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Rabbaniyah Youth Program brings values of Islam to everyday life

Age-old religious figures are at the forefront of summer vacation for some of Columbia’s Muslim youth. About 100 girls and boys in the Muslim community are participating in the Rabbaniyah Youth Program, which is focused on living out Muslim values through lessons and fun activities.
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A call for tolerance ... and disrespect

| Jun 17, 2013

What does it say about a proposition when its adherents demand that it not be questioned? If the claim that a belief is sacred includes a demand that we keep silent, than let’s seriously consider shouting. And if we have to start with a whisper, well at least it’s a start.
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Pope Francis’ first 100 days: What we’ve learned so far

| Jun 14, 2013

VATICAN CITY (RNS) A week before Pope Francis reaches the critical 100-day mark, Alessandro Speciale takes stock of his young papacy and what Francis’ early days say about this most unconventional of popes.
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10 everyday phrases found in the Bible

| Jun 13, 2013

They're familiar phrases – at his wit's end, clear as crystal, broken heart – but did you know they're in the Bible? Here's a list of 10 commonly used phrases you can find in the King James Version. 
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Southern Baptists: Agree to disagree over Calvinism

| Jun 12, 2013

Southern Baptists have been divided over Calvinism since their denomination began in 1845, but top leaders say disagreements had deepened with a “vitriol that is nasty.”
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Pope Francis downplays threat of Vatican scrutiny of religious orders

| Jun 12, 2013

(RNS) Weeks after authorizing a continued investigation of American nuns, Pope Francis told a group of nuns and priests from Latin America not to worry if they found themselves under similar scrutiny.
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FAV(e) PLACES: Art, meditation help illuminate truth at Unity of Columbia

| Jun 11, 2013

Soft light filters through a rainbow stained glass window, filling the meditation room at Unity of Columbia. A Bible, candles, finger cymbals and meditation prayer books are arranged in front of the window. But they are just a small part of the church's story. 
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Visitors say Benedict XVI is in declining health

| Jun 11, 2013

(RNS) Just months after becoming the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign, reports are surfacing that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is in poor health with diminished stature and energy.
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Why John Calvin is shaking things up for Southern Baptists

| Jun 7, 2013

Nearly 35 years after conservatives launched a takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, a new divide over Calvinism threatens to upend the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
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Pope Francis: Wasting food is like stealing from the poor

| Jun 6, 2013

(RNS) Pope Francis on Wednesday (June 5) denounced consumerism and what he called the “culture of waste” of modern economies, especially when it comes to food.
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Pastor’s tornado tweets stir up a theological debate

| May 24, 2013

(RNS) Popular evangelical author and speaker John Piper regularly tweets Bible verses, but two verses tweeted after the Oklahoma tornado struck some as at best insensitive and at worst bad theology.
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