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What's next for Southern Baptists after sex abuse scandal

4:27pm May 24, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, about what's next for the church after a sex abuse scandal was revealed.

A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday. Top administrative leaders for the SBC said that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated per

Southern Baptist leaders plan to release a secret list of accused sex abusers

3:15pm May 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention said they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse.

Triad students hear first-hand accounts of the Holocaust during Remembrance Day

3:08pm May 24, 2022

by David Ford

Nearly 20 teenagers from Early College in Winston-Salem gather at small tables with their bagels, c

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In this screenshot from a Facebook Live video of the church service by Maisey Cook, a woman takes the stage at New Life Christian Church and World Outreach in Warsaw, Ind. with her husband to tell her story of how Pastor John Lowe II had sex with her she

A pastor quits over 'adultery,' but a woman says she was 16 when he abused her

2:48pm May 24, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Pastor John Lowe II received a standing ovation after he confessed. But then a woman stepped forward and told him, "You are not the victim here."

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If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the Catholic Church is against criminalizing women

5:10am May 23, 2022

Archbishop William Lori of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops talks with Rachel Martin about his call for church followers to step up care for mothers and babies if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

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Investigation shows how Southern Baptists responded to reports of sex abuse

5:10am May 23, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Russell Moore of Christianity Today about the results of an investigation showing top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated sex abuse victims over almost two decades.

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday.

Top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated sex abuse victims, report says

9:59pm May 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to an independent report.

Rosemary Radford Ruether was among the first scholars to think deeply about the role of women in Christianity. She died Saturday at the age of 85.

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Rosemary Radford Ruether, a founding mother of feminist theology, has died at age 85

5:57pm May 22, 2022

by Monique Parsons

Ruether was among the first scholars to think deeply about the role of women in Christianity, shaking up old patriarchies and pushing for change.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco said Friday that he would no longer allow Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion ri

An archbishop bars Pelosi from Communion over her support for abortion rights

2:58pm May 21, 2022

by Emma Bowman

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said he sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter expressing his concerns after she vowed to codify the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

The Chinese flag is visible behind razor wire at a housing compound in Yangisar, south of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region.

How goods made with forced labor end up in your local American store

7:30am May 21, 2022

by Emily Feng

A new report from a non-profit group finds that goods imported from the Xinjiang region in China could be the result of policies that coerce the Uyghur ethnic minority into factory jobs.

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