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Christianity
Amid rising worries about an increasing number of reports detailing intolerance and bias encountered by Christians in the United Kingdom in recent years, a Christian advocacy…
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The European Union has honored a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman with its highest human rights award after her death in Iran last year triggered global demonstrations against…
Christianity
A West Virginia school district has implemented a policy requiring annual training on religious freedom as a stipulation in a lawsuit settlement following a 2022 incident…
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A Palestinian American woman who lost her six-year-old son in what law enforcement authorities have categorized as a hate crime in a suburban area of Chicago…
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Muslim and Jewish advocacy organizations report a significant surge in incidents of harassment, discrimination and physical assaults targeting their respective communities since the October 7 Hamas…
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As the war between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas persists, tensions and security issues are extending to American university campuses, posing challenges for administrators,…
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German leaders and officials have strongly criticized a rise in antisemitism in their country following the Israel-Hamas conflict, and a top minister has gone so far…
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In what critics are decrying as an attack on free speech, the head of Florida’s university system has instructed educational institutions to dissolve on-campus chapters of…
Catholicism
As Americans become less affiliated with formal religion, the landscape of spirituality in the country is undergoing some peculiar transformations, according to speakers at a recent…
Catholicism
Conversations about the inclusion of women in the priesthood have gained momentum as the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis’s month-long conference aimed at addressing critical church…
Christianity
Thousands of fans from around the world gathered over the October 14-15 weekend for a conference in Dallas, Texas, to celebrate The Chosen, the wildly popular…
Baptist
“Whenever there has been any kind of movement, particularly in the African American community, it started in the house of God.” — Rev. Gaston Smith What…