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Christians in decline, nones on the rise

by Cathy Lynn Grossman

Aid agencies suspend operations as church leaders work to end conflict in South Sudan

by Fredrick Nzwili

Joining panel on poverty, Obama cites ‘transformative power’ that faith groups have

by Cathy Lynn Grossman

U.S. and Israeli Jews learn how to purify the dead

by Michele Chabin

Folk religions thrive with women's spirit

by Cathy Lynn Grossman

Sister Helen Prejean: Tsarnaev ‘genuinely sorry for what he did’

by G. Jeffrey MacDonald

Liberia’s United Methodists keep ban on divorced clergy becoming bishops

by Fredrick Nzwili

Church offers a place to mourn pregnancy loss, infant death

by Lauren Markoe

Muslim Kosovars rediscover their long-forgotten Roman Catholic roots

by Valerie Plesch

Gil Caldwell, a ‘foot soldier’ for civil rights, turns his eye to LGBT rights

by Adelle M. Banks

Gustavo Gutiérrez, theologian once investigated by Vatican, now featured speaker there

by David Gibson

French rabbi asks questions others hesitate to pose about Jews and Muslims

by Sara Miller Llana

David Esterline to be next president of Pittsburgh seminary: People

5 takeaways from new international religious freedom report

(RNS) The independent watchdog panel created by Congress to monitor religious freedom conditions worldwide issued its 16th annual report last week.

by Brian Pellot

How a hidden past changed an anti-Semitic leader into a Jewish seeker

by Sara Miller Llana

Medieval prayer wheel presents a mystery to scholars

by David Van Biema

Nigerian army rescues women from Boko Haram

by Samantha Laine

Ethiopian-Israeli Jews protest racism in society, policing

by Joshua Mitnick

Amid rise in refugees, Congo-Brazzaville bans wearing of veils

by Fredrick Nzwili

Nepal quake harms houses of worship

by Vishal Arora and Kevin Eckstrom

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