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Tiffany Stanley

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Minneapolis shooting reignites debate over gun control and prayer

As if the slaughter of children amid screams and shattered stained glass wasn't cause enough for grief, American opinion makers were convulsed once again this week in a debate over the role of prayer in the wake of a mass shooting, this time at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.

A doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago, Aug. 7, 2018. (AP /Teresa Crawford, File)

US adults want government to focus on child care costs, not birth rates, AP-NORC poll finds

Prominent figures on the right like Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance have espoused pronatalist beliefs, arguing more children are good for society.

Priests and bishops bless the 12 newly ordained priests during Mass at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Va., on June 7. (AP/Jessie Wardarski)

A US diocese defies trends and ordains its largest class of Catholic priests in decades

"I really just want to make Catholicism warm," one of the men said.

The exterior of the Alabama Supreme Court building in Montgomery, Ala., is shown on Feb. 20. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 16 that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments.

Chief justice's Christian reasoning in IVF opinion sparks alarm over church-state separation

When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, Chief Justice Tom Parker cited verses from the Bible and Christian theologians in his concurring opinion. 

Ambassador-designate cites commonalty with pope

Democrats, progressives find unlikely ally in pope

Pastor Warren asks Muslims for interfaith action

PBS puts limits on religious programming

 

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