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Top Stories A word about our website redesign (RNS) — New look. Same commitment to balanced, meaningful reporting.   During UN Climate Week, Hindu environmentalist Gopal Patel wants to look to the future (RNS) — Inspired by Hare Krishna teachings about humanity’s relationship to the environment, Gopal Patel is on a mission to help faith groups participate in climate actions.   Proposed deal with Vanderbilt could keep a struggling Episcopal seminary in NYC afloat (RNS) — An earlier plan to partner with a music school with ties to a conservative Catholic donor fell through. The new lease, if approved, could help GTS through a fiscal crisis.   How yesterday’s Black Christian nationalists planted the seeds for a Black utopia (RNS) — Aaron Robertson’s ‘The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America,’ is out Tuesday (Oct. 1).   United Methodist Building celebrates a century of presence on Capitol Hill (RNS) — The building, built in 1923, was funded entirely by women. RNS Opinion Gen Z women are dropping out of religion, but ramping up in politics (RNS) — Here’s a switch: Young women are less likely to be religious, and young men are less likely to be politically active.   Stonewalling Muslim voters on Gaza has become a bipartisan effort (RNS) — Democrats have counted on Muslims voting for the lesser of two evils. That will no longer fly.   ICYMI After a crackdown on sexuality, two dozen CRC churches head for the exits (RNS) — At its 2024 synod in June, the Christian Reformed Church instructed LGBTQ-affirming congregations to repent and comply with the denomination’s beliefs on sexuality. Some are now choosing to leave.   The Tenement Museum launches its ‘Lived Religion’ series with a High Holidays tour (RNS) — The series aims to help visitors understand religious traditions and holidays as practiced by 19th- and 20th-century immigrants. In Other News Many Catholics in the U.S. and Latin America want the church to allow birth control and to let women become priests Church without God: How some Americans are finding community in secular spaces   Talk to Us We want your feedback on the RNS Morning Report — what you think we're doing right and what we should be doing differently. Send us an email at Comments@ReligionNews.com Subscribe to other RNS Newsletters. Forward this email to a friend. View the archive of past newsletters. RNS is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today at religionnews.com/donate. If you prefer to mail a donation, please address to: Religion News Foundation, PO Box 1808, Columbia, MO 65205. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend