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(RNS) — Our research shows that nonreligious Americans report being significantly less spiritual than people who identify with established traditions such as Christianity, Judaism or Islam.

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NEW YORK (RNS) — The first church for the deaf in the U.S., St. Ann’s Church for the Deaf provides support, community and solidarity for its congregation.

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Compassion Consortium

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(RNS) — ‘I grieve for his family, friends, and our Divinity community,” said Edgardo Colón-Emeric, dean of Duke Divinity School, where Abbington had planned to teach in the fall.

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(RNS) — Since Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned nearly a year ago, Brits have been using one of their favorite pastimes to guess who will replace him: placing bets.

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ROME (AP) — Church teaching forbids abortion but it also opposes capital punishment as “inadmissible” under all circumstances.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — The Global Sumud Flotilla, composed of nearly 50 boats and 500 activists, is carrying a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

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SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — The structure fell on top of hundreds of people on Monday in the prayer hall at the century-old al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, on the eastern side of Indonesia’s Java island.

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LONDON (AP) — The incident took place as people gathered at the synagogue on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.

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