Religion
Amid measles outbreaks, states consider revoking religious vaccine exemptions
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. has seen more than 700 cases of the highly contagious disease since January.
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Rocked by gay clergy issues, closures and mergers, the United Methodist Church is ‘in turmoil’
Across the country, some of the largest UMC communities teeter on dissolution amid a raging debate over the church’s ban of LGBT clergy.
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‘Prayer can’t be our only form of defense’: Mosques eye security for Ramadan
As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins, mosques around the U.S. are taking a serious look at security.
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‘We were lucky’: Kids of Holocaust survivors learned their parents’ life philosophy
This Holocaust Remembrance Week, Abe and Esther Schuster reflect on their parents' joyful view of life in a recent StoryCorps conversation.
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Report: Anti-Semitic incidents dip in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey
Despite a nationwide drop of anti-Semitic incidents in 2018, the Anti-Defamation League recorded the second-highest number of those events in the last decade.
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Pa. Lutheran pastor criticized for ‘violent purge of Muslims’ comment after Notre Dame fire
On Easter Sunday, Pastor Carl Johnson confessed he had hoped the Notre Dame fire in Paris was committed by Muslims in order to justify the eradication of Muslims from France.
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Listen 1:57‘Duties are duties’: Philly rabbi pushes on despite attack on uncle’s California synagogue
Rabbi Chaim Goldstein’s uncle lost a finger in the California synagogue attack. His courage has inspired Goldstein to persevere rather than mourn.
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Pittsburgh synagogue: Violence ‘must end. Enough is enough!’
The Pittsburgh synagogue that six months ago was the site of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history held a vigil and offered its sympathy after another deadly shooting
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2020 Democrats talk faith; conservative Christian leaders respond
Bob Vander Plaats, president of The Family Leader, said he's sending invitations Friday to the top seven Democratic primary candidates in current polls.
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Synagogue shooting kills 1, wounds 3 during Jewish holiday
There was no known threat after a man was detained in the shooting at the Chabad of Poway, but authorities boosted patrols at places of worship as a precaution.
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A West Philly Passover Seder celebrates its queer Jewish members for the fifth year
Sunday’s LGBTQ Seder went through the traditional steps but used them as a jumping off point to talk about the queer experience.
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Why the Catholic Church ignored victims abused by nuns
Why have the victims of childhood sexual abuse by nuns been ignored? And how do gender imbalance and church hierarchy work together to minimize their stories?
Air Date: April 22, 2019
Listen 12:30St. John’s in Center City marks Good Friday with ‘Via Crucis’
St. John the Evangelist parish observed Good Friday by staging “Via Crucis,” a musical score from Franz Liszt depicting the Stations of the Cross.
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Seven places to pray in solidarity with Notre Dame
Here are a few recommendations for places you can go to pray in solidarity with Christ in the garden — and with those mourning the destruction at Notre Dame Cathedral.
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Philadelphia’s historic Christ Church tests its fire sprinkler system ahead of renovations
In reaction to concerns about the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Old City church tests its “deluge” suppression system.
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