WorldTop Vatican Cardinal Denounces 'Historical' Sexual Assault ChargesCardinal George Pell says he is taking a leave of absence as the Vatican's finance czar after Australian police charged him with multiple counts of "historical" sexual assault. Pell denounced what he called a "relentless character assassination"
U.S.Mormon Girl Reveals She's Gay at Church and Leaders Cut Her MicrophoneA video of a young Mormon girl revealing to her congregation that she is lesbian and still loved by God — before her microphone is turned off by local church leaders — is sparking a new round of discussions about how the religion handles LGBT issues
U.S.Southern Baptists Condemn ‘Alt-Right White Supremacy’The vote against the alt-right, a movement that has been tied to white supremacy, came after it was previously decided a similar legislation would not be voted on the day before. Barrett Duke, chairman of the church's resolutions committee, said the initial resolution was "too open-ended"
U.S.Dozens of U.S. Cities Plan Marches Against Islam's Sharia LawMarches against Islamic law were planned Saturday in more than two dozen cities across the United States. The group organizing the rallies, ACT for America, claims Shariah "is incompatible with Western democracy and the freedoms it affords"
PoliticsPope Francis Gave President Trump a Copy of His Encyclical on Climate ChangePope Francis gave President Donald Trump a copy of his landmark 2015 encyclical on climate change when the two leaders met at the Vatican, and a Vatican official also encouraged the U.S. to remain in the Paris Agreement
U.S.Mormon Girl Reveals She's Gay at Church and Leaders Cut Her MicrophoneA video of a young Mormon girl revealing to her congregation that she is lesbian and still loved by God — before her microphone is turned off by local church leaders — is sparking a new round of discussions about how the religion handles LGBT issues
U.S.Southern Baptists Condemn ‘Alt-Right White Supremacy’The vote against the alt-right, a movement that has been tied to white supremacy, came after it was previously decided a similar legislation would not be voted on the day before. Barrett Duke, chairman of the church's resolutions committee, said the initial resolution was "too open-ended"
U.S.Dozens of U.S. Cities Plan Marches Against Islam's Sharia LawMarches against Islamic law were planned Saturday in more than two dozen cities across the United States. The group organizing the rallies, ACT for America, claims Shariah "is incompatible with Western democracy and the freedoms it affords"
PoliticsPope Francis Gave President Trump a Copy of His Encyclical on Climate ChangePope Francis gave President Donald Trump a copy of his landmark 2015 encyclical on climate change when the two leaders met at the Vatican, and a Vatican official also encouraged the U.S. to remain in the Paris Agreement
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