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Christians report lowest growth rate in Israel
JERUSALEM (RNS/ENInews) Christians have the lowest growth rate among the Israeli population, according to a recent report from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
According to the Jan. 6 report, the Christian growth rate of 0.9 percent lags behind the Jewish rate of 1.7 percent...
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COMMENTARY: Special treatment hurts both church and state
(RNS) It's time for religion to lose its special treatment in the Constitution and in tax codes.
Not because religion has ceased to matter, but because it matters more than ever in our increasingly unethical society, and the special treatment ends up hurting both religion and state.
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Muslims say Ron Paul is their kind of Republican
(RNS) Growing up in rural parts of the American West, Nadja Adolf's libertarian streak developed early on.
"When you come from a countryside that can kill you," said Adolf, a Muslim convert in her late 50s, "there is a strong emphasis on individual rights, a strong emphasis on self-re...
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Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup: Stumping in black churches; hexing Tim Tebow; blinded by the
As they have every year since moving to the White House, President Obama and the first family spent part of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day at a historically black church in D.C.
Speaking of MLK, the Interior Department says they'll fix the quote on his National Mall memorial. Maya An...
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Unconventional statue of John Paul II gets a makeover
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Just eight months after being unveiled, a controversial statue of Pope John Paul II in Rome is receiving a major makeover.
The 16-foot statue stands just outside the city's main railway station but, since last May, it has been met by harsh criticism by locals and ar...
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Study portrays Mormons as outsiders looking in
(RNS) In some ways, Mormonism is the ultimate American religion. Born in America, it was unveiled by an American prophet who believed God inspired the Constitution and the Garden of Eden bloomed in Independence, Mo.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has grown from...
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Supreme Court sides with churches in employment fights
WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (Jan. 11) unanimously threw its support behind a church school that fired a teacher, using a widely watched church-state case to bolster a legal doctrine that exempts religious institutions from some civil rights laws.
Religious gro...
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New White House staffers have Catholic, Jewish ties
(RNS) President Obama on Tuesday (Jan. 10) named an immigration expert with longstanding ties to the Catholic Church as his top domestic policy official, continuing a campaign-year makeover of White House staff.
The hiring of Cecilia Munoz, along with the appointment on Monday of...
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Would Mormons try to influence a Romney White House?
WASHINGTON (RNS) When Switzerland passed new employment rules that ban foreign religious groups from sending unpaid missionaries, 13 Mormon members of Congress pleaded with the Swiss ambassador for an exception.
The Swiss ambassador sent a respectful, yet perfunctory, letter in...
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Catching up with Jimmy Carter
(RNS) Jimmy Carter was president for four years, but his new book is based on a role that he's held for nearly 70 years: Sunday school teacher.
"Through the Year with Jimmy Carter: 366 Daily Meditations from the 39th President," offers advice for Christians and provides insights into...
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