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Dodgers Pitcher Credits Jesus after World Series Win, Says It’s the ‘Favor of the Lord’

BY  :  Michael Foust  Crosswalk Headlines Contributor   The winning pitcher who helped Los Angeles clinch its eighth World Series title and second this decade credited the “favor of the Lord” in a nationally televised interview Wednesday after the Dodgers edged the home-standing New York […]

Religion
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Salvation Army calls for more support to tackle high number of alcohol-related deaths in Scotland

BY  :  Chris Eyte  Christian Today   The Salvation Army has called for specialist support for alcoholics in Scotland after figures showed 1,277 people died from alcohol related deaths last year, 2023. The National Records of Scotland released the latest figures last month, September, which showed an […]

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For Most Americans, New Research Says, Family Comes First

0 4 min 7 yrs

By: Yonat Shimron (RNS) — As many Americans gather with their loves ones for Thanksgiving, a timely new survey from Pew Research confirms what miles of traffic jams and airport lines suggest: Family is the No. 1 source to which Americans look for meaning, fulfillment and satisfaction in […]

Featured
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‘Fixer Upper’ Stars Chip and Joanna Gaines To Host Church for the Homeless

By: Bobby Ross Jr. WACO, Texas (RNS) — Tractor-trailer rigs roared overhead. Cigarette smoke wafted in the air as a praise band played drums and electric guitars on a stage set up amid tall concrete columns. On the Sunday (Nov. 18) before Thanksgiving, poor people riding […]

Community Religion
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Conservatives Slam Judge for Blocking Genital Mutilation Charges

By: Neil Munro A federal judge is facing a public outcry after he threw out federal charges against several Muslims who are suspected of cutting girls’ genitals to minimize future sexual desires. “Outrageous,” said a tweet from Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a U.S.-based advocate, who was […]

Featured
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Inches From Wildfire, Malibu Church Faces Uncertainty

By: Cathleen Falsani MALIBU, Calif. (RNS) — Two hours before the sun set over the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 8, the Rev. Joyce Stickney, rector of St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church in Malibu, received word about wildfires that had broken out 30 miles away in the hills […]

BREAKING NEWS Religion
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Churches Use Political Pressure, Small-Dollar Loans to Fight Predatory Payday Lending

By: Mark A. Kellner (RNS) — Anyra Cano Valencia was having dinner with her husband, Carlos, and their family when an urgent knock came at their door. The Valencias, pastors at Iglesia Bautista Victoria en Cristo in Fort Worth, Texas, opened the door to a desperate, overwhelmed congregant. The woman […]

Featured
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FL School’s Shocking Plan

LAND O’ LAKES, FL — Pasco County Public Schools personnel have adopted a harmful, unauthorized “policy” and practice of promoting LGBT ideology in violation of the rights of students, parents, and teachers, all without school board approval. Liberty Counsel has offered assistance to the Pasco County School […]

Education
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Gunman Attacks Pittsburgh Synagogue, Killing 11 People

By MARC LEVY and MARK GILLISPIE PITTSBURGH (AP) — A gunman who’s believed to have spewed anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media barged into a baby-naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday and opened fire, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest […]

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Cesar Sayoc Suspicious Package Suspect Has Long Arrest Record

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and STEPHEN BRAUN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Florida man in custody in connection with the package bombs sent to Democratic political figures is a fervent supporter of President Donald Trump with an extensive record of past arrests, including a stint served on […]

BREAKING NEWS
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Statement on the FBI’s Investigation of Suspicious Packages

Between October 22 and 24, 2018, suspicious packages were received at multiple locations in the New York and Washington, D.C., areas and Florida. The packages are being sent for analysis at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. “This investigation is of the highest priority for […]

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Eugene Peterson, Author of ‘The Message’ and Pastor to Other Pastors, Dies at Age 85

By: Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) — Eugene Peterson, the best-selling author of “The Message” and longtime pastor praised as a “shepherd’s shepherd,” passed away Monday morning (Oct. 22) at age 85. Among Peterson’s last words were, “Let’s go,” according to a statement from his family. “During the previous days, it […]

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