/tags/religon Religon en-US WLRN Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:35:17 GMT /americas/2024-04-02/lgbtq-inclusive-church-cuba After the 1959 revolution, Cuba repressed gay people and many were sent to labor camps. But the communist-run island has made strides in recent years when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:35:17 GMT /americas/2024-04-02/lgbtq-inclusive-church-cuba Luis Andres Henao | Associated Press /news/2021-07-09/pioneer-of-orthodox-jewish-life-in-surfside-shares-how-community-has-evolved-over-the-decades A growing Orthodox synagogue, The Shul Jewish Community Center, sits just at the line between Surfside and Bal Harbour, and is part of a community supporting each other and their neighbors during the Champlain Towers catastrophe. Fri, 09 Jul 2021 17:52:15 GMT /news/2021-07-09/pioneer-of-orthodox-jewish-life-in-surfside-shares-how-community-has-evolved-over-the-decades Verónica Zaragovia /news/2021-06-02/the-pope-is-toughening-church-laws-on-sex-abuse-fraud-and-the-ordination-of-women The first major revision of Catholic canon law in nearly four decades redefines clerical sex abuse and mandates specific punishments. It also sets punishments for the attempted ordination of women. Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:58:13 GMT /news/2021-06-02/the-pope-is-toughening-church-laws-on-sex-abuse-fraud-and-the-ordination-of-women Sylvia Poggioli /news/2021-05-10/megan-rohrer-elected-as-1st-openly-transgender-bishop-in-u-s-lutheran-church Rohrer, a pastor in San Francisco, will serve as bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Sierra Pacific synod, which includes congregations across Northern California and Nevada. Mon, 10 May 2021 10:06:12 GMT /news/2021-05-10/megan-rohrer-elected-as-1st-openly-transgender-bishop-in-u-s-lutheran-church Emma Bowman /2020-11-27/supreme-court-says-new-york-cant-limit-attendance-in-houses-of-worship-due-to-covid Justices said the Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order limiting attendance in places of worship violates the First Amendment. Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:42:01 GMT /2020-11-27/supreme-court-says-new-york-cant-limit-attendance-in-houses-of-worship-due-to-covid Nina Totenberg, Jaclyn Diaz /2020-10-04/pope-francis-laments-failures-of-market-capitalism-in-blueprint-for-post-covid-world In a new encyclical addressing everything from fraternity and income inequality to immigration and social justice, the pope argues the pandemic has shown that free market capitalism has failed. Sun, 04 Oct 2020 18:14:34 GMT /2020-10-04/pope-francis-laments-failures-of-market-capitalism-in-blueprint-for-post-covid-world Sylvia Poggioli /news/2019-04-19/christian-and-jewish-congregations-celebrate-easter-and-passover-under-one-roof Under the banner of "One House, Two Families," two major congregations in Miami have decided to take a stand against divisiveness during this Passover and… Fri, 19 Apr 2019 19:45:03 GMT /news/2019-04-19/christian-and-jewish-congregations-celebrate-easter-and-passover-under-one-roof /culture/2015-04-13/miami-beach-holocaust-memorial-turns-25 Each year the Jewish community observes Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the… Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:53:42 GMT /culture/2015-04-13/miami-beach-holocaust-memorial-turns-25 Lisann Ramos