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    18 Catholic bishops join letter calling for US to cut military spending

    January 22, 2024

     

    Eighteen U.S. bishops have signed a letter calling for the United States to cut military spending and instead invest in ending poverty. 

    "The growing gap between the rich and the poor is compounded by a growing gap between our nation's spending on weapons and preparations for war and our commitment to end poverty," the statement said.

     

    Source: https://www.ncronline.org/news/18-...

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    An Ohio church is suing a city over not being allowed to house homeless people

    January 23, 2024

    A church in Ohio, whose pastor was criminally charged for allowing unhoused people to sleep at the church, has filed a federal lawsuit on the grounds of religious discrimination.

    Dad's Place is located in Bryan, Ohio, about an hour outside of Toledo. Last year, the church began to offer temporary housing for people living on the street. The city ordered the church to stop, citing zoning and safety concerns. But the pastor, Chris Avell, refused.

    Now, he faces 18 zoning code violations which are punishable by fines, up to six months in prison, or both.

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    Around 4 in 10 Americans have become more spiritual over time; fewer have become more religious

    January 17, 2024

     

    Most Americans are spiritual or religious in some way and many also say their spirituality and level of religiosity have changed over time.

    But Americans are far more likely to say they have become more spiritual than to say they have become more religious, according to a new analysis of a 2023 Pew Research Center survey.

     

    Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/...

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    China’s Christian population appears to have stopped growing after rising rapidly in the 1980s and ’90s

    December 12, 2023

     

    The Chinese government banned religion during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and ’70s. And although Christianity and other religions bounced back in the 1980s and ’90s as restrictions were lifted, the size of China’s Christian population now appears to have leveled off, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest available survey data collected by academic organizations in China.

     

    No survey assessed the Chinese religious landscape in the years immediately following the Cultural Revolution, but government figures suggest...

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    Mideast War Pushes Companies to Extend Diversity Programs to Faith Groups

    December 9, 2023

     

    When Nabeela Elsayed was speaking at a corporate conference several years ago and explained that she would miss the group dinner because she was fasting for Ramadan, she recalls, her manager responded: “Just don’t fast.” Ms. Elsayed, an executive coach who was previously chief operating officer for Walmart Canada, said she had heard many such slights when stepping away during the workday to pray.

    For years, she told business leaders that their diversity, equity and inclusion programming should teach workers about anti-Muslim hate, antisemitism and other...

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    More than 100 gather for Boston interfaith vigil calling for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

    January 24, 2024

    More than 100 people gathered in front of Boston Public Library Wednesday evening for a vigil calling for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and memorializing the lives lost in Gaza and Israel since the war’s outbreak. 

    The vigil, which started at 5 p.m., was attended by Rep. Ayanna Pressley along with numerous interfaith leaders and activists. Throughout the event, speakers condemned the U.S. government’s support of Israel and called for a unified demand for a ceasefire. 

    Source: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/01/24/more-than-...

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    Faith leaders call for Gov. Healey, lawmakers to tackle housing crisis

    March 16, 2023

    Standing with a crowd of around 300 people outside the Massachusetts State House, the Rev. Lydia Shiu of Reservoir Church in Cambridge evoked an enduring metaphor — that of David taking on the giant Goliath in the Bible — as she spoke of the commonwealth's housing challenges.

    Shiu helped lead a Greater Boston Interfaith Organization rally Thursday, where the coalition of religious groups and unions called on state leaders to make housing more affordable and accessible. She said the “GBIO sling” had secured past policy wins in health care and criminal justice reform.

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    ‘We Will Find Ease With Them': Mosque Opens Doors to Parishioners of Cambridge Church After Fire

    April 13, 2023

    For the first time since their church burned in a fire on Easter Sunday, some of those who attended Faith Lutheran Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, came together Wednesday night to pray.

    Only this time, they congregated at a different house of worship: A nearby mosque.

    The churchgoers were welcomed at the Islamic Society of Boston in Cambridge.

    "This is the first time that our church, since the building...

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    For Black ‘nones’ who leave religion, what’s next?

    February 12, 2024

    When Black Americans leave religion, they rarely leave it altogether. But even as they retain elements of Christian culture, what other communities are they embracing beyond the church?

    Source: https://religionnews.com/2024/02/12/for-black-nones-who-leave-religion-whats-next/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=c98fc4a511-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_02_14_03_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c98fc4a511-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

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