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LONDON (RNS) — British Jews feel a strong attachment to Israel, and like most Israelis, have lost faith in the two-state solution.

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VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The first American pope weighed in on a controversy roiling the Chicago diocese, telling journalists the Catholic Church’s political positions include more than opposing abortion.

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JERUSALEM (RNS) — ‘We pray for peace, but I don’t believe Trump’s peace deal will stop the war,’ said Dia, a middle-aged Muslim man who owns a shop in Jerusalem. ‘People are too entrenched in their positions.’

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(RNS) — Yom Kippur offers a way out of the silos of mutual mistrust and anger that animate not only Jewish communal life but the broader American body politic.

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(RNS) — Crowther was one of the last remaining direct initiates of Gerald Gardner, who founded Wicca in the mid-20th century.

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(RNS) — Pedro Bismarck Chau was ordained a Catholic auxiliary bishop in Newark this month. He is the second U.S. bishop to speak publicly about living in the country as an immigrant without legal status.

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(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes a vigil after a mass shooting at a Mormon church in Michigan, a newly appointed living goddess in Nepal and more.

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(RNS) — We have to care about more than motives in individual shootings and focus on rooting out the disease that ails us.

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(RNS) — The actor and former governor of California is among 1,000 thought leaders and activists who will gather for a Vatican-sponsored event to combat climate change.

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(RNS) — The first season of the biblical sitcom debuts on YouTube this week.

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