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Pope Leo XIV isn't the first pontiff to stare down a world leader. From a medieval emperor standing barefoot in the snow to Napole
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President Trump is facing fallout from prominent Christian conservatives after posting an image on social media depicting him as J
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sparked controversy with his recent comments about Israel's right to land in the Middle Ea
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Justin Park has spent years trying to put a christian cross on the lunar surface. His Trump-aligned coalition raises fresh questions: is it even legal, and what does claiming the moon for one faith really mean?
An Indiana teacher's pronoun settlement made news months ago. New research on trans youth, a harder quote from the teacher himself, and a fresh appeals ruling show why this fight still isn't resolved.
A Missouri court just revived a lawsuit against a conversion therapy ban, riding a Supreme Court ruling that's already reaching an Oregon case that has nothing to do with conversion therapy at all.
A nun was handcuffed steps from her South Texas church, and it took lawmakers from both parties to bring her home. Here's what her case reveals about faith, enforcement, and who gets protected.
The Trump administration issued a report proposing that we knock down the wall between church and state. It also skips several faiths entirely and the 50-plus denominations suing over raids on their sanctuaries.
From a failed 1860s constitutional amendment to today's National Mall prayer rallies, declaring America a Christian nation has a long history. Here's the pattern, and what gets left out of it.
Texas just did something no state has done before, voting to require 5 million public school students to read Bible passages as mandatory curriculum. The question is whether that's education — or something else.
A Texas judge won $640,000 for refusing to marry gay couples – damages, fees, and a permanent shield. Now, her lawyer is aiming to take down gay marriage nationwide. Did the right side win, or is a right unraveling?
Damon Landor kept his vow for 20 years. Then prison guards held him down and shaved his head, tossing aside the court order he'd handed them. Now, the Supreme Court says he can't sue them for it.
From Mesopotamian flood myths to Gilbert Baker's needle and thread, the rainbow has accumulated extraordinary meaning across thousands of years and dozens of cultures. Here is its true origin story.
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