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Vice President JD Vance says one of Satan’s greatest deceptions is convincing Christians that their faith belongs in church while politics belongs somewhere else. Speaking with Bishop Robert Barron on a recent episode of Barron’s podcast, Vance argued that followers of Christ should resist the idea that Jesus only speaks into certain parts of life.…

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A man fired from a Louisiana Chili’s is claiming he was fired for refusing to use a non-binary coworker’s preferred name, while the restaurant insists he was fired for “harassment.” Wesley Kirk Ford Jr., an employee at a Chili’s in Denham Springs, posted on his Facebook  July11th that he had been fired. “I just got…

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A Connecticut religious liberty organization is threatening legal action after state officials denied its request to display a Nativity scene inside the state Capitol, arguing the decision unfairly singled out religious expression and violated the First Amendment. The dispute centers on a policy enforced by Connecticut’s Joint Committee on Legislative Management that allows displays in…

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A growing group of Democratic pastors is stepping into congressional races this fall, arguing that Republicans have claimed exclusive ownership of Christian values and that it’s time to offer voters a different faith-based vision of politics. The candidates, most of whom are political newcomers, say they are motivated by concerns over President Donald Trump’s leadership…

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A Romanian Christian family at the center of a years-long international custody battle is asking for help from the United States after Swedish authorities refused to return their two daughters, a case that has sparked growing concern among religious freedom advocates. Supporters gathered outside the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Friday to stand with…

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The Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) recently voted with overwhelming support to affirm transgender surgeries in children. Delegates of PCUSA, the US’s largest Presbyterian denomination, voted 441-30 in support of an overture entitled “On Access to Healthcare” during a plenary session of the denomination’s 227th General Assembly. “Gender-affirming care is age-appropriate care that is medically necessary…

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An Arizona family is calling their young son a ‘miracle’ after he was mistakenly declared dead following a near-drowning accident, only to be found alive hours later in a hospital morgue. Vincent Lorenzo Fiordilino was just 18 months old when he was discovered face down in his family’s backyard swimming pool during a Super Bowl…

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On June 28, a day after he claimed God delivered him from his legal woes during a speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference in Washington, D.C., Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton went viral on social media when The Lincoln Project posted footage of him with a woman who appeared to…

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President Donald Trump earned more than $200,000 in royalties last year from the sale of the “God Bless the USA” Bible, according to newly released federal financial disclosure records, even as the special edition Bible continues to spark debate among Christian leaders. The disclosure, released last week by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, shows…

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The mother of a college student slain by an illegal alien went off on sanctuary city policies, accusing them of being complicit in her daughter’s death. 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman was a student at Loyola University when she was shot and killed during a shooting at Rogers Park beach in March. Gorman was at the beach…

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