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Islamic State troops seize fourth-century monastery

by Cathy Otten

The 'Philadelphia 11': Looking back on a breakthrough moment

by Heather Adams

Special liturgy atones for outbreak of Great War

by Kimberly Winston

Sudan bans construction of new churches

by Fredrick Nzwili

Baptist church ordains transgender woman

by Bob Allen

Sexuality issues rarely prime cause of schism

by David Briggs

New book tells story of forgotten black Mormons

by Peggy Fletcher Stack

IRS agrees to monitor churches for electioneering

by Kimberly Winston

ANALYSIS: Did Obama finally thread the needle on gay rights and religious freedom?

by David Gibson

Moving churches to discuss the morality of climate change

by Gregg Zoroya

Americans most friendly toward Jews, Catholics, and evangelicals

by Cathy Lynn Grossman

Gay groups drop support for antidiscrimination bill

by Heather Adams

Humanists win right to solemnize their own weddings in Indiana

by Kimberly Winston

Hobby Lobby’s Green family postpones launch of public school Bible curriculum

by David Van Biema

Faith communities divest from holdings in fossil fuel industry

by Lauren Markoe

Pope Francis: End the ‘racist and xenophobic’ approach to migrants along U.S.-Mexico border

by Josephine McKenna

Church of England kicks out the devil (in baptism rite)

by Trevor Grundy

Church of England votes approval of women bishops

by Trevor Grundy and Fredrick Nzwili

Move over, smiley face: New religious emojis on the way

by Heather Adams

Party ties, not religious ones, drive down Obama’s approval rating

by Cathy Lynn Grossman

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