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Montreal City Hall removing welcome sign with hijab sends wrong message: Muslim group

Montreal City Hall removing welcome sign with hijab sends wrong message: Muslim group

MONTREAL — A national Muslim advocacy group says Montreal would send the wrong message if it takes down a welcome sign in the lobby at city hall that generated controversy because it included a woman wearing a hijab.
Liberty University sued by former IT staffer fired after disclosing she's a transgender woman

Liberty University sued by former IT staffer fired after disclosing she's a transgender woman

The bitter nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a very personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed in Virginia by a former Liberty University employee.

Longtime music director at Michigan church fired for same-sex marriage

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.

Hundreds of Jews murdered at a little known Nazi labor camp are remembered

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The son of a Holocaust survivor fulfilled a yearslong personal mission Wednesday with the unveiling of memorials in a Polish forest that honor hundreds of Jews murdered by German forces during World War II, among them dozens of
Liberty University sued by former IT staffer fired after disclosing she's a transgender woman

Liberty University sued by former IT staffer fired after disclosing she's a transgender woman

The bitter nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a very personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed in Virginia by a former Liberty University employee.
Latino evangelical voters torn between their faith and harsh rhetoric around immigration

Latino evangelical voters torn between their faith and harsh rhetoric around immigration

The Rev. Arturo Laguna leads a largely immigrant church of about 100 followers in Phoenix. His job as a pastor, he says, gets complicated come election season.
Church near Pennsylvania Capitol becomes peace hub hoping to protect democracy in divisive election

Church near Pennsylvania Capitol becomes peace hub hoping to protect democracy in divisive election

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Grace United Methodist Church is located just steps from the Pennsylvania State Capitol. Between the two buildings, the church recently installed a pole. It reads: “May Peace Prevail on Earth.
Afghan women cannot pray loudly or recite in front of other women, says Taliban minister

Afghan women cannot pray loudly or recite in front of other women, says Taliban minister

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan women are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Quran in front of other women, according to a Taliban government minister.
'Not an act of God.' How the Rev. Richard Joyner became a farmer, then a climate activist

'Not an act of God.' How the Rev. Richard Joyner became a farmer, then a climate activist

CONETOE, N.C. (RNS) — Congregants at Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church thought their pastor was crazy when he suggested his rural community take up farming as a way to improve their health and become more self-sufficient.

A former principal at a Missouri Christian boarding school is accused of abusing a student

A former principal at a Christian boarding school in Missouri that closed in March amid abuse allegations has been charged with sex crimes involving a former student. Craig Wesley Smith Jr.