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Kurt Warner, left, and Brenda Warner arrive at the premiere of “American Underdog” on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. 
Movies
Faith-based pic ‘American Underdog’ tells story of Super Bowl champion Kurt Warner
‘American Underdog,’ a biopic of Warner’s life directed by the Erwin brothers, opens in theaters on Christmas Day.
By Religion News Service
Jeannie Gaffigan collaborated with Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles to host a panel aiming to get more Catholics vaccinated.
Faith
Jeannie Gaffigan hosts panel urging Catholics to get COVID-19 vaccines
Gaffigan collaborated with Loyola Marymount University to host a panel on Tuesday, Aug. 31, directed specifically at Catholic audiences and featuring several Catholic medical experts.
By Religion News Service
Jonathan Roumie portrays Jesus Christ in the series “The Chosen.”
Faith
Film series ‘The Chosen’ explores its Catholic side in the Eternal City
‘Meeting the pope was essentially having a childhood dream be realized,’ said Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Jesus in the popular show.
By Religion News Service
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Faith
Kyrie Irving’s recent conversion puts a spotlight on athletes observing Ramadan
By Religion News Service
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Faith
Fully vaccinated, Sister Jean gets her shot to return to March Madness
Schmidt has served as team chaplain of the Ramblers of Loyola University Chicago since 1994.
By Religion News Service
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Faith
How the NFL’s first Muslim head coach finds synergy between football, his faith
The new New York Jets head coach has always found that the Islamic faith and American football have a unique synergy.
By Religion News Service
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Faith
New VR game lets kids, adults face-off against Goliath
When asked who is tougher on a video game — Darth Vader or Goliath — young video gamers pointed to the Philistine giant.
By Religion News Service
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U.S. & World
Joanne Rogers, widow of ‘Mr. Rogers,’ dead at age 92
By Religion News Service
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Faith
Pixar adviser and theologian Suzan Johnson Cook on how they came to define ‘soul’ in the film
‘I’m a faith leader, so I wanted to make sure my definition wasn’t too strong, and (Pixar’s) definition wasn’t too weak,’ the minister and former ambassador said.
By Religion News Service
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Faith
How House chaplain calmed tense hours in besieged Capitol with prayers for ‘God’s covering’
As Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben, the chaplain to the U.S. House of Representatives, made her way through the echoing halls of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday (Jan. 6), she could feel a charge of anticipation in the air.
By Religion News Service
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Faith
President in the pews: D.C. churches offer Biden options
By Religion News Service
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Faith
Why NBA star Kyrie Irving was burning sage before a game with the Celtics
By Religion News Service
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Faith
Ruth Bader Ginsburg first woman and first Jew to lie in state at US Capitol
The associate justice who died Friday (Sept. 18) will lie in repose at the Supreme Court on Wednesday and Thursday, as have several of her departed colleagues — Justices John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.
By Religion News Service