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(RNS) — A Harvard law professor who taught both President Obama and his wife, Michelle, told fellow members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church that his faith is helping him cope with a personal diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. "I've made up my mind to be thankful
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Denver (CNA/EWTN News) — On July 1, Kara Jackson crossed the 40th state off her list. The 18-year-old helped serve Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Northglenn, Colorado. Dressed in her own vestments and a big smile on her face, Jackson served with the same passion she
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(CNSNews.com) – Given a "yes" or "no" option, 89 percent of Americans — about nine in 10 — said they believe in God, while one in 10 say they do not, according to a new Gallup Poll conducted June 14-23, 2016. But the pollster notes that 89 percent
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(CNSNews.com) – Pope Francis joined an Armenian leader Sunday in lamenting the persecution of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East – and angered Turkey by once again referring to the atrocities committed against Armenian Christians a century ago as "genocide." The pontiff and Armenian Apostolic leader Karekin
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Donald Trump's campaign announced its new evangelical advisory board Tuesday (June 21) as the presumptive presidential nominee met with nearly 1,000 conservative Christians. The Evangelical Executive Advisory Board will convene regularly to "provide advisory support to Mr. Trump on those issues important to Evangelicals and other
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NEW DELHI (RNS) — Afreen Rehman, a 25-year-old Muslim woman, received a letter from her husband while visiting her parents in Jaipur earlier this year. In it were three words: "talaq, talaq, talaq"– or "divorce" three times in Arabic, thus ending their marriage of two years.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of the world's Orthodox Christian churches have gathered on the Greek island of Crete for a landmark meeting, despite a boycott by the Russian church — the most populous in a religion of some 300 million people — and three other churches. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
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The Southern Baptist Convention, born in 1845 in a split over its support for slavery, has passed a resolution calling for Christians to quit using the Confederate flag. "We call our brothers and sisters in Christ to discontinue the display of the Confederate battle flag as a sign of
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