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  • Webstar priest challenges Italian rapper on the Church’s unseen good

    Webstar priest challenges Italian rapper on the Church’s unseen good

    • Jul 14, 2020

    Italian Father Alberto Ravagnani turned into that most quintessential form of 21st century celebrity, the “webstar.”

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • Poland’s nuns join challenge, make rap videos to help health care workers

    Poland’s nuns join challenge, make rap videos to help health care workers

    • Jun 15, 2020

    When Polish rap artists launched “Hot16Challenge” in late April to raise funds for medical staff tackling the coronavirus, they did not expect their country’s religious sisters would get in on the act.

    By Jonathan Luxmoore
  • Parkland students kick off anti-gun tour with rally at Catholic church

    Parkland students kick off anti-gun tour with rally at Catholic church

    • Jun 25, 2018

    For the past 10 years, at the start of summer, Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Church in Chicago, and St. Sabina parishioners have held a rally to kick off weekly marches for peace in the surrounding neighborhood.

    By Joyce Duriga
  • Parishioners in Kenya disappointed after priest suspended — for rapping

    Parishioners in Kenya disappointed after priest suspended — for rapping

    • Jun 21, 2018

    Many parishioners at St. Monica Church in western Kenya are unhappy after their favorite priest was suspended for misconduct by the Diocese of Homa Bay.

    By Doreen Ajiambo
  • How Lecrae mixes rap and theology

    • Sep 26, 2014

    NEW YORK — He’s been crowned the “new hip-hop king” and his newest album, “Anomaly,” topped iTunes and Amazon charts the day of its Sept. 9 release. He’s been invited to birthday parties for both Billy Graham and Michael Jordan and riffed on NBC’s “Tonight Show” with host Jimmy Fallon.

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