Wednesday, July 30, 2025

RNS Morning Report - ACNA bishops, leaders weigh in on turbulent Ruch trial

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ACNA bishops, leaders weigh in on turbulent Ruch trial

(RNS) — On Friday, a lawyer who worked alongside the prosecutor claimed the court’s integrity has been ‘fatally undermined.’ On Tuesday, church leaders voiced confidence in the court’s ability to carry out the trial.
 

Belmont University conducts review after DEI complaints from MAGA pols

(RNS) — Belmont University has been accused by Trump supporters of violating the president’s ban on DEI programs.
 

Well-known Palestinian activist committed to nonviolence killed by an Israeli settler

(RNS) — Adwah Hathaleen, who worked as an English teacher, was a beloved leader in his community’s nonviolent resistance. In June, he was denied entry to the U.S. on a speaking engagement.
 

In upcoming anthology, Asian American feminists critique mainstream Buddhism

(RNS) — ‘Emergent Dharma’ will offer essays from 11 Asian American women writers who confront the whitewashed, patriarchal and model-minority myths embedded in dominant understandings of American Buddhism.

 

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Aretha Franklin and the Apostle Paul agree: Sing!

(RNS) — Franklin’s music blurred the boundaries between the sacred and profane, as the apostle instructed.
 

Why government support for religion doesn’t necessarily make people more religious

(The Conversation) — History shows that governments’ attempts to strengthen religious institutions can backfire.

 

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Well-known Palestinian activist committed to nonviolence killed by an Israeli settler

(RNS) — Adwah Hathaleen, who worked as an English teacher, was a beloved leader in his community’s nonviolent resistance. In June, he was denied entry to the U.S. on a speaking engagement.
 

Fourth group of religious organizations sues US over ICE raids at churches

(RNS) — “As people of faith, we cannot abide losing the basic right to provide care and compassion,” Bishop Brenda Bos of the ELCA’s Southwest California Synod, a plaintiff in the case, said in a statement.

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