Piñatas: A staple in Christmas traditions Piñatas are a common element in parties across different countries and especially in Mexico around Christmas time. The story of their origin combines cultures, traditions and religions. Alejandra Marquez Janse
House members want Lauren Boebert removed from assignments over Islamophobic comments House Democratic leaders may bring up a resolution to remove Colorado Republican Representative Lauren Boebert from her committee assignments over her Islamophobic comments. Caitlyn Kim
Muslim rights organization fires director for passing information to a hate group The Ohio chapter of a Muslim rights organization says it has fired one of its directors, saying he had been spying on the organization for years and passing information to an anti-Muslim hate group. Tana Weingartner
The links between welfare in Utah and the LDS Church NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with ProPublica reporter Eli Hager on why many Utah families living in poverty don't get assistance — from the state nor the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mary Louise Kelly
Remembering Reverend Turner of White Earth Nation, who died of COVID Reverend Irvin Doyle Turner, "Netamishkang," died from COVID although he was fully vaccinated. His sons Doyle and Stephen Turner share what their father meant to the people of the White Earth Nation. Sarah Handel
A Canadian teacher was fired under a controversial Quebec law for wearing a hijab A teacher who wears a hijab was removed from the classroom under Quebec's Bill 21, which prohibits teachers wearing religious symbols in class. Emma Jacobs
Supreme Court signals further erosion of separation of church and state in schools The handwriting on the wall came during a nearly two hour argument involving a challenge brought by two Maine families to the state's unusual way of providing public education. Nina Totenberg
Supreme Court hears Maine case about state funds being used for religious education The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could expand state aid to religious schools. On one side is the school choice movement, and on the other is Maine, defending its public education. Nina Totenberg
Catholic bishops endorse communion guidelines for public figures NPR's A Martinez talks to Kathleen Sprows Cummings of Notre Dame, about U.S. Catholic Bishops approving a position paper urging Catholics to abide by church teachings if they take communion.
A new question for an old religion: Should non-Jews play Jewish characters on-screen? A new Apple TV+ show, The Shrink Next Door, seems to reflect a trend of non-Jewish actors playing emphatically Jewish characters, which recently caught the ire of comedian Sarah Silverman. Neda Ulaby