Mary and Joseph presented Jesus at the Temple, an important moment in their family’s life. Imagine their surprise when they were accosted without warning by two elderly prophets, Simeon and Anna, whose wisdom, gleaned from long faithful lives, gave them insight. They saw how special Jesus was and shared what they saw, in word and […]
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While over 70 percent of American Catholics are white, the denomination is becoming increasingly diverse over time. This does not mean Catholics’ voting habits are becoming more liberal. In 2024, according to Cooperative Election Study data, 64 percent of white Catholics voted for Trump. In 2016, 24 percent of nonwhite Catholics voted for Trump; in […]
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The sheriff excoriated the agents for their conduct, saying the arrest had changed his mind about the federal government’s immigration actions. “We’re being told one story, which is totally different than what’s occurring or what occurred [Wednesday] night,” Joyce said, noting that the recruit had passed the county’s application process to qualify as a corrections […]
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The sheriff excoriated the agents for their conduct, saying the arrest had changed his mind about the federal government’s immigration actions. “We’re being told one story, which is totally different than what’s occurring or what occurred [Wednesday] night,” Joyce said, noting that the recruit had passed the county’s application process to qualify as a corrections […]
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“There’s a firm argument to be made that this art form, the Delta blues, is our country’s most important contribution to global popular culture. You know, I think it’s probably [Black people’s] most important artistic contribution to the world,” Coogler told Democracy Now! last spring. “And it was such a profound discovery, that this music […]
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Sherman-Conroy said that Movement Chaplains only go where they are invited, wearing orange shirts to identify their presence. “When we go into these spaces, we don’t center ourselves, right? We center our community. So for us, the idea is that community is a spiritual practice,” she said. There has been some tension in Minneapolis faith […]
Read MoreIn 2026 America, we are being sold a cheap, brutish, ugly, superficial, violent view of the world. We are told that our world is one in which you #FAFO. One in which failure to obey a man with a gun means certain, justifiable death. We are told that this world is the only world possible. […]
Read More“Before I knew it, I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic, and so I approached her, and we were at that point chanting, ‘We are not afraid, we are not afraid.’” Callaghan then said he told ICE officers to take him instead of harassing her. An agent then “came, […]
Read MoreDec. 29—This year was the setting for many memorable moments where Alle-Kiski Valley athletes and teams shined with championship performances and accomplishments in all arenas of competition. Here’s a look back at a number of the top stories of the year in the A-K Valley. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement 10. Burrell hockey wins Challenger Cup Burrell […]
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So, since you probably missed it, here’s what the town hall was: a religious revival disguised as a news event. It was also a holy mission statement by Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News, and David Ellison, the owner of its parent company, Paramount Skydance. All was revealed in a remarkable sermon by […]
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Reiner was found stabbed to death in his Los Angeles home Sunday, alongside his wife, producer Michele Singer Reiner. Their son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner, was taken into custody early Monday and is being held on $4 million bail. The motive for the gruesome killing is not clear. But in Donald Trump’s mind, the murder is […]
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At issue in Drummond were two significant constitutional questions. First: Are privately run charter schools state actors if they are publicly approved and funded? And second: If they are public, does the First Amendment’s free exercise clause prohibit a state from excluding religious schools from its charter school program—or does the establishment clause require it […]
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Hegseth wrote that he pulled the platoon aside after the briefing and told them, “I will not allow that nonsense to filter into your brains. Men, if you see an enemy who you believe is a threat, you engage and destroy the threat. That’s a bullshit rule that’s going to get people killed. And I […]
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Nov. 27—Religion has long been a part of boxer/bare-knuckle fighter Austin Trout’s life. He grew in the Christian faith. In recent years, though, the former Las Cruces resident has been seen and heard speaking in Hebrew at the beginning of pre-fight and post-fight interviews. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement It is not, he said during a recent […]
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“[President Donald Trump] said he enjoys war. And it’s clear he’s dying to make war,” Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian author Wole Soyinka said this month. “He says he wants to help Nigeria. Of course—anybody, any leader, any nation, would gladly accept assistance from anywhere to get rid of this vicious fundamentalist group, whose principle, whose understanding […]
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They say God is always with you, and now that includes in your pocket. From chatbot Jesus to AI-written sermons, churches are using the technology to try to get more people engaged with religion. AI could improve access and allow pastors more freedom for hands-on work, but it may not be effective in drawing in […]
Read MorePresumably, it was Muslims among the crowd who cheered when, in his victory speech, the mayor-elect broke into Arabic, referencing the “Little Egypt” section of Astoria, Queens, known for its Muslim population. “We will fight for you because we are you,” Mamdani said. “Or, as we say on Steinway, ana minkum wa alaikum.” (This roughly […]
Read MoreThe first American pope leads a church increasingly willing to express disapproval of America’s president. Pope Leo XIV and a few U.S. bishops have recently criticized President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, with Leo saying “deep reflection” is needed about his home country’s treatment of migrants. Leo’s recent comments were his “strongest criticism of Trump […]
Read MoreA Fifth Circuit panel described what happened next. “Upon arrival, Landor was met by an intake guard,” Judge Edith Brown Clement wrote for the panel in Landor’s case in 2023. “Acting preemptively, Landor explained that he was a practicing Rastafarian and provided proof of past religious accommodations. And, amazingly, Landor also handed the guard a […]
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“Anyone who thought that there was some sophisticated strategy to try and intimidate Kim didn’t know the truth,” Taylor said. “Which was that, the president was freestyling. It was scaring his team. The secretary of defense walked out of one of those meetings and turned to us at the Department of Homeland Security and said, […]
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Riley previously worked as a partner at McKinsey & Company, and completed a Ph.D. in social policy and an M.Sc. in contemporary Chinese from Oxford, according to her LinkedIn. She joined the ranks at DOGE and was assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services, where Politico reported she pushed for massive layoffs earlier […]
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Riley previously worked as a partner at McKinsey & Company, and completed a Ph.D. in social policy and an M.Sc. in contemporary Chinese from Oxford, according to her LinkedIn. She joined the ranks at DOGE and was assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services, where Politico reported she pushed for massive layoffs earlier […]
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“As much as it’s our wish or aspiration, we have decided not to bring it [at] this stage to the Knesset, because now on the table, we have huge efforts to [do] everything that Trump’s plan will be successful, and we will invest in that,” Sa’ar said Wednesday. As President Donald Trump’s supposed “ceasefire” sets […]
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“As much as it’s our wish or aspiration, we have decided not to bring it [at] this stage to the Knesset, because now on the table, we have huge efforts to [do] everything that Trump’s plan will be successful, and we will invest in that,” Sa’ar said Wednesday. As President Donald Trump’s supposed “ceasefire” sets […]
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“I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the Civil War. President Trump is shredding our Constitution,” Merkley said to begin his remarks. The many topics Merkley has addressed so far in his more than 14-hour speech include […]
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Not so, however, outside their narrow academic circle. Within Israel, the Zionist narrative of ancient history is still widely taught. “[Israeli education] wants to be very progressive … and it is free, and critical, until you get to … the land of Israel,” said Nurit Peled-Elhanan, an Israeli philologist and outspoken critic of Israeli education. […]
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Tech billionaire Peter Thiel wants to alert the world to an overlooked danger, said Nitasha Tiku in The Washington Post: the coming of the Antichrist. In a recent series of “off-the-record” lectures delivered in San Francisco to sold-out crowds, the venture capitalist and GOP megadonor warned that critics of technology, artificial intelligence, and financial innovation […]
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“The old societies of Europe are collapsing,” he said, “and the United States is applauding its new Hitler. It’s not listening to its own young people, or its older people who died in the battlefields of Europe, fighting against Hitler and against his criminal ideology. Today, the same thing is being done as Hitler did, […]
Read MorePope Leo XIV last week released his first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi Te, and the message from the first American-born pontiff seems certain to rile conservatives in the United States. The first section, titled “A Few Essential Words,” declares, “Love for the Lord, then, is one with love for the poor … contact with those who […]
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Vought, as anticipated, is now using the government shutdown to cull the federal workforce, fulfilling Trump’s recent vow to cut “vast numbers of people out,” as well as slash programs that he says Democrats “like.” An unnamed White House official told MSNBC’s Vaughn Hillyard, “We expect thousands of people to unfortunately be laid off due […]
Read More Vought, as anticipated, is now using the government shutdown to cull the federal workforce, fulfilling Trump’s recent vow to cut “vast numbers of people out,” as well as slash programs that he says Democrats “like.” An unnamed White House official told MSNBC’s Vaughn Hillyard, “We expect thousands of people to unfortunately be laid off due […]
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