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Lent typically means giving up meat on Fridays — but not necessarily sacrificing fast food. Observant Catholics who avoid meat on Fridays usually have two choices in the fast-food drive-thru: grilled cheese or fish sandwiches. Fish sandwiches have become a Lenten staple, and fast-food chains are leaning in with limited-time offerings this season. It’s not…

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An Illinois Catholic university has shifted some in-person classes to remote or alternative locations after learning that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is operating administrative offices in the same building as one of its instructional sites. Lewis University announced the temporary change at its Oak Brook location, citing concern for student well-being and its…

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Liberty University is calling students to step away from their screens and back into deeper fellowship with God, launching a campus-wide “Digital Rest” challenge that frames excessive phone use as a modern spiritual battleground. The 28-day initiative, running throughout February, invites participants to log out of social media, remove nonessential apps, and intentionally reduce digital…

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A UK street preacher is seeking legal counsel after being arrested for “inciting religious hatred” after criticizing Islam. Dia Moodley was attending a street preaching event in 2024 at the Bristol town center where he took questions from onlookers. When a person asked about the differences between Jesus Christ and the prophet Muhammad, the most…

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended the Munich Security Conference where he called on the shared history of the United States and the rest of Europe to regain their national power. Rubio called on US allies to respond more strongly against those who routinely “endanger our global stability.” He called on both the United States…

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A Nashville elementary school teacher says he was threatened with termination and removed from his classroom after declining, on religious grounds, to read a children’s book about same-sex marriage to his first-grade students — a dispute now drawing national attention and potential legal action. According to the religious liberty legal group First Liberty Institute, Eric…

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Federal prosecutors have charged a third leader in what authorities describe as a disturbing forced labor operation tied to a self-proclaimed religious ministry — a case that is drawing renewed concern about spiritual abuse carried out under the guise of faith. A federal grand jury in Michigan has indicted 53-year-old Kathleen Klein, also known within…

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The Good News Club is suing an Illinois school district, accusing it of discrimination. Good News Clubs, chartered by the Christian Evangelism Foundation (CEF), are voluntary after school programs where participants are taught about the Bible and participate in Bible-based activities. The Supreme Court ruled in 2001 that Good News Clubs could meet in public…

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Michigan pro-life groups are suing the state claiming a law requires them to hire pro-choice employees that don’t support their mission. Right to Life of Michigan and Pregnancy Resource Center have filed a complaint against the state, claiming a state employment law that now defines sex discrimination to include the choice to have an abortion would…

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New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has completed his first month in office and he’s already breaking tradition. Ronald Hicks, 58, became the 11th archbishop of the New York Archdiocese since 1850. Every mayor in the last one hundred years has attended the installation service of new archbishops, but Mamdani bucked that tradition by being…
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