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RNS Morning Report - In the hills of Tennessee, a developer hopes to offer blue state Christians a refuge

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In the hills of Tennessee, a developer hopes to offer blue state Christians a refuge

Whitleyville, Tenn. (RNS) — The venture, which has involved several prominent conservative voices, has drawn the concern of locals who don't want to see Christian nationalism take over their community.
 

In Algiers, a youth-led gallery offers community through music during Ramadan 

ALGIERS, Algeria (RNS) — 'We wanted to help give them a spot where they can reunite, play together and perform together in public,' one organizer said of the El Medrab gallery.
 

Haitian congregations fight fear as Trump administration seeks deportation for immigrants

(RNS) – 'This is a church of immigrants,' said Pastor Reginald Silencieux of Première Eglise Evangelique Haïtienne in Springfield, Ohio. '... They are very scared.' 
 

In Texas’ border region, faith is the bond for underserved colonias to command attention

HIDALGO, Texas (RNS) — In Hidalgo County, where the 26.9% of people living in poverty is more than twice the national average of 11.1%, Christian faith binds communities together as they serve one another and advocate for better resources.

 

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Turkey’s president arrested his top opponent. Here’s why it matters to the beleaguered free world.

(RNS) — Erdoğan's arrest of the Istanbul mayor is aimed at quelling an increasingly vocal political opposition. But Ekrem İmamoğlu is also indispensable to the Turkish president as a symbol of religious toleration — and a foil to Erdoğan's Islamist ideal.
 

Pope Francis’ plans to reform the church are alive and well

(RNS) — It was a close call, but Francis’ emergence from Gemelli Hospital ensures that implementation of the Synod on Synodality's goals will outlast him.

 

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Can MAGA, MAHA and Adventists make America healthy again?

(RNS) — In Phoenix, a group of Seventh-day Adventists hopes to tap into the rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to make America healthy again by promoting their faith’s ideas on how to eat right.
 

In ‘Yogalands,’ religion scholar discusses the role of politics, spirituality on the mat

(RNS) — In Paul Bramadat’s upcoming book, ‘Yogalands: In Search of Practice on the Mat and in the World,’ he shares how modern yoga as we know it intersects with spirituality, identity and power.

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