Religion
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Pope meeting Brandon Johnson, mayor of his hometown Chicago, sparks sharp, divided reactions
Pope Leo XIV and Johnson a discussed political topics such as immigration, President Trump, slavery and the Iran-Israel conflict.
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Firefighters ask Supreme Court to stop liberal courts' end-run around religious rights
Appeals courts are circumventing high court's ruling for postal worker fired for refusing to work Sundays, letting employers deny COVID vaccine religious accommodations based on "speculative" harm with no jury trial, groups say.
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Pope Leo urges world to rein in AI’s power to eliminate jobs, automate warfare in first encyclical
Roman Catholic Church leader also asks for forgiveness for church’s slowness in condemning slavery centuries ago.
