An Ancient Tablet, Stolen Then Acquired By Hobby Lobby, Will Be Returned To Iraq Known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, it was looted from Iraq and made its way through several hands before Hobby Lobby purchased it for the Museum of the Bible in 2014. James Doubek
A New Law In India Is Making It Harder For Interfaith Couples To Get Married In India, new laws forbid brides or grooms from converting to their spouse's religion. The idea is to halt forced conversions. But they've led to attacks on interfaith couples. Lauren Frayer
Transgender Bishop Steps Into Historic Role In The Evangelical Lutheran Church The Rev. Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church's 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregations in Northern California and northern Nevada. The Associated Press
For Many American Muslims, The Legacy Of 9/11 Lies In The Battle For Civil Rights A Southern California community grapples with the legacy of being secretly surveilled by the FBI. Twenty years later, the matter is a legal fight that has reached the Supreme Court. Leila Fadel
How Surveillance Programs Developed After 9/11 — And How Those Targeted Pushed Back NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ahmed Mohamed, legal director at the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, about the surveillance of Muslim communities after 9/11. Ashish Valentine
Afghan Women Will Be Banned From Playing Sports, A Taliban Official Says "Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed," a senior Taliban official said. Bill Chappell
Pope Francis Is Urging The World's Nations To Take In Afghan Refugees "In these tumultuous moments, in which Afghans are seeking refuge ... I pray so that many countries welcome and protect all those seeking a new life," Francis said from St. Peter's Square on Sunday. The Associated Press
Former Cardinal McCarrick Pleaded Not Guilty To Sexual Assault Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing a boy nearly 50 years ago. Ousted from the priesthood, he's the only U.S. Cardinal to face such charges. Meg Woolhouse
A Maskless Church Camp And Conference Are Linked To 180 COVID-19 Cases The Illinois events, both hosted by one unnamed organization, did not require masks or COVID-19 testing. Officials say that more than 1,000 people across at least four states could have been exposed. Sharon Pruitt-Young
Earthquake Deals A Powerful Blow To Haiti's Catholic Churches The one national institution in Haiti that functions — the Catholic Church — has found itself called upon to provide both spiritual and physical aid to people affected by the earthquake. Carrie Kahn