​​What’s at Stake in the Conclave? The Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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​​What’s at Stake in the Conclave? The Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The fresco is on the north wall of the Sistine Chapel, up and to the right as the cardinals enter to choose their successor. It depicts a scene from the life of Jesus, as told in the Gospel of Matthew, painted by the…

Ghana Wanted a Cathedral. It Got an ‘Expensive Hole’ Instead.
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Ghana Wanted a Cathedral. It Got an ‘Expensive Hole’ Instead.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The walls surrounding Ghana’s national cathedral are aging plywood. Its spires are yellow construction cranes, which have not moved in years. It frequently reverberates with singing — the singing of a choir of frogs that moves in whenever the cathedral’s half-finished foundations fill…

Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony
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Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pope, whose simple style, pastoral vision and outsized footprint on the world stage both reinvigorated…

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

ByNews Polite

#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

ByNews Polite

#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

ByNews Polite

#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

ByNews Polite

#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’

ByNews Polite

#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…