Religion
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Liberal or conservative? Pope Leo escapes early political labels with healthy dose of pragmatism
Leo was elected amid widespread speculation on whether the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics would follow in the progressive footsteps of predecessor Pope Francis or return to a more traditional Catholic doctrine.
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Pope Leo considering Trump's invite to join Board of Peace: Vatican says
"The Pope has received an invitation and we are considering what to do," Cardinal Pietro Parolin said
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Founding pastor of MN church says anti-ICE outburst raises security concerns, calls for prosecutions
The pastor, who helped found Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota and served there for seven years, said the disruption was absolutely unjustified and mirrors recent encroachments on houses of worship by protesters.
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King Charles, Pope's prayer meeting marks big step toward healing deepest divides in Christianity
Under the frescoed heavens of the Sistine Chapel, King Charles III – Supreme Governor of the Church of England – bowed his head in prayer Thursday next to newly-installed Pope Leo XIV.
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Man urinates on Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica altar at morning mass, security escorts him out
Security personnel escorted him away from the altar as gasps could be heard in the crowd of onlookers, according to reports
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Arkansas school stops censoring student evangelism, pledges retraining after Gov. Sanders' threat
Arkansas Connections Academy backs down three hours after Sanders announces investigation, censored student's lawyers say.
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Church of England names first female archbishop of Canterbury
Mullally was one of three women on the shortlist to replace former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who resigned his post last year over his handling of a physical and sexual abuse scandal.
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Durbin declines Chicago Archdiocese immigration award following backlash over pro-abortion stance
Bishop Thomas Paprocki said the senator was “unfit to receive any Catholic honor.”
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Forcing baker to make same-sex wedding cake recreates printing press censorship: scholars to SCOTUS
Former federal appellate judge, heavily cited legal scholar ask SCOTUS to "emphatically cast aside" precedent that stains Scalia's legacy. Texas leads red states against "fact-intensive inquiry" that lets states harass creative professionals.
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U.S. church attendance of most denominations rises following Charlie Kirk's murder
Craig Dyson, the head pastor of Convo Church in Reno, Nevada, who was also a friend of Kirk's, said church attendance was overflowing the Sunday after his death. Some of the churchgoers said they had trouble finding parking spaces at their houses of worship.
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As Trump calls on Americans to pray, DOJ argues against evangelist arrested for public preaching
Feds worry that letting plaintiffs who were never incarcerated sue for civil rights violations could endanger their own cases. Australian province says 'conversion therapy' prayer is criminal, while Quebec wants to ban all public prayer.
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Pilot facing separation suffered religious discrimination on vax exemption request: Air Force says
The Air Force Review Board found that pilot “was discriminated against on the basis of religion" for objection to orders to take the COVID vaccination. On “all fronts, this is a huge win,” pilot's attorney R. Davis Younts said.
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Pope Leo XIV declares two new saints
Carlo Acutis, who was a 15-year-old computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006, has become the first millennial saint in Catholic history.