and Paul Etienne to step into role
Timothy Dalrymple to lead Christianity Today as Harold B. Smith retires
Wilton Gregory to lead Catholic archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
Xavier Arbex, priest in Peru, advocates for victims of gold mining
Two leaders of faith-based immigrant rights group charge ICE with violating their rights
Dean Peerman, a Century editor for 60 years, dies at age 87
Mary Hinkle Shore becomes rector and dean of ELCA seminary in Southeast
Robina Winbush, ecumenical and interfaith leader, dies at age 61
Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet–priest, restored in Catholic Church
John Paul Lederach to receive Niwano Peace Prize
Conflict between brothers splits Uganda’s thriving Abayudaya Jewish community
Yechiel Eckstein, rabbi who befriended evangelicals, dies at age 67