Religion

Are Ads Against Ga. Senate Candidate Also An Attack On Black Churches?

6:07am January 05, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jonathan Lee Walton, dean of Wake Forest University School of Divinity, about the political ads taken out against Georgia Senate runoff candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock.

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Agency And Perseverance: Pastor Reflects On New Year's Eve Watch Night Services

5:27pm January 02, 2021

Host Michel Martin talks with Rev. William H. Lamar IV, pastor of Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C., about the message of his New Year's Eve Watch Night service this year.

Retired Navy Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben has been appointed chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives. Kibben is the first female chaplain in either house of Congress.

Pelosi Names 1st Female Chaplain To Serve Congress

4:34pm December 31, 2020

by Dustin Jones

Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed retired Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben as chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Presbyterian minister was former chief chaplain of the U.S. Navy.

The Rev. Howard-John Wesley On Taking A Break From The Pulpit After 30 Years

3:48pm December 31, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the Rev. Howard-John Wesley of the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., about his sabbatical, which coincided with the beginning of the pandemic.

A lit menorah during a Hanukkah celebration at the Conrad Hotel in Dubai on Dec. 16.

As Thousands Of Israeli Tourists Visit Dubai, A Small Jewish Community Gets A Boost

1:01pm December 29, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

The community maintains a low profile, given sensitivities in the region. Since the Israel-United Arab Emirates peace deal was announced, it has scrambled to accommodate a rush of Jewish visitors.

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Orthodox Jews Are Visiting UAE In Waves After Israeli-Emirati Peace Deal

9:21am December 27, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

A hushed Jewish community in Dubai has emerged into the open after the Israeli-Emirati peace deal. Now they're hosting an unlikely rush of Orthodox Jews to the Gulf Arab city.

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What It Looks Like To Be A Hospital Chaplain In A Pandemic

8:00am December 27, 2020

by Jacob Fenston

Hospital chaplain Matt Norvell has been praying with patients for more than a decade. But the last nine months during the coronavirus pandemic have been the most intense of his career.

Rev. Dwayne Gary's experience of racial profiling has led him to speak out and inspire others in his suburban Chicago community to tell their own stories of mistreatment.

Suburban Church Leads Hard Conversation About Race

7:00am December 27, 2020

by Monique Parsons

In a mostly white suburb north of Chicago, George Floyd's killing has opened up some tough talks. And the pastor of a historic Black church there is leading the way by telling his story.

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Pope Francis arrives to deliver his Christmas Day message, Urbi et Orbi, in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.

In Christmas Message, Pope Francis Urges Coronavirus 'Vaccines For All'

4:24pm December 25, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

"Vaccines for all, especially for the most vulnerable and needy of all regions of the planet," Pope Francis said at the Vatican on a subdued Christmas Day.

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass on Thursday at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican as Italy went back into lockdown measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

At The Vatican, A Christmas Eve Mass Shaped By The Pandemic

5:09pm December 24, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

Only 100 or so people attended the service, and they wore masks and socially distanced. The Mass began two hours early so all could make it home before Italy's virus curfew.