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For anyone wondering how prevalent occult practices are becoming in mainstream culture, look no further than McDonald’s most recent marketing tactic, which involved, among meal deals, the chance to win tarot card readings. A USA Today story covering McDonald’s plan reads, “McDonald’s is preparing for this week’s celestial and astrological change of Mercury retrograde with both…

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A document that appears to be from the Supreme Court was leaked, indicating that the court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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Kevin Sorbo was mocked on Twitter after the actor made a joke about CNN+ that fell flat across the platform's liberal audience.

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Is there an afterlife? While most people think humans will never be able to prove what happens after death, half of adults still believe their spirit lives on, somewhere. The new survey of over 1,000 people in the United Kingdom, commissioned by SpiritShack Ltd, finds that 50 percent of respondents believe in an afterlife. Of this…

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The school's principal said the incident was inappropriate and the parent responsible is now under investigation.

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The former NFL head coach had a blunt response to those opposed to his appearance at the fatherhood event with Florida Gov. DeSantis.

In a country rife with divisions, here’s one thing Americans agree on, whether young or old, Christian or secular, Democrat or Republican: the value of the golden rule. A new survey from Deseret News and The Marist Poll showed that 92 percent of U.S. adults say the call to “do unto others as they would…

In recent years, we’ve been hearing a lot of talk about “post-Christian America,” and a new poll from Deseret News and The Marist Poll suggests we’re seeing it unfold in real-time. As Kelsey Dallas wrote in her analysis of the survey data, “The younger you are, the less likely you are to believe in God,…

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Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has defended Russia’s actions and blamed the conflict on the West. Patriarch Kirill’s support for the invasion of a country where millions of people belong to his own church has led critics to conclude that Orthodox leadership has become little more than an…

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Archaeologists have found an ancient lead sarcophagus under Notre Dame cathedral and fragments of a rood screen. These two discoveries offer new insight into the history of the building, which is currently under reconstruction after a devastating fire in 2019. Notre Dame, which dates back to the 12th century, contracted the excavation works inside the…

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