Church synod adopts resolution against book bans

A woman stands touching books on a library shelf as if trying to find a particular one.

Responding to a national atmosphere in which more and more state legislatures have adopted laws restricting content in classrooms and even public libraries, the voting delegates at the United Church of Christ’s general synod adopted …

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The 10-year mystery of Aleppo’s missing bishops

St. George the Martyr church in Aleppo is shown from above and to the side.

Terry Mattingly of Religion Unplugged writes about the ongoing mystery of two Syrian bishops kidnapped in 2013. Bishops Yazigi and Yohanna Ibrahim were members of the Syriac Orthodox Church, an institution tracing its history back …

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