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Does J.D. Vance Fear God?
Not really, the veep writes in his new memoir.
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Pope pleads with breakaway Catholics before possible schism
Pope Leo XIV has called on a rebel Catholic group to call off a planned consecration of bishops. Such a move could trigger a full schism with the mainstream Catholic Church.
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Video of attack on French nun in Jerusalem causes widespread condemnation
Israeli foreign ministry denounce ‘shameful act’ after footage shows man pushing woman to the ground and kicking her
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Pope Leo XIV’s flight home from Spain was grounded so the king came to his aid
Pope Leo XIV faced an unexpected travel delay when his charter flight back to Rome was grounded due to a technical issue.
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Trump attacks Pope over criticism of Iran war
The US president accuses Leo of being "weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy".
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Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery
Pope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery. Leo’s own family history includes both enslaved people and slave owners.
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Pope Leo says he does not fear Trump, citing Gospel as he pushes back in feud over Iran war
Pope Leo XIV has responded to President Donald Trump's criticism over the U.S.-Israel war in Iran, saying the Vatican's peace appeals are rooted in the Gospel.
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Donald Trump launches extraordinary attack on Pope Leo calling him ‘weak’ and ‘terrible’
In unprecedented attack on the leader of the Catholic church, president says the US-born pope is ‘not doing a very good job’ and is ‘a very liberal person’
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Pope Leo Faces the First Crisis of His Pontificate
An impending clash between Pope Leo and ultratraditionalist Catholics threatens to end the pontiff’s honeymoon.
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He spent years investigating Opus Dei, a Catholic group accused of a vast conspiracy of abuse. Then Pope Leo asked to meet
Gareth Gore’s 2024 book Opus alleges decades of manipulation, which the group has denied. He believes the pope wanted to send a clear message
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‘Hindu order runs India’: Court declares another medieval mosque a temple
The Madhya Pradesh High Court rules that the historic Kamal Maula mosque is a temple dedicated to a Hindu goddess.
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Supreme Court Bars Lawsuit After Prison Guards Shaved Inmate’s Dreadlocks
Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, tried to sue Louisiana prison officials for violating his religious rights.
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Nuns who broke back into their Austrian convent ‘are step closer to being able to stay’
Plan for three nuns who escaped from care home last year to go to Rome thought to be positive sign of Vatican’s decision
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Pope says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ amid feud with Trump’s White House
Pontiff denounces leaders who invoke religion to justify war, after US bishops offer him support after Vance remarks
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Pope Leo pleads with ultra-conservative sect not to ordain own bishops
Pontiff warns that defiance by Society of Saint Pius X would be ‘schismatic act’
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‘Naturally scared’: India’s Muslims denied public spaces for Eid prayers
Asked to pray ‘in shifts’ and avoid spillage of mosque congregations to streets – Muslims denied visible celebrations.
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‘I’ve finally found God without all the extras’: behind the surge in people converting to Progressive Judaism
Despite an increase in antisemitism and anti-Jewish feeling in the UK, adult conversions are on the rise
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Pope criticises 'tyrants' who spend billions on wars, days after Trump spat
The comments follow a high-profile spat with US President Donald Trump, who called the Pope weak on crime.
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Pope says 'tyrants' speech was not aimed at Trump
The pontiff says his remarks have been misinterpreted after a spat with the US president.
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Crisis looms for Pope Leo as splinter sect seeks to ordain far-right bishops
Conflict threatens to worsen mounting tensions between the Vatican and rightwing Catholics in the US and globally
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A dispatch from inside the Vatican bubble during a remarkable exchange between pope and president
Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa has been marked by an unusual dynamic with U.S. President Donald Trump. The first American pontiff has faced criticism from Trump.
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Pope Leo appoints first lay woman to a top position in Vatican
Maria Montserrat Alvarado will lead communications department, overseeing news site, radio station, press office and more
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It’s Time to Put This Catholic Teaching to Rest
Pope Leo’s first encyclical takes on a major flaw of Catholic just war theory: its use as a fig leaf for attacking an enemy.
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Pope issues plea to breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations
Leo XIV is begging a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its planned consecrations of new bishops without his consent.
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Pope Leo decries world ruled by ‘tyrants’ after Trump attacks
Pope, in Cameroon, calls for ‘decisive change of course’ that leads away from conflict and the exploitation of the land.
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Israel’s direction poses ‘existential threat’ to Judaism, UK’s leading progressive rabbis warn
Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy say criticising Israeli government is not disloyalty but a Jewish obligation
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China raises pressure on underground Catholics to join official church, Human Rights Watch finds
Human Rights Watch, in a detailed new report, says Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics.
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Trump takes aim at Pope Leo again, days after calling him 'weak on crime'
Trump's remarks came amid a running spat between the White House and the Vatican over the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
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Supreme Court rules Rastafari man can’t sue Louisiana prison officials who cut his dreadlocks
The Supreme Court has barred a former Louisiana inmate from suing prison officials who cut his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs.
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Thousands flocked to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally
Thousands of people have streamed onto the National Mall in Washington for a daylong prayer rally. The event Sunday is billed as a “rededication of our country as One Nation under God.”
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Southern Baptists vote to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors
Thousands of Southern Baptists have voted overwhelmingly to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors in the nation’s largest conservative evangelical denomination.
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Trump Attacks Pope Leo Saying He’s ‘Terrible For Foreign Policy’ After His Iran War Criticism
The president’s attack follows Pope Leo XIV’s sharp public rebukes of Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran and his threats to destroy the country.
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Mission is to preach peace, says Pope in response to Trump attacks
Trump lashed out at the pope for condemning the conflict in the Middle East, as his secretary of state heads to the Vatican.
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Pope Leo calls for leaders to reject polarisation as he begins Spanish tour
Pontiff to make marginalised a focus of first papal visit since 2011 including meeting with migrants in the Canaries
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Spat at, threatened and kidnapped: British Jews tell of rising antisemitism
British Jews have described to BBC Panorama how they are experiencing a rise in antisemitism.
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The Amish who refused to use modern toilets – and the people who came after them
As Amish communities expand across the US, old practices are colliding with modern health codes and testing the limits of religious freedom
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Pentagon Revises Religious Affiliation List After Backlash From Mormons
Mormon lawmakers, including both senators from Utah, took issue with an update to the military’s religious denomination classification system.
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‘A husband expects a yes’: how wife schools are shaping submissive Christian women
A cottage industry of women are selling courses aligned with a conservative movement that claims feminism is the source of women’s discontent
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U.S. Bishops Rebuff JD Vance After He Says Pope Should ‘Be Careful’ Talking About Theology
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine pushed back after Vice President JD Vance said Pope Leo XIV should “be careful when he talks about matters of theology.”
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‘A pope who uses his brain’: Vatican locals and visitors take sides in Leo v Trump spat
While some US visitors back their president, shopkeepers who serve the papacy and tourists support the pontiff
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Pope Leo rejects claim he supports nuclear weapons after Trump tirade
Pontiff responds after US president accuses him of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with stance on Iran war
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‘We’re Catholic first’: Sunday mass attendees weigh in on Trump’s feud with Pope Leo
Catholics around Atlanta share mixed feelings on faith and politics as Trump engages in rhetorical war with pope
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Pope Leo XIV denounces the ‘delusion of omnipotence’ he says fuels the US-Israeli war in Iran
Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fueling the U.S.-Israel war in Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace.
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Warnock on Vance criticism of Pope Leo: ‘My faith is not a weapon’
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock (Ga.) expressed concern Sunday about Vice President Vance criticizing Pope Leo XIV. Warnock, a Baptist pastor, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he is “glad” that Vance wrote about his religious journey in his new book “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.” The George Democrat told host Jake…
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Americans hail Pope Leo XIV as ‘breath of fresh air’ one year in, as Trump clashes linger
One year on the job, the first US pope wins support for his progressive views and his defiance of Donald Trump
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Who needs looksmaxxing when you’ve got Catholicmaxxing? The TikTok trend making religion great again
Some of the young Americans swept up in the movement are looking for the meaning of life; others for a new partner. Well, it’s a broad church …
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Czech police release Russian bishop after ‘white powder’ found in his car
Russia says arrest of Bishop Hilarion, who heads Orthodox congregation in Karlovy Vary, was politically motivated ‘setup’
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Pope Leo Says He Has ‘No Fear’ Of Trump Administration After President Attacks Him
The president’s attack follows Pope Leo XIV’s sharp public rebukes of Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran and his threats to destroy the country.
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double quotation mark There is no revival of Christianity in Britain
Andrew Copson of Humanists UK says we must recognise non-religious people as a community with a positive, ethical worldview that deserves equal standing in the public square
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