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Religious abortion rights supporters fight for access
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Religious abortion rights supporters fight for access

November 29, 2021

Caroline McDonald, left, a student at Georgetown University, Lauren Morrissey, with Catholics for Choice, and Pamela Huber of Washington join a abortion-rights rally outside the Supreme Court on Nov. 1,…

Remnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg
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Remnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg

October 18, 2021

Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg’s director of archaeology, holds a one-cent coin from 1817 on Oct. 6 in Williamsburg, Va. The coin helped archaeologists confirm that a recently unearthed brick-and-mortar foundation…

Faith groups unite to help Afghanistan refugees after war
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Faith groups unite to help Afghanistan refugees after war

September 6, 2021

Berny Lopez, an operations specialist for Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, moves donated diapers at the organization's drop-off site Aug. 31 to help refugees from Afghanistan, in Baltimore. Many different…

Durango Spiritual Experiences group hosts meetings
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Durango Spiritual Experiences group hosts meetings

April 19, 2021

Each meeting offers a new spiritual topic for discussion. Participants practice exercises and contemplation, and discuss how to incorporate lessons into daily life and expand awareness. This Meetup group, sponsored…

Vaccine skepticism runs deep among white evangelicals
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Vaccine skepticism runs deep among white evangelicals

April 5, 2021

Some of the critics wondered if worshippers would now need “vaccine passports” to enter The Summit Church in Durham, North Carolina, where Greear is pastor. Others depicted the vaccines as…

Summit Church to host Holy Week services
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Summit Church to host Holy Week services

March 25, 2021

Palm Sunday: 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday. Palm branches will be available in a box outside the church on the pickup shelf. Both services will be livestreamed on…

Faith leaders get COVID-19 shot to curb vaccine reluctance
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Faith leaders get COVID-19 shot to curb vaccine reluctance

March 22, 2021

The interfaith “vaccine confidence” event targeted in particular Black, Latino and other communities of color, with the aim of overcoming reluctance among populations disproportionately hit by a pandemic that has…

Jesuits in U.S. pledge $100M for racial reconciliation
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Jesuits in U.S. pledge $100M for racial reconciliation

March 16, 2021

Photographs of descendants of enslaved people who were sold by Georgetown University and the Maryland Jesuits to southern Louisiana in 1838. In March 2021, the U.S.-based branch of the Jesuits…