How Two Mississippi College Students Fell in Love and Decided to Join a Terrorist Group
In three short months, Jaelyn Young and Muhammad Dakhlalla found themselves at the center of America’s debate over radicalization.
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Remo Casilli / Reuters A Cassandra Cry Against Pope Francis
Ross Douthat's views on the pope are intensely unpopular. But has he identified a fundamental tension in the Church?
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Ronen Zvulun / Reuters Netanyahu's Incredible Flip-Flop on African Migrants
First he planned to deport 40,000 people from Israel. Then he backed off. And now…?
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Should Pro-Life Clinics Have to Post Information About Abortion?
The Supreme Court will consider the rights of crisis pregnancy centers, which help women “imagine what the choice of life would be like.”
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters How Trump Is Remaking Evangelicalism
A new book shows the fracture lines the 45th U.S. president has created within American Christianity.
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Stringer France / Reuters Billy Graham, the Great Uniter, Leaves Behind a Divided Evangelicalism
The preacher, dead at 99, advised presidents, mentored clergy, and influenced millions of people. Will his legacy of non-partisan outreach continue?
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Eric Gay / AP The Government Gets Into the Church-Rebuilding Business
A provision tucked into the budget bill requires FEMA to treat religious institutions like other nonprofits.
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Robert Franklin / AP Notre Dame Switches Its Position on Birth-Control Coverage—Again
The university will bar “abortion-inducing drugs” from its insurance plans but begin covering “simple contraceptives,” a move its president calls a “complex decision.”
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Baz Ratner / Reuters African Deportations Are Creating a Religious Controversy in Israel
Thousands of vulnerable migrants may soon be deported, which many Jews see as inconsistent with their faith.
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Carrie Antlfinger / AP Paul Nehlen Is an Anti-Semitic Clown
Paul Ryan’s Wisconsin primary challenger has made a sport out of trolling Jews on Twitter—and successfully won attention for his extreme views.
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Haim Zach GPO This Is Not the Israel Trip Mike Pence Had Planned
The U.S. vice president promised peace in the country’s newly recognized capital, but his itinerary showed that a deal is far beyond reach.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters 'An Assault on the Body of the Church’
Catholic parishes have been hit hard by President Trump’s decision to suspend Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans.
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Courtesy of March for Life Science Is Giving the Pro-Life Movement a Boost
Advocates are tracking new developments in neonatal research and technology—and transforming one of America's most contentious debates.
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Emily Jan / The Atlantic Trump Backs Health-Care Workers Who Object to Providing Abortions
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a new office devoted to conscience objections and religious freedom on Thursday—an answer to long-standing objections from the right.
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Justin Gellerson How America Is Transforming Islam
Being young and Muslim in the U.S. means navigating multiple identities. Nothing shows that more than falling in love.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters How Religion Made a Global Comeback in 2017
Nationalism, often expressed in religious terms, is a key organizing principle in President Trump’s foreign policy.
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Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters Death Comes for Cardinal Law
The face of Catholicism’s clergy sexual-abuse scandal is laid to rest in Rome—but his legacy still haunts the American church.
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M. Phillips / Getty ‘I’ve Spent My Life Studying These Books That Say Decency Actually Matters’
Progressive clergy are pushing a new movement that’s unapologetically political—and deeply rooted in textual traditions.
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Ammar Awad / Reuters Trump Did Not Bring Jerusalem Crashing Down
In the Palestinian area of the city, many people just want to get on with their lives.
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Regis Duvignau / Reuters The Rebirth of America's Pro-Natalist Movement
Activists on the right and left want policies that will reverse the country’s baby bust. But the broader culture—and Congress—don’t seem to care.
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Ammar Awad / Reuters ‘Jerusalem Is Not the Explosive Device—It’s the Detonator’
President Trump’s announcement on the status of the holy city could spark a crisis across the Middle East.
