Christianity’s Decline in U.S. Appears to Have Halted, Major Study Shows
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Christianity’s Decline in U.S. Appears to Have Halted, Major Study Shows

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For decades, social scientists, demographers and Christians themselves have told a familiar story about the state of Christianity in the United States: The country was rapidly secularizing. The Christian population was shrinking, on its way to becoming a minority religion. America may have…

One Nation, Under God – The New York Times
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One Nation, Under God – The New York Times

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As religion in America declined, experts administered last rites. Churches were approaching “their twilight hour” as attendance fell, The Brookings Institution wrote in 2011. In his 2023 book, “Losing Our Religion,” the evangelical preacher Russell Moore asked: “Can American Christianity survive?” The answer…

This Christian Convert Fled Iran, and Ran Into Trump’s Deportation Policy
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This Christian Convert Fled Iran, and Ran Into Trump’s Deportation Policy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines She first entered a church on a visit to Turkey. She remembers feeling a sense of calm so overpowering that she purchased a small Bible. She wrapped it in her clothes and smuggled it back to her hometown, Isfahan, in central Iran. Artemis…

Catholics Pray for Ailing Pope Francis at Sunday Mass
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Catholics Pray for Ailing Pope Francis at Sunday Mass

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Roman Catholics worldwide prayed for Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition, at Mass on Sunday after the Vatican announced that he was “not out of danger.” The 88-year-old pontiff went into the hospital on Feb. 14 with an infection that developed…

Trump Signs Order to Fight ‘Anti-Christian Bias’
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Trump Signs Order to Fight ‘Anti-Christian Bias’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at eradicating “anti-Christian bias” in the federal government by having agencies review policies and practices that he says have tried to squelch religious activities and activism. Mr. Trump, who announced the order at the…

Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case
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Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to consider a high-profile case that could open the door to allowing public dollars to directly fund religious schools. The widely watched case out of Oklahoma could transform the line between church and state in education, and…

Anita Bryant, Whose Anti-Gay Politics Undid a Singing Career, Is Dead at 84
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Anita Bryant, Whose Anti-Gay Politics Undid a Singing Career, Is Dead at 84

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Anita Bryant, the singer and former beauty queen who had a robust and flourishing music career, including hit songs like “Paper Roses,” in the 1960s and ’70s, but whose opposition to gay rights — she called homosexuality “an abomination” — virtually destroyed her…