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Muslims feel besieged as Texas teen famous for clock departs

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The decision by the family of a Texas teenager to move to Qatar is not surprising in light of lingering anti-Muslim sentiment that makes many U.S. followers of Islam feel as if they are "under siege," a spokesman for a national Muslim-American group said

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Controversial study on Conservative rabbis and intermarriage

(RNS) — A controversial new survey of Conservative rabbis shows that nearly 4 in 10 (38 percent) would officiate at the marriage of a Jew and non-Jew if the Conservative movement lifted its prohibition on these unions. The survey of 249 Conservative rabbis also found that about the same proportion (39

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Conservatives remain divided on response to same-sex marriage

Four months after the Supreme Court held in Obergefell v. Hodges that states across the nation must recognize same-sex marriage, conservative opponents of the decision remain divided as to how best to respond, with some encouraging civil disobedience and others insisting on upholding the "rule of law." Earlier

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How a ‘culture of distraction’ is keeping millennials from marrying

Washington D.C. (CNA/EWTN News) — Consumerism. A culture of distraction. Fear of commitment. These are some of the factors driving today's young people away from marriage, said a theologian reflecting on the words of Pope Francis in the U.S. "In short, the habits of life

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African bishops play major role at contentious Vatican summit

VATICAN CITY – The morning prayer that starts each session of a major gathering of Catholic churchmen underway here is an important chance for the 270 cardinals and bishops from around the world to set a meditative tone for what are contentious debates about church teachings on sexuality and family life.

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In history of Jewish lawyers, Alan Dershowitz and Abraham are two of a kind

In his latest sharp-witted work, perhaps the world's most well-known Jewish lawyer profiles the man he considers to the first-ever Jewish lawyer: the biblical patriarch Abraham. Retired Harvard Law School professor Alan M. Dershowitz, who has been called "the nation's most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer&

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Christians killed for their faith

Evil may issue a challenge one day. We may be asked to renounce our faith, whether it is based in Islam, Judaism, Christianity or any other religion. Only at that moment would each of us know, for sure, whether we would die before denying what we believe to appease a

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In ‘holy flash mob,’ Shabbat Project rallies 5,000 partners across 500 cities

Hundreds of thousands of Jews. Hundreds of thousands of challahs, candlesticks, and zemirot (Jewish songs). Havdalah. From Oct. 23-24, Jews of all ages, levels of religious observance, and geographic locations will come together to celebrate the Jewish people's oldest friend: Shabbat.