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Missouri boarding school closes as state agency examines how it responded to abuse claims
A rural Missouri boarding school at the center of abuse allegations has closed its doors. Meanwhile, a state agency is looking at itself to determine if it failed to adequately address past concerns about the school in calls to an abuse hotline.
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Trump is selling ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $59.99 as he faces mounting legal bills
Former President Donald Trump is hawking Bibles as he runs to return to the White House. The presumptive Republican nominee Tuesday released a video on his Truth Social platform urging supporters to buy the “God Bless the USA Bible.”
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With its soldiers mired in Gaza, Israel fights a battle at home over drafting the ultra-Orthodox
As Israel battles a prolonged war in Gaza, exemptions from mandatory military service for ultra-Orthodox men have reopened a divide in the country and rattled the government coalition.
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Kenya starts to hand over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult
Kenya’s government has begun handing over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult at the center of a legal case that has shocked the country.
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A year after deadly Nashville shooting, Christian school relies on faith — and adopted dogs
Nearly a year after a shooting at a Christian elementary school in Nashville that left three adults and three children dead, students and their families have formed tight bonds out of their shared grief.
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Malaysian convenience store owners charged over ‘Allah’ socks that angered Muslims
The owners of a Malaysian convenience store chain and one of its suppliers were charged Tuesday with offending the religious feelings of Muslims after socks printed with the word “Allah” were found for sale on its shelves.
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Woman who set fire to Montgomery church gets 8 years in prison
Federal prosecutors on Monday said a 30-year-old woman in the U.S. on a student visa has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for setting fire to First Baptist Church in Montgomery in 2021.
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Animal chaplains offer spiritual care for every species
(RNS) — Sarah Bowen says she’s been doing the work of an animal chaplain since she was 6 years old.
Raised in the Midwest as a Presbyterian preacher’s kid, she was often hauled to hospice facilities and funeral homes but noticed that the chipmunks and other animals crumpled by the side of the road weren’t treated with the same compassion shown to people.
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Guns and sneakers were seized from a man accused of killing a pregnant Amish woman, police say
Police investigating the killing a pregnant Amish woman in rural Pennsylvania say they seized six guns, a variety of ammunition and a pair of sneakers that may match tread marks left at the crime scene during searches of the suspect’s home and vehicle.
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Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary pleads not guilty to terrorism charges
Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary has pleaded not guilty in a London courtroom to two terrorism-related charges.
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Abducted as babies in the 1970s, these Argentines found a way toward their true identity
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Thousands of Christians attend Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem against a backdrop of war
Thousands of Christian faithful attended Palm Sunday celebrations at Jerusalem’s sacred Mount of Olives on the first day of Holy Week.
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An AP photographer snags an unexpected image of the head of the Catholic Church
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Palestinians describe bodies and ambulances crushed in Israel’s ongoing raid at Gaza’s main hospital
Palestinians who fled an ongoing Israeli raid of Gaza’s main hospital have told The Associated Press of mass arrests and forced marches past dead bodies.
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A busy Holy Week will test Pope Francis’ health
Pope Francis has decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square.
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A Chinese pastor is released after 7 years in prison, only to find himself unable to get an ID
A pastor in China has been released after serving seven years in prison. But The Rev. John Sanqiang Cao, who had studied in married in the U.S., says he’s without any legal documentation in his country, unable to access even the most basic services without a Chinese identification.
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UN chief says it’s time to ‘truly flood’ Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says it’s time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid” and calls the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.”
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What is Palm Sunday and how is it celebrated worldwide?
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Lebanon’s displaced celebrate Ramadan amid fears that border conflict might become the ‘new normal’
About 60 families are celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at an abandoned hotel in southern Lebanon, far from their homes.
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Polling places inside synagogues are being moved for Pennsylvania’s April primary during Passover
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A Pakistani court sentences a woman to life in prison for burning pages from Islam’s holy book
A Pakistani court in the eastern city of Lahore has sentenced a Muslim woman to life in prison after finding her guilty of burning pages of Islam’s holy book.
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Southern Baptists pick a California seminary president to lead its troubled administrative body
A top administrative body of the Southern Baptist Convention has selected its first permanent leader in nearly two-and-a-half years.
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Lawsuit in New Mexico alleges abuse by a Catholic priest decades ago
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A man who says he was sexually abused as a boy by a priest in New Mexico in the 1960s sued the church and diocese this week, the latest case to surface in the state as the Roman Catholic Church wrestles with the global clergy sex abuse scandal.
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Belgian bishop defrocked 14 years after admitting to abusing nephew
Pope Francis has defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment.
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US Jews upset with Trump’s latest rhetoric say he doesn’t get to tell them how to be Jewish
Many Jewish faith leaders and commentators are decrying what they say are inflammatory remarks by Donald Trump.
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Their children disappeared in Argentina’s dictatorship. These mothers have looked for them since
After the military kidnapped their children during Argentina’s dictatorship in the 1970s, each Mother of Plaza de Mayo made a commitment: I will search for you until my last breath.
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BYU’s Aly Khalifa heads into March Madness without food or water while observing Ramadan
BYU forward Aly Khalifa will play against Duquesne on Thursday without having any food or drink after sunrise as he observes Ramadan during the NCAA Tournament.
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Ramy Youssef constantly asks if jokes are harmful or helpful. He keeps telling them anyway
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