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Pentagon debunks reports of anti-Christian policies
(RNS) Christian conservatives have grown increasingly alarmed in recent weeks over reports and rumors that the Pentagon is considering new policies aimed at discriminating against Christians and disciplining or even court-martialing those who share their faith.
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50 years later, recalling the young ‘foot soldiers’ of civil rights
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) In May 1963, thousands of Birmingham school children faced police dogs, fir...
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‘Nuns on the Bus’ will hit the road for immigration reform
NEW YORK (RNS) The "Nuns on the Bus" are revving up their engines for another national campaign, only this time the Catholic sisters are taking their mobile platform for social justice along the country's Southern border to push Congress to pass immigration reform.
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N.J. Catholics outraged over accused priest’s access to children
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) Amid calls for a Vatican investigation, Newark Archbishop John J. Myers is facing fierce criticism for his handling of a priest who attended youth retreats and heard confessions from minors in defiance of a court-ordered lifetime ban on ministry to children.
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COMMENTARY: President Obama, Mourner in Chief
(RNS) Five men who know what it means to be president of the United States shared a stage in University Park, Texas. Then the incumbent among them flew to Waco, to mourn 11 first-responders, killed in a fertilizer plant explosion in the small town of West, Texas.
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Armenians cast doubt on ‘Misha’ impact on bombing suspects
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WATERTOWN, Mass. (RNS) People in this heavily Armenian community are casting doubt on claims by relatives of the Boston Marathon bombing susp...
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Atheists postpone protests after Bangladeshi disaster
(RNS) Several atheist protests planned for Thursday (April 25) outside Bangladeshi embassies and consulates were postponed in the wake of Wednesday's building collapse that killed at least 244 people in that country's capital, Dhaka.
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Black pastors: Gun violence isn’t just a problem for white suburbs
WASHINGTON (RNS) Black clergy have launched a new coalition to fight gun violence, saying they are undeterred by the recent failure of legislation on Capitol Hill and all too aware of the problem of gun violence.
At meetings held Tuesday (April 23) in Washington and Los Angeles...
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Boston mosque says bombing suspect had outbursts but wasn’t violent
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (RNS) After two troubling outbursts at a local mosque, leaders there told Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev...
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U.S. Christians rally around home-schooling family facing deportation
(RNS) When Uwe and Hannelore Romeike's asylum case is argued Tuesday (April 23) before a panel of federal judges, their lawyers won't talk about poverty, war, or any of the reasons most immigrants cite in their bid to stay in the U.S.
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