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On September 2, 2025, Barna published new data indicating a resurgence in church attendance led by young adults. The report comes amidst contentious debates concerning the religiosity levels of Gen Z and Millennials. Many articles are declaring, decrying, and doubting claims that young adults are returning to religion in droves. According to Barna’s data, US…

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A recent study by Dr. George Barna of the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University revealed that most Christians do not have a “biblically accurate view” of sin. Is this a problem? If so, how did the Church get here? And how does the Church correct it? The report lists several elements of the…

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More than 1,000 LGBTQ Catholics and their families passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica this weekend as part of a Jubilee pilgrimage that has stirred both celebration and controversy across the Catholic world. The event was quietly listed on the Vatican’s official Holy Year calendar under the neutral title “Pilgrimage of the…

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Pope Leo XIV marked a historic moment in his young papacy on Sunday by canonizing two new saints before thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square. Among them was Carlo Acutis, a tech-savvy teenager known as the “patron saint of the internet,” who has become the first millennial to be canonized in the history of the…

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A 1,600-year-old Samaritan estate uncovered in Israel could have ties to a magician mentioned in the Bible. Archaeologists uncovered the lavish estate in Kafr Kassem. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) was excavating the site prior to the building of a new neighborhood. The site is believed to be a Samaritan settlement that existed for some…

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