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“Becoming Baba” retraces author Aymann Ismail’s life from his years in Islamic schools to his rejection of his faith as a teenager and his reconnecting with it as an adult, exploring what being a man meant through these different stages. religionnews.com/2025/06/13/bec…

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OPINION: A scholar of right-wing extremism provides an overview of some of the key white supremacist groups that pose significant threats to public safety. religionnews.com/2025/06/11/a-f…

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Outside their California church on Wednesday, a couple found multiple unmarked vehicles and at least six masked men who were ambling around the parking lot as they detained an individual. religionnews.com/2025/06/13/in-…

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The Italian teenager, whose classmates barely knew he was religious, will be made a saint in September. religionnews.com/2025/06/13/car…

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Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro to head the academy; he says he will focus on artificial intelligence, bioengineering and end-of-life issues. religionnews.com/2025/06/12/new…

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“It’s frustrating to sometimes see these sort of events projected as disorganized or violent or chaotic, but this is so well organized. This is what community looks like,” Episcopal priest the Rev. Jeremy O’Neill said of Saturday’s “No Kings” protest in Philadelphia.

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As video games such as “Black Myth: Wukong,” with strong religious themes, gain popularity, a course uses the interactive experience to teach students about the role of religion. religionnews.com/2025/06/13/vid…

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Five years after the start of the pandemic, almost half of churchgoers are regular participants in congregations other than their primary one, either attending in person, virtually or both. religionnews.com/2025/06/16/wha…

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Vance Boelter claimed to be educated at Christ for the Nations, a Bible school in Dallas, and preached in DR Congo in recent years. religionnews.com/2025/06/14/sus…

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The event cemented not only the pride many Chicagoans have in seeing one of their own become pope, but the mutual affection felt between Sox fans and the new pontiff. religionnews.com/2025/06/14/sox…

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OPINION: Born out of the flawed and Islamophobic logic of securitizing supposedly inherently dangerous populations, ICE was never about justice or order. religionnews.com/2025/06/10/abo…

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Between 2013 and 2023, the Episcopal Church saw a 23% drop in membership. But the Rev. Charles Graves IV is part of a younger, more diverse generation of priests optimistic about the denomination’s future. religionnews.com/2025/06/16/mee…

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Curious about the early direction of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy? Hear from Vatican experts ProfB, Msgr. Roger Landry, Claire Giangrave and host Niala Boodhoo on June 24 to unpack the pope's first month. Register now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Curious about the early direction of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy? Hear from Vatican experts <a href="/AntheaButler/">ProfB</a>, <a href="/FrRogerLandry/">Msgr. Roger Landry</a>, <a href="/ClaireGiangrave/">Claire Giangrave</a> and host Niala Boodhoo on June 24 to unpack the pope's first month. Register now!
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OPINION: U.S. Catholic bishops practice a “go-it-alone” political strategy, not joining other faith leaders in common statements, demonstrating or getting arrested on Capitol Hill. But they are criticizing the administration in other ways. religionnews.com/2025/06/16/cat…

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The Supreme Court ordered a New York court to take a new look at whether some religious organizations should be excluded from a state regulation requiring health insurance plans to cover abortions. religionnews.com/2025/06/16/sup…

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OPINION: For those with eyes to see and ears to hear, it is evident that Vance Boelter, the alleged killer of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, is a conservative evangelical. religionnews.com/2025/06/16/how…

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While reporting relatively low levels of attendance at Mass, almost half of U.S. adults (47%) say they have a personal or family relationship to Catholicism, a new Pew Research Center survey finds. religionnews.com/2025/06/16/new…

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OPINION: Student activists’ pronouncements on either side fail to capture the range of student opinion about the war in Gaza and its reverberations at home, including the documented rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia. religionnews.com/2025/06/16/con…

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The two Palestinians live in the Masafer Yatta region of the South Hebron hills recently featured in the Oscar-winning Israeli-Palestinian documentary "No Other Land." religionnews.com/2025/06/13/a-b…