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Families of the victims in the murder trial of Bryan Kohberger are reeling as he prepares to accept a plea deal that would spare him from the death penalty. Kohberger is accused of stabbing to death four University of Idaho students in their off-campus housing. Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and…

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Bills supporting placing religious chaplains in public schools are on the rise, with supporters citing increasing mental health shortages amongst K-12 students and budget shortages while critics are concerned over the separation of church and state. A recent survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, however, is showing that the majority of…

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Pete Buttigieg recently spoke on the “Spiritual Life” podcast hosted by Jesuit priest Father James Martin, where he spoke about coming out and parenting his adopted children. Buttigieg, and Episcopalian who served as Biden’s Transportation Secretary, discussed how his coming out brought him closer to God. “As a friend of mine put it when he…

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A Catholic Bishop slammed immigration raids conducted at churches in an open letter to his parishioners. In a letter shared on Facebook to his parishioners at the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino in San Bernardino, California, Mexican-born Bishop Alberto Rojas denounced recent immigration raids where ICE agents entered Catholic parish properties in Montclair and…

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