The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) recently voted nearly unanimously to request that Mother Teresa’s feast day be added to the General Roman Calendar as an optional memorial. It is now going to the Vatican for further approval. The Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta, better known in …
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The Christian faith of early 20th-century Irish author C.S. Lewis is enjoying a rebirth right now as American culture, and the wider Western world, appear to have lost a sense of right and wrong. Credit the recent rediscovery of the author’s writings on religion, culture and morality, including “A Christmas …
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Pope Francis allegedly confirmed with a papal biographer his decision to take punitive measures against U.S. Cardinal Raymond Burke. Biographer Austen Ivereigh claimed in an article for the Catholic blog “Where Peter Is” to have spoken with Pope Francis about the situation at his residence in the Vatican. Francis allegedly …
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A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Texas bill requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, the latest in a string of setbacks for red states seeking to introduce the religious text into schools. Judge Fred Biery wrote in an order granting a preliminary injunction that the Republican-led …
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A federal judge struck down a Minnesota law that barred religious colleges from a state program, ruling it unconstitutional. In 2023, state legislators passed an amendment to the state’s Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) Act that changed who was eligible to participate in the program. Institutions that required students to sign …
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Despite calls from activists to cancel it, a Christian worship rally in Seattle went forward last weekend without confrontation. Sean Feucht, a Christian musician and conservative activist who gained national attention for his “Let Us Worship” movement opposing COVID-19 restrictions on religious gatherings, brought his “Revive in ’25” tour to …
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“God ain’t got no power over this hit. God got no power here.” The man gestured like a royal but the scene he revealed was the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast — the Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The man then sat down on an overturned milk crate, …
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College sports teams can unify their community on and off the field — and one football team is doing just that by using its platform to spread faith to students. University of Pittsburgh football players delivered the gospel in front of nearly 600 people during a stirring ‘Pitt for Jesus’ …
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Jelly Roll isn’t holding back. After Christian singer Forrest Frank shared a video on Instagram earlier this week about his decision against attending awards shows or accepting awards for his music — something he said is “from Jesus and for Jesus” — Jelly Roll commented with what he seemed to …
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“Hey, why don’t we start with a prayer?” Those are usually the words of a pastor when sitting down to discuss faith with someone. But they weren’t my words. They were Denzel Washington’s when we began an interview about his spiritual life. The conversation was part of a collection of …
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