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When it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, Apostolic groups are among the most skeptical in Zimbabwe, but some church leaders are trying to change that, and Associated Press journalists set out to tell that story. The idea began with the interim leader of AP’s Religion Team, David Crary, asking what role Africa’s churches were playing in encouraging or discouraging their members to get vaccinated. The AP’s staff in Zimbabwe knew they needed to find an Apostolic congregation willing to let them cover a worship service, given that many members of the country's largest Christian denomination distrust modern medicine and mistrust the press. Photographer Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi and reporter Farai Mutsaka won the trust of one church leader encouraging congregations to get vaccinated and were able to document an outdoor service.
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Haiti gang seeks $1M each for kidnapped US missionaries
A gang that kidnapped missionaries is demanding $1 million ransom per person, a top Haitian official said. Christian Aid Ministries said they were returning from visiting an orphanage when they were abducted. By Dánica Coto, Peter Smith and Pierre-Richard Luxama/The Associated Press
Inside the fraught effort to create a Christian nationalist internet
Booted from mainstream social media websites, outraged Christian nationalists are creating some of their own. By Jack Jenkins/Religion News Service
A top Southern Baptist Convention administrator is resigning amid internal rifts over how to handle an investigation into the SBC’s response to sexual abuse, a decision that underscores the broader ongoing turmoil in the denomination. By Holly Meyer/The Associated Press
Can anyone lead the Southern Baptist Convention forward?
Analysis: Ronnie Floyd joins a growing list of SBC leaders who resigned due to controversy. By Bob Smietana/Religion News Service
In Ghana, Rastafarian high schooler fights to keep his hair
A school official told a student in Ghana that he had to cut his dreadlocks. His family asked the courts to intervene. A haircut was not an option because Tyrone Iras Marhguy is a Rastafarian. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu /The Associated Press
Commentary and Analysis
Samhain will be particularly poignant this year for Wiccans who are members or veterans of the US military as they process the end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan. By Helen A. Berger for The Conversation
Two decades after 9/11, Americans are still getting to know their Muslim neighbors. New data may help. By Simran Jeet Singh/Religion News Service
A church service marking Northern Ireland's centenary has stirred up debate. But amid the past few years' tensions, the island's Christian leaders have coordinated closely. By Ger FitzGerald for The Conversation
Death penalty can express society's outrage – but biases often taint the verdict
Punishment for crimes allows a society to express its values, but a theorist of criminal law and punishment argues it could also reinforce prejudicial stereotypes about racial and ethnic groups. By Amelia Wirts for The Conversation
A man lies still as devotees light oil lamps over his body as part of rituals to celebrate the tenth and final day of Dashain festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. The festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by Hindu goddess Durga, marking the victory of good over evil. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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