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Suicide a risk even for beloved characters like Robin Williams

By Karen Weintraub and Dennis Kelly

c. 2014 USA Today (RNS) That a “universally beloved” entertainer such as Robin Williams could commit suicide “speaks to the power of...

Martin Scorsese directs movie about Jesuit mission to 17th-century Japan

By Mark I. Pinsky

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Although evangelical moviemakers have been in the spotlight lately with features such as “Son of God” and “God’s Not Dead,”...

Is Ebola a curse from God? Some African Christian leaders think so

By Fredrick Nzwili

c. 2014 Religion News Service NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) As Western nations evacuate their citizens from West Africa’s growing Ebola outbreak, some Christian...

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On Iraq, Pope Francis’ message of peace meets reality of war

By Josephine McKenna

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) As he dispatches a top aide to war-torn Iraq this week, Pope Francis made his most impassioned plea yet for...

Vatican envoy headed to Iraq to deliver message to embattled Christians

By Josephine McKenna

c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis is dispatching Cardinal Fernando Filoni as his personal envoy to northern Iraq, where Islamist...

Utah same-sex marriage proponents want Supreme Court to rule, too

By Marissa Lang

c. 2014 Salt Lake Tribune SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) It’s no coincidence that victors rarely ask for a rematch. When you’ve won, traditional wisdom says...

Pope Francis heads East, pointing to a new future for his Western church

By David Gibson

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Pope Francis departs next week (Aug. 14) on a five-day trip to South Korea, his first to Asia and the start of an important...

Prayer discount no longer on the menu at North Carolina diner

By Heather Adams

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) A Winston-Salem, N.C., diner will no longer dish out discounts along with dinner to praying customers...

Losing religion at college? New study flips the common wisdom

By Cathy Lynn Grossman

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) You don’t need a doctoral degree to think higher education leads people away from organized religion. That’s...

Ebola comments prompt Christian backlash against Coulter, Trump and Carson

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey

c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Prominent conservative voices are criticizing the decision to bring two medical missionaries who contracted Ebola back to...

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