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COMMENTARY: The stories of our lives
(RNS) "At the deepest level the story of any one of us," theologian Frederick Buechner wrote in his book, "Yellow Leaves," "is the story of all of us."
Standing on the beach surrounded by 75 friends and family last weekend, a few minutes before my son was baptized in the Pacific Ocean...
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10 minutes with ... Mark Massa
(RNS) For generations, thousands of Catholics -- from archbishops to people in the pews -- saw the Catholic Church as eternal, timeless, and unmoved by the tides of history.
But the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s unleashed a sea of changes -- none more significant than the recogn...
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Patriarch unveils Kremlin icon hidden after Russian Revolution
MOSCOW (RNS/ENInews) A fresco of Christ on the Kremlin Wall in Moscow plastered over after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution has been rediscovered and presented in a ceremony attended by Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.
"The history...
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Nation’s first Muslim college opens in California
BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) Faatimah Knight's college decision came down to eight schools where she would have majored in English, or Zaytuna College, where she could study Islamic classical teachings in an environment that embraces all aspects of her Muslim faith.
The Brooklyn native is p...
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COMMENTARY: And the truth shall set you free
(RNS) Judging from a recent Gallup Poll, politicians, corporations, the entertainment media and religious institutions are in a close competition to prove which is least trustworthy. A jaded public has come to expect the worst, and regularly receives it.
Headlines about politicians' l...
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Four in 10 Americans see Jesus’ return by 2050
(RNS) Four in 10 Americans believe Jesus Christ will return to earth by 2050, while a slightly larger portion (46 percent) don't believe they'll see a Second Coming by mid-century, according to a new survey.
As part of Smithsonian Magazine's 40th anniversary issue, 1,546 adults were a...
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Kibbutz-style living fills a void for young Jews
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (RNS) Raychel Bone, Sam Selker, Naima Cohn and Taliesin Haugh sat on their front porch and mulled the surprising successes of the venture that teaches young Jews how to live together, laugh together, split the rent and, above all, share the faith.
Movie night i...
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Hope College stands by homosexuality statement
HOLLAND, Mich. (RNS) Hope College alumni who had urged their alma mater to remove a controversial policy on homosexuality say they are deeply disappointed after the Board of Trustees denied their petitions.
"This is just the beginning (of a fight) because this is discriminatory," said...
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Libraries scramble to rescue sacred books
SALEM, Mass. (RNS) Inside a locked reading room atop a staircase at the Salem Athenaeum, hundreds of theological books -- including some that are nearly 500 years old -- are once again stirring up debate.
It's not the subject matter that's contentious this time, since most modern-day...
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College cancels spring break mission trips to Mexico
HOLLAND, Mich. (RNS) Hope College has canceled spring break mission trips for the first time, fearing that students would not be safe in Mexico after three Americans were killed by suspected drug gang hitmen.
Hope's Campus Ministries Office had planned to send 22 students for trips to...
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