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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Customs and Border Patrol / Reuters Religious Leaders Condemn Family Separations—but Not Necessarily Trump
His “zero-tolerance” policy has been called “traumatic” and “cruel.” But his most stalwart supporters are sticking with him.
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Yara Nardi / Reuters The Pope's Turnaround on Sex Abuse May Have a ‘Tsunami Effect’
Francis is trying to fix a series of “grave errors” in Chile, and allegedly affirmed the gay identity of a victim there.
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Reuters A Black Bishop Brings a Political Message to the Royal Wedding
The head of the Episcopal Church spoke about poverty, hunger, and war during Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials.
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Ammar Awad / Reuters Jerusalem’s Ramadan Is Different This Year
The Muslim holy month began during a dramatic and deadly week in a region where even religious events are shrouded in politics.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters The End of Trump Won't Be the End of Trumpism
A new book—tweeted out by the president himself—argues that America is in the midst of a populist realignment.
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Baz Ratner / Reuters Celebration in Jerusalem, Bloodshed in Gaza
The new American embassy opens during a chaotic and violent week in the Middle East—and it's just the beginning.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters There’s More to Being Jewish Than Fighting Anti-Semitism
A new book looks at the fight against resurgent hatred in Trump’s America, but its prescriptions can’t address the other crisis facing American Judaism.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Trump Creates a Not-So-New Faith Office in the White House
The president’s initiative sounds a lot like those of Barack Obama and George W. Bush. But the religious influences on Trump’s government are radically different.
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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.
