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Southern Baptist public policy arm survives challenge to its conservative credentials

Southern Baptist public policy arm survives challenge to its conservative credentials

DALLAS (AP) — Southern Baptist representatives on Wednesday fended off two efforts to move the staunchly conservative body even more sharply to the right, giving a vote of confidence to its public-policy agency and defeating a proposed constitutional
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Mandatory military service for Israel's ultra-Orthodox tests Netanyahu's rule

Mandatory military service for Israel's ultra-Orthodox tests Netanyahu's rule

JERUSALEM (AP) — The deadliest attack in Israel’s history happened on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's watch. The country's economy is struggling under the weight of the ongoing war in Gaza . And Netanyahu is on trial for corruption.
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Pope Leo XIV names first Chinese bishop, signalling he is continuing Vatican's controversial accord

Pope Leo XIV names first Chinese bishop, signalling he is continuing Vatican's controversial accord

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most controversial foreign policy decisions.
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In 'Youth Group' comic, evangelical kids sing silly songs about Jesus, fight demons

In 'Youth Group' comic, evangelical kids sing silly songs about Jesus, fight demons

(RNS) — When he was a teenager in the 1990s, Jordan Morris was always up for a bit of mischief — as long as it didn’t involve sex or drugs, two things he was sure would kill him.
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Southern Baptist delegates at national meeting overwhelmingly call for banning same-sex marriage

Southern Baptist delegates at national meeting overwhelmingly call for banning same-sex marriage

DALLAS (AP) — Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court's 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide.
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36 Palestinians killed trying to obtain desperately needed aid in Gaza, officials say

36 Palestinians killed trying to obtain desperately needed aid in Gaza, officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians desperately trying to access aid in Gaza came under fire again Tuesday, killing 36 people and wounding 207, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
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Live updates: Israeli ministers sanctioned by UK and other countries over West Bank incitement

Live updates: Israeli ministers sanctioned by UK and other countries over West Bank incitement

International pressure has increased again on Israel.
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Satanic Temple accuses Iowa officials of religious discrimination

Satanic Temple accuses Iowa officials of religious discrimination

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Satanic Temple Iowa on Tuesday filed a complaint accusing state officials of discriminating against the group because of its members' religion, having denied them access to the state Capitol building for a December holiday
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Gaza-bound aid boat with Greta Thunberg on board arrives in Israel after its seizure

Gaza-bound aid boat with Greta Thunberg on board arrives in Israel after its seizure

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists arrived at an Israeli port Monday after Israeli forces stopped and detained them — enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tighten
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Sweat, tears, devotion: Pilgrims cross the wilderness to honor the Rocío Virgin in Spain

Sweat, tears, devotion: Pilgrims cross the wilderness to honor the Rocío Virgin in Spain

EL ROCIO, Spain (AP) — Their faces, hats and flamenco dresses caked in dust, hundreds of pilgrims gathered around an ox-driven carriage with their icon of the Virgin Mary after slogging on foot, horses and wagons through dirt roads for nearly 12 hour
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