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Christian groups are reportedly harvesting mail-in ballots
With Election Day just a few weeks away, longtime church members Lucky Hartunian and Janie Booth sat outside the Revival Christian Fellowship’s sanctuary…
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Pastor who bans gay students convicted of child abuse
A well-known MAGA pastor in Louisiana has been convicted of three felony counts of child abuse and a fourth for second-degree child cruelty…
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Belgian King and others address abuse concerns with the Pope
On a brutal day for the frail and aging Pope Francis, the king of Belgium, its prime minister and the rector of the Catholic university that invited him here all ripped into the…
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Ryan Walters wants to spend $6M to put Bibles in classrooms
At Thursday’s State Board of Education meeting, State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced in his annual budget proposal $3 million…
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‘Bad’ priests would routinely be shipped off to Pacific islands
Pope Francis was expected to be welcomed by children bearing flowers, a 21-gun salute and a candlelight vigil after landing in Papua New Guinea on Friday. It would be the first…
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More schools defy GOP directive to teach the Bible in Oklahoma
The superintendents of nearly five dozen Oklahoma school districts say they do not plan to change their districts’ curricula to comply with…
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Pope Francis denounces anti-LGBT hate in Uganda
Pope Francis has made history by joining a Ugandan LGBTQ+-rights activist in condemning the discrimination faced by queer people in the country…