Religion
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Pope Leo the first pontiff in decades to carry the cross for full Good Friday procession
Leo's predecessors were too weak or elderly to carry the cross for 14 Stations of the Cross, symbolizing the final hours of Jesus' life
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Eight justices shut down Colorado's 'egregious' censorship of talk therapy in 'conversion' ban
Therapist's speech with gender-confused kids does not become conduct "just because it can also be described as a 'treatment,' a 'therapeutic modality,' or anything else," Gorsuch opinion says. Kagan disses Jackson.
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Franklin Graham says he 'misspoke' when he called for CPAC to help Trump get reelected in 2028
Graham, the son of iconic evangelist Billy Graham, spoke at the annual conference Thursday. During his closing remarks, he mentioned that he was fond of the president and said the country will never see anyone else like Trump.
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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.
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Christian baker punished for refusing lesbian wedding cake asks SCOTUS to close California loophole
"First Amendment rights will vary dramatically by location, even between state and federal courts within California," if SCOTUS doesn't resolve two splits in lower courts. Justice Scalia 1990 opinion should be junked, petition says.
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Alaska Airlines, union face hostile judges for treatment of Christian workers: 'Really bad'
9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals quotes officials belittling religious beliefs of flight attendants who challenged its support for LGBTQ Equality Act before firing them.