Coon Rapids Religion
Funeral for son of Ukraine chief rabbi cited as rebuke to Putin’s claims of ‘de-nazification’
(RNS) — Kyiv’s Brodsky Synagogue was packed with mourners Thursday (Sept. 12) for the funeral of Anton Samborskyi, who was killed in action in Russia in August after being drafted to the Ukrainian Army. “Since the beginning of this terrible war, trouble...
A conservation-forward farm bill is critical to protecting God’s creation
(RNS) — A few months ago, I preached at our local church. It was Creation Care Sunday (the nearest Sunday to Earth Day). I began my message with the question, “What do you call someone who cares for the earth?” Several responded, but the most forceful came from...
Lance Wallnau, first to ‘prophesy’ Trump’s presidency, is back to vanquish anti-Trump demons
(RNS) — As Donald Trump gets closer to the presidential election, the more he appears to be talking about America’s “final battle” against “sinister” and “dangerous” forces working to subvert the nation from within. This kind of language owes much to a certain...
Pope slams Harris and Trump on anti-life stances, urges Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday slammed both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration, and he advised American Catholics to choose who they think is the “lesser evil” in the upcoming U.S....
In Singapore, Pope Francis inspires youth, courts China
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis concluded his tour-de-force through Southeast Asia on Friday (Sept. 13) with a 48-hour visit to Singapore, where he showcased not only his ability to draw large crowds but also his willingness to be a welcoming and adaptable...
Where has Trump spiritual adviser Paula White gone?
(RNS) — Since Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president last month, televangelist Paula White, long a prominent Donald Trump supporter, has been curiously silent on the contest, at least in public. The reason may have to do with White’s current...
Sudanese Anglican cathedral is now a graveyard for civil war victims, archbishop says
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Despite the Sudanese civil war that’s devastated the region, the All Saints Anglican Cathedral in Khartoum is still standing. But its compound is now a graveyard, with a vandalized altar and missing pews, which have been chopped by...
Immigrants, pets and the sin of slander in an age of social media
(RNS) — This week, outlandish allegations that, in a small city in Ohio, Haitian immigrants were hunting down and eating people’s cats, dogs and other pets spread across the internet, even making an appearance in the presidential debate. Though there’s no...
Grief over Gaza and qualms over US election add up to anguish for many Palestinian Americans
(AP) — Demoralized by the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, Palestinian American Samia Assed found in Vice President Kamala Harris’ ascension — and her running mate pick — “a little ray of hope.” That hope, she said, shattered during last...
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