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Black Christian leaders call for more solidarity with LGBTQ people in their churches

6:06pm April 17, 2025

Christian leaders gathered outside the U.S. Capitol building this week to call for more solidarity with LGBTQ people. We look at the conversations Black churches are having.

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Austin churches answer prayers for affordable housing — by building it themselves

6:13pm April 16, 2025

As fewer people attend church in the U.S., some religious institutions are wondering what to do with the land they own. In Austin, Texas, the answer is to build affordable housing.

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Revisiting our favorite (and not so favorite) religious films

6:42pm April 13, 2025

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin and Religion Correspondent Jason DeRose talk about their favorite -- and least favorite -- films about spirituality, including some hidden gems that might not seem religious at first glance.

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Jewish students at Georgetown protest detention of professor Badar Khan Suri

11:15am April 11, 2025

More than 130 Jewish students, staff and alumni from Georgetown University signed a public letter opposing the detention of Badar Khan Suri, saying that President Trump's policies make Jews less safe.

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How the sainthood of Catholic priest could change a Kansas town

5:31pm April 10, 2025

Father Emil Kapaun, a Catholic priest and Korean War hero from Kansas, was recently moved one step closer to canonization as a saint. That could mean big changes for his small hometown.

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Defrocked former D.C. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick dies at 94

9:18am April 05, 2025

Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he had molested adults and children, has died.

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Southern California congregations shelter migrants left in legal limbo

4:15am April 01, 2025

by Jason DeRose

Some LA-area churches are taking in migrants. For church leaders, the biblical call to care for the stranger comes into direct conflict with the politics of immigration in the U.S.

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Trump Administration Challenges Courts On Deportations

Supreme Court seems ready to let religious groups opt out of unemployment compensation laws

4:36pm March 31, 2025

by Nina Totenberg

The case was brought by a chapter of Catholic Charities in Wisconsin, which says that it should be able to opt out of the mandatory state unemployment compensation system.

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Catholic Charities tests Wisconsin's unemployment payment system at Supreme Court

5:00am March 31, 2025

by Nina Totenberg

A chapter of Catholic Charities in Wisconsin contends it should be exempted from the state's unemployment compensation system because it's a charitable organization with a religious mission.

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Muslims in Altadena look for normalcy at the end of Ramadan after mosque burned down

6:35pm March 27, 2025

Wildfires in Los Angeles destroyed the only mosque in the Altadena area. As the community prepares to celebrate the end of Ramadan, it's finding ways to give kids — and adults — a sense of normalcy.

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