Religion
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Fired for refusing COVID jabs and blocked from jobs without mandate, firefighters seek jury trial
Unlike firefighter challenge that Supreme Court just rejected, plaintiffs in Microsoft's home town say they provided "hard facts" that Redmond rejected religious accommodations nowhere near "undue hardship" standard.
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Pope Leo spotted leaving hospital on Saturday
He will appear from the window of his apartment after returning, reports said.
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Vatican says Pope Leo has resumed his 'daily activities' just days after surgery
The Pope was diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this week and underwent surgery to have the lower lobe of his right lung removed.
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School district pays $275,000, changes policies to settle Bible study discrimination lawsuit
Federal court already imposed preliminary injunction on Washington's Everett Public Schools this spring. The district board will undergo "religious liberty training" and change policies on "religious activities," ministry's lawyers say.
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Pope 'progressing as expected' after surgery to remove lower lobe of lung, doctors say
Blood tests and an X-ray early on Wednesday showed his recovery is going normally, and he has also undergone respiratory physiotherapy
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Vatican says Pope Leo has been diagnosed with lung cancer
The tests confirmed the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma. It said the diagnosis had been suspected by preoperative tests but was confirmed during the procedure, which removed a nodule from his lung.
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US military archbishop urges Catholic soldiers to recuse themselves from firing squad
Timothy Broglio, archbishop for military services, said it was his "duty to express" his disapproval of the plan, and he offered his "heartfelt sympathy" to the victims' family and friends who died in the attack.
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Pope arrives at a hospital in Rome for surgery to remove lung nodule and determine if it's cancerous
Should doctors determine the lesion on Pope Leo XIV's lung to be cancerous, oncologists say the pope's prognosis is good since it will have been removed at an early stage.
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Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery to remove nodule on lung
The 71-year-old pontiff said the lung nodule was caught at an early stage and doctors recommended surgery to remove it.
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Jim Bakker, famed televangelist felled by scandal, dies at age 86
Bakker's second wife, Lori, announced the death in a post on his TV show's official Instagram account.
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Amish paradise? New York 'effectively' bans sect with biased school vaccine mandate, SCOTUS told
An appeals court rubber-stamped its first ruling against the challenge after the high court said it needed to consider a recent parental rights precedent. "If New York wins, the Amish will be forced to flee the state," lawyer says.
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Public university commandeered Christian student groups while leaving Muslim group alone, suit says
Campus chapters of national Christian organizations allege state-controlled religion that forces them to get permission to pray, have a "pajama party," while "minority" religions keep their recognition privileges and freedom of worship.
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Remote worker fired for refusing COVID vax receives $200k settlement after feds investigate: lawyers
Arrow Electronics refused her request for a religious accommodation, claiming she lacked "religiosity," at which point the feds got involved, her lawyers say.