Tag: Religion
Spain arrests 3 for urging extremist attacks against France
MADRID — Three men whose social media posts allegedly encouraged extremist attacks against French targets are in custody in Spain after Spanish police and...
Man accused of vandalizing Minnesota mosque says it was joke
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A man accused of spray-painting hate messages on a Minnesota mosque told police he meant it as a joke, according to...
Biden and Carter, longtime allies, reconnect in Georgia
PLAINS, Ga. — President Joe Biden was a first-term Delaware senator in 1976 when he endorsed an upstart former Southern governor for the presidency...
UConn student arrested after swastika painted on building
STORRS, Conn. — A UConn student has been charged with a hate crime after police say he painted a swastika on a campus building...
A halal taco truck helps vaccinate Orange County Muslims
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — When Rida Hamida approached a mosque with the idea of breaking Ramadan fast with a taco truck, she faced a...
Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel gets seat at National Cathedral
WASHINGTON — Washington National Cathedral, the massive Episcopal house of worship that prides itself on being an unfinished work-in-progress whose stones and stained glass...
Outdoor mask guidance echoes what many Americans already do
In the small Nebraska town of Oxford, the school district dropped its mask mandate last month in what was a fairly straight-forward decision: Cases...
In Jaffa, gentrification stokes discord as Arabs pushed out
TEL AVIV, Israel — A turreted former Catholic girl's school in Jaffa is being transformed into an exclusive Soho House club. Around the corner,...
Pope ousts leadership of Ecuadorian diocese amid complaints
ROME — Pope Francis responded Wednesday to reports of poor governance and moral failings in the Ecuadorian diocese of Riobamba by not only accepting...
Greek PM: Vaccine hesitancy driving high death rate
ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s prime minister has issued an appeal for elderly Greeks to get vaccinated, blaming hesitancy for persistently high rates of death...
