Religion
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New York village threatens church for selling Christmas trees, prompting lawsuit threat
Village of the Branch says St. Patrick's can't have more than one fundraising event every 90 days "while allowing other organizations to conduct seasonal sales events," church's lawyers say.
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Watch the first TPUSA AMFest since Charlie Kirk's assassination
Speakers at the multi-day event include Vice President JD Vance, Steve Bannon, Erika Kirk, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, first son Donald Trump Jr. and House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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Pope Leo names Illinois Bishop Ronald Hicks as next New York archbishop, replacing retiring Dolan
Bishop Ronald Hicks is the current bishop of Joliet, Illinois
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Hegseth to restore 'faith and virtue' in Chaplain Corps, replacing 'self-help and self-care'
Singles out Army's spiritual fitness guide as "unacceptable and unserious" for mentioning God once but "feelings 11 times" and "playfulness, whatever that is, nine times." Could change what qualifies as recognized religion.
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New York Catholic archdiocese to negotiate sex-abuse settlement with 1,300 accusers, raising $300M
“As we have repeatedly acknowledged, the sexual abuse of minors long ago has brought shame upon our church,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan said
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Conservative group reaches major settlement with DoD on producing dog tags with Bible verses
The settlement comes after production of the dog tags was halted following a complaint from an anti-religious group in 2019.
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Acting ICE director calls for ‘ICE was here’ Nativity be removed from Massachusetts church
A Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in the Boston suburb of Dedham shows an empty manger, along with the sign and contact information for a group that monitors immigration enforcement in Massachusetts.
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'Historic': Medical school pays students, employees $10M to end forced COVID vaccination lawsuit
With its officials facing personal liability for violating "clearly established" rights, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine throws in the towel while still falsely claiming COVID vaccines can stop infection and transmission.
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Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson released from hospital
Jackson was first diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2013, but the diagnosis was changed to progressive supranuclear palsy, a different neurological condition, in April.
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Italy moves to follow European neighbors in banning religious garb like burqas that hide identity
Proposal is the latest in a series bgy Italian government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ,to regulate public expression of religion
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You Vote: In the war of words between border czar Tom Homan and the Catholic Bishops, what say you?
Homan, who is Catholic, told reporters at the White House that the bishops were wrong and defended the administration's priority of securing the United States' border.
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Homan rebukes Catholic bishops' condemnation of mass deportations: 'The Catholic Church is wrong'
The Conference of Bishops released a rare statement on Wednesday that slammed the administration for the current "climate of fear and anxiety" surrounding immigration and race because of its deportation operations and arrests.
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Pro-Israel Christians, Jews use law loathed by pro-life activists to stop anti-Israel disruptions
"It would make it more difficult to hold violent agitators and intimidating antisemites accountable under the law" if Congress repeals the FACE Act, as pro-life activists want, lawyer for religious organizations says.