Tag: Religion

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County officials wave off CDC and state guidelines in order to shutter religious and private schools

Timothy P. Carney · August 1, 2020 7:22 pm

Biden VP favorite Karen Bass downplays 2010 address at Church of Scientology blue-ribbon ceremony

Spencer Neale · August 1, 2020 6:30 pm

Church leader linked to wave of coronavirus infections arrested in South Korea

Church leader linked to wave of coronavirus infections arrested in South Korea

Spencer Neale · August 1, 2020 5:53 pm

Orlando Magic's Jonathan Isaac (1) stands as others kneel before the start of an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Orlando Magic Friday, July 31, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

‘We all fall short of God’s glory’: NBA player defends refusal to kneel for anthem

Spencer Neale · August 1, 2020 2:13 pm

Fr. Damien's sculpture

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St. Damien ministered to Native Hawaiians in a leper colony. Now, AOC calls him a ‘colonizer’

Timothy P. Carney · August 1, 2020 11:12 am

In this Feb. 27, 2019 photo, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens to questioning of Michael Cohen on Capitol Hill in Washington.

‘White supremacist culture’: AOC decries statue of Catholic saint

Nicholas Rowan · July 31, 2020 4:17 pm

Election Day exit polls show Donald Trump prevailing among Catholic voters by 52 to 45 percent. Above, Trump, right, laughs at a joke with Cardinal Timothy Dolan during the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner in October. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Church leaders seek relief money for Catholic schools, citing Supreme Court decision

Nicholas Rowan · July 31, 2020 10:33 am

Biden campaign launches coalition to capture religious votes

Nicholas Rowan · July 31, 2020 1:22 am

Tim Tebow ponders a question during an interview on the set of ESPN's new SEC Network in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. Tebow has a new job as a commentator for the SEC Network, but is still looking for work in the NFL as a quarterback. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Twitter says temporary block on Tim Tebow’s Bible-based video was made ‘in error’

Dominick Mastrangelo · July 30, 2020 8:23 pm

People walk towards the now-closed Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul on Saturday. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally reconverted Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open for Muslim worship, hours after a high court annulled a 1934 decision that had made the religious landmark a museum.

Russia to help Syria build replica of Hagia Sophia after Turkey converts original into mosque: Report

Zach Halaschak · July 29, 2020 11:01 pm

Police officers gather at an entry gate of district court following the killing of Tahir Ahmad Naseem, who was in court accused of insulting Islam, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 29, 2020.

Pakistani man accused of blasphemy shot dead in court by gunman who had dream of killing

Washington Examiner · July 29, 2020 8:05 pm

The Capitol Building is illuminated against the sunrise before the presidential inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

A lesson from a Jewish holiday the whole world could use right now

Yael Eckstein · July 29, 2020 4:00 am