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Synagogue's Former Rabbi On Pittsburgh's Jewish Community

8:17am October 28, 2018

The mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh has left the Jewish community reeling. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Rabbi Chuck Diamond about the impact.

Matthew Shepard's family leaves with his remains after public ceremony at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

'You Are Safe Now': Matthew Shepard Laid To Rest At National Cathedral

5:45pm October 26, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

Twenty years ago, the brutal killing of a young gay man in Laramie, Wyo., drew national attention and led to an expansion of a federal hate-crimes law.

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Singer Meah Pace (left) has been traveling with the Pagitt's group, performing hymns like "Amazing Grace" at parks and churches.

Finding 'Common Good' Among Evangelicals In The Political Season

11:10am October 25, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

A Minneapolis pastor is traveling the country, speaking to conservative Christians about faith and the Republican Party under Donald Trump. The conversations are dominated by concerns about abortion.

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Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine speaks during a news conference in 2017.

D.C. Attorney General Launches Civil Investigation Into Catholic Archdiocese

8:07am October 24, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Karl Racine ordered the probe after the archdiocese released a list of priests "credibly" accused of child sex abuse over a decades-long period.

After independent analysis, the museum said on Monday that five of its famed Dead Sea Scrolls fragments were fake. They will be pulled from their exhibit, and other fragments will undergo further study.

Museum Of The Bible Says 5 Of Its Most Famed Artifacts Are Fake

11:36am October 23, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

After independent analysis, the museum said on Monday that five of its famed Dead Sea Scrolls fragments were fake. They will be pulled from their exhibit. Other fragments will undergo further study.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in May. Morrison apologized to hundreds of victims of child sexual abuse in Australian institutions on Monday.

Australian Prime Minister Apologizes To Victims Of Institutional Child Sex Abuse

6:41am October 22, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

It is the first national apology on behalf of the federal government since a major report published last year showed the problem was rampant in Australia's Catholic Church and other institutions.

Meet The Jews Of The German Far Right

8:02am October 21, 2018

by Esme Nicholson

Fellow Jews in the country are baffled by a small Jewish faction within the Alternative for Germany, a party accused of racism and of downplaying the Nazis.

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Matthew Shepard Laid To Rest, 20 Years After His Death

8:12am October 20, 2018

To mark the 20th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's murder, he will be interred at the National Cathedral. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Bishop Gene Robinson about Shepard's life and death.

St. Paul Cathedral, the mother church of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. A sweeping grand jury report released in August found that more than 1,000 minors were abused by some 300 priests across Pennsylvania over a 70-year period.

Feds Launch Sex Abuse Investigation Of Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic Church

12:50pm October 19, 2018

by Bobby Allyn

The Justice Department issued subpoenas to at least six of the state's eight dioceses seeking private files and records following revelations that more than 1,000 minors were abused, NPR has learned.

A mass for a canonization ceremony of Pope Paul VI and the martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, as well as five other people, was in St Peter's Square at the Vatican, on Sunday.

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Oscar Romero, Pope Paul VI Elevated To Sainthood

10:40am October 14, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

In a ceremony at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, Pope Francis declared the sainthood of the murdered Salvadoran archbishop, the former pontiff and five other people.