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'Christ is king' now a loaded phrase in US politics
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'Christ is king' becomes a loaded phrase in US political debates, especially on the right
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Some admirers of Charlie Kirk hope response to death signals start of religious revival
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With Vice President JD Vance calling Charlie Kirk “a martyr for Christianity,” and a Catholic cardinal calling him “a modern-day St. Paul,” some Kirk admirers suggest his assassination will galvanize throngs of people — notably young conservatives — to become more engaged in evangelical and Catholic churches. Evocations of Kirk-inspired religious fervor surfaced almost immediately after his death on Sept.
By David Crary Verified, Peter SMith, Deepa Bharath Verified, Holly Meyer Verified, Peter SMith, Peter Smith, Holly Meyer
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The Bismarck Tribune
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Drilling into debate
President Donald Trump’s administration and its allies pushed aggressively for drilling, mining and logging in Alaska. This intensified a long debate over extraction projects in the nation’s largest state, particularly in Alaska Native communities. Some view such projects as key to jobs and economic development. Others see them posing environmental risks that could damage their sacred connections to the land and cultural traditions tied to fishing and hunting.
Are Trump and Harris particularly Christian? That's not what most Americans would say
Vice President Kamala Harris is a Baptist who was influenced by religious traditions in her mother’s home country of India. Former President Donald Trump grew up a mainline Presbyterian but began identifying as a nondenominational Christian near the end of his presidency. Despite that, few Americans see the presidential candidates as particularly Christian, according to a new survey conducted Sept. 12-16 by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs.
Trump shooter remains an enigma
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BETHEL PARK, Pa. — After three days, an enigmatic portrait emerged of the 20-year-old man who came close to killing former President Donald Trump with a high-velocity bullet: He was an intelligent loner with few friends, an apparently thin social media footprint and no hints of strong political beliefs that would suggest a motive for an attempted assassination.
By Michael Biesecker Verified, Martha Bellisle Verified, Jim Mustian Verified, Peter SMith, Peter Smith
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The Bismarck Tribune
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Why the speech by Kansas City Chiefs kicker was embraced at Benedictine College's commencement
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy in some quarters for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism on Saturday, but he received a standing ovation from graduates and other attendees of the May 11 commencement ceremony at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.
'Nones' reshaping religious landscape
Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving straight to the shore to play guitar, watch the waves and enjoy "the beauty of the morning on the beach," he recalled. "And it felt more spiritual than any time I set foot in a church." Nothing has changed that view in the ensuing decades. "Most religions are there to control people and get money from them," said Dulak, now 76, of Rocheport, Missouri.
Gunman guilty in temple attack
PITTSBURGH — A truck driver who spewed hatred of Jews was convicted Friday of storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could fi nd on a Sabbath morning, killing 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror for which he could be sentenced to die. The guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion after Robert Bowers' lawyers conceded at the trial's outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct.
Southern Baptists reject pleas over women pastors
NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Baptist Convention refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting the California megachurch's appeal over its February ouster for having women pastors. Southern Baptist church representatives at their annual meeting also rejected a similar appeal by a smaller church, Fern Creek Baptist of Louisville, Kentucky, which is led by a woman pastor.
Ukraine focuses suspicions on Orthodox clergy
KYIV, Ukraine - An investigation of a centuries-old monastic complex in Ukraine's capital and other religious sites has underscored Ukrainian authorities' suspicions about some Orthodox Christian clergymen they see as loyal to Russia despite Moscow's 9-month-old war on the country. The search by security service and police personnel at the Pechersk Lavra monastery, one of the most revered Orthodox sites in Kyiv, was unusual but did not happen in isolation.
United Methodists have for generations been a mainstay of the American religious landscape - one of the most geographically widespread of the major Protestant denominations, their steeples visible on urban streets, in county seats and along country roads, their ethos marked by a firm yet quiet faith, simple worship and earnest social service.
Pope visits Canada to offer apologies
EDMONTON, Alberta — Pope Francis began a historic visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal from generations of trauma.
Pope visits Canada to offer apologies
EDMONTON, Alberta - Pope Francis began a historic visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church's efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal from generations of trauma.
A withering report on sexual abuse and cover-up in the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. A viral video in which a woman confronts her pastor at an independent Christian for sexually preying on her when she was a teen. A TV documentary exposing sex abuse of children in Amish and Mennonite communities.
Woman buoyed by support after viral pastor confrontation
Bobi Gephart hadn't planned to go to church that Sunday - not to the worship service where the pastor intended to make a confession about the oppressive secret she had carried for so long. But she quickly changed her mind, realizing she couldn't trust the pastor - the man she says began sexually preying on her as a teenager - to share the whole truth. Gephart hurried to New Life Christian Church & World Outreach in Warsaw, Indiana, arriving mid-service, and made sure her story was told.
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The uproar over Whoopi Goldberg's remarks about the Holocaust has catalyzed somber reflections by many American Jews about not only the legacy of the Holocaust but anti-Jewish discrimination in the United States and their sense of a collective identity.
By Luis Andres Henao Verified, Peter SMith, Peter Smith, David Crary Verified, Peter SMith, Peter Smith
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Lincoln Journal Star
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