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'Miracle' exhumed nun draws pilgrims to rural Missouri

4:40pm June 19, 2023

by Frank Morris

A "miracle" has pilgrims flocking to a tiny monastery in rural Missouri. The body of a nun who was buried without embalming in a wooden casket four years ago is remarkably well preserved.

How Canada is fighting Islamophobia

9:48am June 18, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Canada's Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia, Amira Elghawaby, about her new appointment.

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John Blake's story is about growing up as a Black kid in West Baltimore in the 1980s and learning painful secrets about his family.

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He saw the ghost of his racist grandfather. It helped lead to meaningful healing

6:00am June 18, 2023

by Rachel Martin

John Blake's story is about growing up as a Black kid in West Baltimore in the 1980s, learning painful secrets about his white mother and, as he recalls, a ghost.

Pope Francis leaves the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, on Friday, nine days after undergoing abdominal surgery.

'Still alive,' Pope Francis jokes as he leaves a Rome hospital 9 days after surgery

11:05am June 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

"The pope is well. He's better than before,'' said Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the surgeon who performed the 86-year-old pontiff's operation on June 7.

A turning point for Southern Baptists? Convention ousts churches with women pastors

4:43pm June 15, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University associate professor of religious and gender studies, about the Southern Baptist Convention ousting churches with women pastors.

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At their annual meeting, Southern Baptists crack down on women in ministry

1:15pm June 15, 2023

by Jason DeRose

Southern Baptists have upheld the expulsion of two churches that have female pastors. They also voted to amend their constitution to further restrict women in ministry.

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The Southern Baptist Convention reaffirmed that only men should serve as pastors

7:28am June 15, 2023

NPR's A Martinez talks to Daniel Darling, who teaches at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, about restrictions on women as pastors in the church.

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Southern Baptist leaders voted to further restrict the role of women in ministry

7:29pm June 14, 2023

by Jason DeRose

Southern Baptist leaders meeting in New Orleans voted to amend their constitution to disallow women from serving as a pastor of any kind. They also extended the work of their sex abuse task force.

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Congregants arrive at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. The megachurch founded by Rick Warren was one of two churches affected by a vote Wednesday at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting.

Southern Baptists say no to women pastors, uphold expulsion of Saddleback megachurch

4:31pm June 14, 2023

by Jason DeRose

The Southern Baptist Convention upheld the removal of two churches for having women as pastors. The nearly 13,000 voters, called "messengers," voted overwhelmingly to uphold the churches' removals.

Arizona state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, a Democrat and Presbyterian minister, speaks at a news conference in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico on May 27, 2022.

Arizona Republicans try and fail to expel Democratic lawmaker over Bible prank

7:25pm June 13, 2023

by Ben Giles

Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, who is a minister, was investigated after hiding Bibles in the Arizona House lounge. Republicans narrowly voted to censure – but could not expel – her.