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transgender

Evangelical transgender conference rejects notion that gender can change

(RNS) — The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors is planning what it calls evangelical Christians' first-ever conference on transgender issues. The association will co-sponsor "Transgender Confusion and Transformational Christianity" with the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood on Oct. 5 on the campus of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Abortion

Federal appellate court grants nuns temporary reprieve from birth control mandate

Denver — On Friday a group of Roman Catholic nuns won a temporary reprieve from the controversial contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act. The August 21 ruling by the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit means that the Little Sister of the Poor, a group

Israel

1,000-year-old Yom Kippur prayer book fragment to be put online

Written by Israel Hayom A unique fragment of a Yom Kippur prayer book from the Cairo Geniza, one of the most important resources for understanding Jewish culture, religion, economics, and literature from the Middle Ages to the present, is slated to be uploaded to the website of the National Library

Faith

Two Cuban dissidents say they were detained on way to see pope

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban police detained two prominent dissidents who had been invited to Havana's cathedral for evening prayers with Pope Francis on Sunday, stopping them from seeing the pope for the second straight day, the women said. Miriam Leiva and Martha Beatriz Roque, two dissidents on the Communist-run

Faith

Who are the Jesuits? To understand Pope Francis, know Saint Ignatius

Written by David Gibson (RNS) — Figuring out why Pope Francis has upended so many expectations and what he might be contemplating for the future of the Catholic Church has become a parlor game almost as popular as the pontiff himself.

Catholic

GOP candidate Carson: Muslim shouldn’t be elected president

Written by Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says Islam is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn't believe that a Muslim should be elected president.

Fidel Castro

Pope meets with Fidel, misses out on dissident greeting

Written by Nicole Winfield and Michael Weissenstein HAVANA (AP) — Pope Francis flies to eastern Cuba on Monday for the next leg of his pilgrimage after having met with both Raul and Fidel Castro but missing out on an encounter with Cuban dissidents.

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Revisiting an old sin with modern faith

What better time than the Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, to tackle a new book about Adam and Eve? After all, the founding couple from the Bible's Book of Genesis are as important to the Jewish tradition as they are to the Christian tradition, aren'