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Pope Francis cancels Monday morning engagements due to mild flu symptoms, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis canceled his engagements Monday morning due to persistent but mild flu symptoms, the Vatican press office said in a short statement, adding that the pontiff did not have a fever.
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Algeria inaugurates Africa’s largest mosque after years of political delays and cost overruns
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The pope delivers Sunday prayers from the Vatican window a day after suffering a mild flu
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Netanyahu says a cease-fire deal would only delay ‘somewhat’ an Israeli military offensive in Rafah
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UK Conservatives suspend a lawmaker after he accused London’s mayor of being controlled by Islamists
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At least 15 Catholic worshippers were killed in an attack during a service in northern Burkina Faso
Catholic church officials in Burkina Faso say that at least 15 worshippers have been killed in a village when gunmen attacked a community as they gathered for prayers in the country’s conflict-hit northern region.
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A teacher and 6 members of a religious congregation have been kidnapped in Haiti, officials say
Officials say six members of a religious congregation in Haiti and a teacher have been kidnapped while gathered in front of a school in the capital.
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Israeli officials to meet on a proposed pause in Gaza while the Cabinet is set to OK a Rafah plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says officials will meet on the next steps after the latest talks with the United States, Egypt and Qatar in search of a deal on pausing the fighting in Gaza.
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Pope Francis cancels a meeting with Rome deacons because of mild flu, the Vatican says
The Vatican says that Pope Francis has canceled an audience as a precaution after coming down with mild flu.
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The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed over to his mother, aide says
An aide to Alexei Navalny says the body of the Russian opposition leader has been handed over to his mother.
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Two daughters ran away to join Islamic State. Years later, their family’s story is an Oscar nominee
A documentary about a Tunisian family and the radicalization of two teenage daughters who joined the Islamic State group is up for one of the most prestigious film awards in the world.
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Mexican church officials have helped arrange a truce between 2 warring drug cartels
A Roman Catholic priest in Mexico says churchmen have helped arrange a truce between two warring drug cartels whose turf wars have blooded the state of Guerrero.
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A stained glass window showing a dark-skinned Jesus Christ is heading to a Memphis museum
A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window in Rhode Island that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has found a new home at a museum in Tennessee.
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German bishops to head to Rome after Vatican demands they scrap a vote on contentious lay council
A delegation of German bishops is expected in Rome soon after the Vatican insisted they scrap a planned vote on a controversial proposal to let laypeople participate in a decision-making council alongside bishops.
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Chief justice’s Christian reasoning in IVF opinion sparks alarm over church-state separation
When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, its chief justice had a higher authority in mind.
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Belarus cracks down on clergy who supported protests of its authoritarian leader
Dozens of clergy in Belarus — Orthodox, Catholic or Protestant — have been jailed, silenced or forced into exile for protesting the 2020 election that gave authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko a sixth term.
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Trump tells religious broadcasters he’ll defend Christianity against perceived threats from the left
Former President Donald Trump is promising to use a second term in the White House to defend Christian values and is suggesting he’ll protect the faith’s central icon, warning a convention of religious broadcasters that the left wants “to tear down crosses.”
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Georgia bill aims to protect religious liberty. Opponents say it’s a license to discriminate
Georgia lawmakers are revisiting a nearly decade-old fight over whether the state needs to protect religious rights from being trampled by state and local governments.
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Man who intentionally drove his truck into a Muslim family, killing 4, gets life sentence in Canada
A man found guilty of using his pickup truck to kill four members of a Muslim family has been sentenced to life in prison as a Canadian judge ruled that the actions of the “admitted white nationalist” amounted to terrorism.
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Denmark records highest number of antisemitic incidents since WWII, part of a grim European trend
The head of the Jewish Community in Denmark says the number of antisemitic incidents registered since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that ignited the war in Gaza has reached levels not seen since World War II.
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Georgia GOP senators seek to ban sexually explicit books from school libraries, reduce sex education
Republican senators in Georgia want to cull sexually explicit books from schools, ban sex education for younger students, display the Ten Commandments in classrooms and allow religious chaplains to counsel teachers and students.
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Retired Catholic bishop charged with sexual offenses in northwest Australia
A retired Catholic bishop has been charged with sexual offenses including child abuse in a remote part of Australia’s northwest.
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European diplomats have condemned the closed-door trial of a Catholic activist in Belarus
European diplomats in Belarus have condemned the trial of a Catholic activist in Minsk as “unfair” and “politically motivated.”
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Woman who says she was abused spiritually and sexually by a once-famous Jesuit demands transparency
One of the first women who accused a once-exalted Jesuit artist of spiritual, psychological and sexual abuse has gone public.
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Churches and nonprofits ensnared in Georgia push to restrict bail funds
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Southern Baptists oust one church for having woman pastor, two others over sexual-abuse policy
The Southern Baptist Convention’s top administrative body has ousted four congregations. One church violated SBC policy by having a woman as senior minister.
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For Black ‘nones’ who leave religion, what’s next?
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Take Rogiérs Fibby, a self-described agnostic, atheist and secular humanist who grew up in the Moravian Church.
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The suspects in a Kenyan doomsday cult are ordered to be hospitalized after a hunger strike
A magistrate has ordered the main suspect in a doomsday starvation cult and 94 of his followers to receive emergency care after some of the suspects were carried into the court room to answer manslaughter charges frail and weak to “even open their eyes” from an apparent hunger strike.
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The Vatican’s problematic process to address clergy sex abuse cases, explained
Five years ago this week, Pope Francis convened an unprecedented summit of bishops from around the world to impress on them that clergy abuse was a global problem and that they needed to do something about it.
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Here’s why many Argentinians are devoted to a first lady who died in 1952
Far from Argentina, few people may know much about Eva Perón, widely known as “Evita.” But the former first lady, who died in 1952, is a constant presence in her home country.
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Ever wonder what’s in the Vatican secret archives? The priest who runs it offers the following
The longtime prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive is spilling the beans for the first time. He is revealing some of the secrets he has uncovered in the 45 years he has worked in one of the world’s most important, and unusual, repositories of documents.
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New York Archdiocese denounces transgender activist’s funeral held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
The funeral of a renowned transgender activist in a New York cathedral elicited a denunciation of the event by a senior church official, who called the Mass a scandal within one of the preeminent houses of worship in U.S.
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Houston megachurch holds healing and thanksgiving service a week after deadly shooting
A Houston megachurch has held a special service a week after a woman opened fire in one of its hallways. Lakewood Church is run by celebrity pastor Joel Osteen.
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What does it mean to claim the US is a Christian nation, and what does the Constitution say?
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Many believe the founders wanted a Christian America. Some want the government to declare one now
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