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A man places flowers at a memorial honoring Dr. John Cheng outside his office building on Tuesday in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Cheng, 52, was killed in Sunday's shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church.

Suspect faces multiple charges in a deadly California church shooting

9:35pm May 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

A prosecutor said the man charged with opening fire on a Taiwanese church congregation in Southern California wanted to "execute in cold blood as many people in that room as possible."

West Hansen's role is to inform people of the government benefits and services they can access, including the coronavirus vaccine. But many of his clients distrust the needle.

The number of Americans who say they won't get a COVID shot hasn't budged in a year

4:37pm May 16, 2022

by John Burnett

Politics, religion, distrust and disinformation all play a role. "I've realized that there's no convincing somebody once they have their mind made up," says a social worker in Beaumont, Texas.

Crime scene tape on Sunday at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif., after a fatal shooting.

Parishioners stop gunman in deadly California church attack

12:58pm May 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five before parishioners hog-tied him with electrical cords.

A hospital chaplain reflects on two years of work during COVID

8:52am May 14, 2022

by Scott Simon

For our series "Outbreak Voices," hospital chaplain Stephanie Ramos of Los Angeles recounts what two years of her ministry has been like, comforting the sick and grieving affected by COVID-19.

A man holds a cross during an anti-abortion rally on the National Mall in Washington on Jan. 24, 2011.

Roe draft is a reminder that religion's role in politics is older than the republic

8:39am May 14, 2022

by Ron Elving

The question arises: Since when did so much of our politics have to do with religion? And the answer is, since the beginning — and even before.

India's Supreme Court will soon rule on Muslim headscarves in public schools

11:19pm May 11, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

When her high school banned the hijab, Ayesha Shifa sued — and her case went to India's Supreme Court. A verdict, expected soon, may redefine what secularism means in the world's largest democracy.

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Encore: Religions don't agree on when life begins

7:39am May 11, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Much of the abortion debate centers on when life begins. It is essentially a religious question, but there is no consensus on the answer. (Story originally aired on Weekend Sunday on May 8, 2022.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Christmas liturgy at the Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg early on Jan. 7, 2020. In the U.S., Orthodox Christianity is a relatively small faith tradition, but in recent years, it has expanded to new re

Orthodox Christian churches are drawing in far-right American converts

11:27am May 10, 2022

by Odette Yousef

Orthodox Christianity is a relatively small faith tradition in the U.S., but in recent years it has expanded to new regions. Some new converts are using the religion to spread white nationalist views.

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A growing number of white nationalists identify with Vladimir Putin

6:40pm May 09, 2022

by Odette Yousef

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in Moscow's Red Square during a Victory Day celebration, telling troops that they are fighting in Ukraine "so that nobody forgets the lessons of World War II."

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How abortion became a mobilizing issue among the religious right

5:41pm May 08, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kristin Kobes Du Mez, professor of history and gender studies at Calvin University, about how evangelicals shaped the debate over abortion in the United States.