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Christianity
In late spring, taking its cue from the writings and speeches of a Wisconsin pastor who formed an anti-abortion militia in the 1990s and has lately…
Catholicism
Speaking at a university campus and later a seaside town during a five-day trip to participate in a youth gathering in Portugal, Pope Francis urged students…
Catholicism
With both sides citing religious freedom, what would be the first religious public charter school in the United States met its initial challenge—a lawsuit filed by…
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As the numbers of those professing membership in an organized religion continue to decline, so too do those who believe in spiritual entities such as God,…
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Three quarters of a century after President Harry Truman signed an executive order aimed at ensuring that all members of the military are treated equally regardless…
Buddhism
Amid the ongoing civil war in Burma (Myanmar) and what UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described as the ethnic cleansing of its minority Muslim Rohingya population, the…
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Nearly five years after the deadliest antisemitic attack in the nation’s history, the individual found guilty has been sentenced to death. For the survivors, their friends,…
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A week after authorities in Iran threatened to renew a crackdown on women not wearing the hijab, the country’s morality police has shut down an office…
Catholicism
As the countdown commences for the inaugural papal visit to Mongolia in early September, the highest-ranking Vatican official in the Asian nation has characterized the occasion…
Buddhism
A group of socially aware Buddhists in Thailand is questioning traditional notions of personal devotion to address urgent issues within their faith and extend their impact…
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Outraged by the scheduled act of burning a Quran by an Iraqi man in Sweden, scores of demonstrators forcefully entered the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad on…
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The Rev. Steve Pieters, an HIV/AIDS-positive activist, made a significant impact in 1985 when he participated in an interview with televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. Their remarkable…