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Religious broadcasters sue IRS over rule limiting political speech for nonprofits

Aug 29, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The complaint, filed by the National Religious Broadcasters, argues churches “are placed in a unique and discriminatory status” by the... Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump flanked by religious leaders as he signs an executive order on religious freedom May 4, 2017.

Trump's executive order hailed as critical, but just a 'first step'

May 4, 2017

By Matt Hadro

Religious freedom advocates credited President Donald Trump with taking a “first step” toward protecting religious freedom with an executive order... Read more

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Michigan attorney general releases fourth report on alleged abuse in state dioceses

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024.

As he turns 88, 8 + 8 interesting things about Pope Francis

An Ontario judge has acquitted Linda Gibbons, a 76-year-old Christian grandmother and pro-life activist who was charged with protesting within an “buffer zone” outside an abortion clinic.

Judge acquits 76-year-old Canadian pro-life activist 

Pope Francis meets political authorities, civil leaders, and diplomats in the Republican Palace in Baghdad on March 5, 2021.

Pope Francis reveals he survived two threats to his life in Iraq

Pope Francis laughs with some religious sisters at his general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Aug. 30, 2023.

Pope Francis pens essay on humor: ‘Irony is a medicine’

Holy Mass is celebrated in Mariamite Greek Melkite Catholic Cathedral, Damascus, on Dec. 15, 2024.

One week after regime change, Syrian church bells ring out in hope

Bishop-elect Iyad Twal was appointed by Pope Francis on Dec. 17, 2024, as auxiliary bishop of the patriarchal diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan and as titular bishop of Siminia.

Pope Francis appoints new auxiliary bishop for Jordan and the titular see of Siminia

A family gathers in a prefabricated house donated by the Philokalia Foundation in Kerala state in India.

Catholic groups offer prefabricated houses for victims of landslides in south India

Members of the German Synodal Committee meet for their third session at the Wilhelm-Kempf-Haus in Wiesbaden-Naurod, Dec. 13, 2024.

Church in Germany pushes toward a national synodal body

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