How Pope Francis Catalyzed the Catholic Right in the U.S.
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How Pope Francis Catalyzed the Catholic Right in the U.S.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Pope Francis’ critics represent a minority of the American church but a powerful one. Ruth Graham, a reporter covering religion, faith and values for The New York Times, describes how his papacy galvanized a tide of conservative resistance in the American church hierarchy,…

Judge Declines to Block Immigration Enforcement Operations in Places of Worship
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Judge Declines to Block Immigration Enforcement Operations in Places of Worship

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge on Friday declined to block the Trump administration from carrying out detention and deportation operations in houses of worship, finding that a coalition of more than two dozen religious organizations had not made a clear case that their spaces and…

4 Things to Know About Mike Huckabee, Trump’s Ambassador to Israel
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4 Things to Know About Mike Huckabee, Trump’s Ambassador to Israel

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, Republican presidential contender and Baptist minister, was confirmed as ambassador to Israel by a vote of 53 to 46 on Wednesday, with senators largely divided along party lines. President Trump announced Mr. Huckabee as his nominee for…

Opinion | A Supreme Court Case Threatens the Church-State Divide
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Opinion | A Supreme Court Case Threatens the Church-State Divide

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines While the country holds its breath for the Supreme Court’s responses to the Trump administration’s serial depredations, it’s hard to focus on anything else. Nonetheless, a case set for argument next month before the court merits more attention than the little it has…

How Yehonatan Indursky Fled His Ultra-Orthodox Life — and Returned
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How Yehonatan Indursky Fled His Ultra-Orthodox Life — and Returned

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines This wasn’t yet a reconversion, only a crucial dalliance. But on Tinder, he met the woman who would become his wife, a French Jew who had recently moved to Israel and wished to become more observant. “In slow motion,” he said, she helped…

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…

Maha Kumbh Mela: World’s Largest Gathering Begins in India
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Maha Kumbh Mela: World’s Largest Gathering Begins in India

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hundreds of millions of Hindus are convening this week in what is expected to be the world’s largest human gathering, where a staggering number of devotees, tourists, politicians and celebrities take sacred dips at the convergence of two holy rivers in India. The…