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Harrison Butker’s commencement speech almost made a good point

By Tyler Huckabee — May 17, 2024

(RNS) — Harrison Butker can tell something is off about how we think about work. He just thinks it’s all women’s fault.

The meaning of an Orthodox Christian deaconess’s ordination may depend on where you live

By Katherine Kelaidis — May 17, 2024

(RNS) — In Africa, an attempt to distance a decision about mission from the East-West culture war.

Eternal polygamy? How LDS temple sealings and cancellations became a raw deal for women

By Jana Riess — May 17, 2024

(RNS) — Surprise: LDS Church policies around temple sealings and cancellations used to be more equal for women than they are today. What happened?

Background checks are essential for kids’ ministry. No one knows how many churches do them.

By Bob Smietana — May 17, 2024

(RNS) — Many denominations have passed new policies and procedures to make their churches safer for kids — few check to see if churches follow them.

Photos of the Week: Bun Festival; Billy Graham statue

By Kit Doyle — May 17, 2024

(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes an annual Hong Kong Bun Festival, a new sculpture of the Rev. Billy Graham in Statuary Hall and more.

Vatican issues new norms to rein in supernatural phenomena

By Claire Giangravé — May 17, 2024

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Once left only to local bishops, the Vatican doctrinal office will now have the ultimate say on apparitions, miracles and the supernatural.

Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba

By Luis Andres Henao — May 17, 2024

HAVANA (AP) — Today, diverse beliefs can be found mixed together on altars in homes, with the Virgin Mary sharing space with a ceramic Buddha and a warrior spirit from the Afro-Cuban faith.

He feared coming out. Now this pastor wants to help Black churches become as welcoming as his own

By Darren Sands — May 17, 2024

(AP) – Crowley’s career has flourished, and he has now written a book — “Queering the Black Church” — that he hopes can serve as a guide for other congregations to be “open and affirming” to LGBTQ+ people rather than shunning them.

On Nakba Day, some Palestinians dream of a single, secular state

By Andre Henry — May 16, 2024

(RNS) — People who reflexively invoke Israel’s right to exist conflate the right of a nation to exist with the right to oppress.

AME official Jerome V. Harris dies under a cloud of alleged corruption

By Fiona André — May 16, 2024

(RNS) — Harris, an important figure of the AME Church, died suddenly, according to a press release from the Christian Recorder, the church’s official publication.

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