Religious News Headlines

• Virgin Mary statue, a symbol of resilience, returns to Notre Dame Cathedral 5 years after fire
• SRN News Series: “The Heart of America’s Cultural Crisis- Part 1” (AUDIO)
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• The Bible may be coming to Texas public schools
• KEYWORD NOTICE – Archbishop of Canterbury will end official duties in early January amid sex abuse scandal
• Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican
• Pope to make late Italian teenager Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint on April 27
• KEYWORD NOTICE – Connecticut man comes forward with story of clergy sexual abuse in hopes of helping other victims
• Texas board advances plan to allow Bible material in elementary school lessons
• Wanted posters have been plastered all over one U.S. school
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• There were a lot of hate crimes against Christians in Europe last year
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• ‘Tis the season for holiday albums, from Jennifer Hudson to Toby Keith and Jimmy Fallon
• Thousands of Indian Sikhs visit the shrine of the founder of their religion to mark his birthday
• Do you trust scientists? 
• A new study on faith and loneliness
• Texas proposal would give schools the option to use Bible teachings in lessons
• NYC priest who allowed Sabrina Carpenter to shoot a music video in church further stripped of duties
• Abuse survivors urge the Vatican to globalize the zero-tolerance policy it approved in the US
• Today he is a high school football player. Soon he’ll be a Buddhist lama in the Himalayas
• BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff brings touchdowns and Jewish teachings to predominantly Mormon school
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• Ohio offers a new way to use public money for Christian schools. Opponents say it’s unconstitutional
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• Americans weigh-in on where we come from
• The atheists strike in Missour
• The Pope makes another controversial appointment
• A Democratic congressman is under fire
• Court temporarily limits scope of ruling that Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional
• Oklahoma schools superintendent mandates students watch announcement of new religious department
• Pope asks Church of Rome to help address housing crisis ahead of Holy Year in 2025
• America’s moms and dads swung hard to Donald Trump on Election Day
• A Christian legal group is ready for the Christmas Wars
• Women aren’t the only ones using abortion pills
• Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in Spain
• AP PHOTOS: Once-traditional camel trading fair in India transformed into tourist attraction
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• A new look at giving from the Barna Group
• The leader of the Church of England has resigned
• The 10 Commandments are on hold in Louisiana
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• National collection week is just around the corner for Operation Christmas Child
• The Media Line: Antisemitism Exploding: ‘Every Jew in France Faced With Prospect of Leaving Country’
• West Virginia expands education savings account program for military families
• Martin Scorsese on ‘The Saints,’ faith in filmmaking and what his next movie might be
• Hostages freed from Gaza meet with Pope Francis and press campaign to bring remaining captives home
• The Media Line: Caught Between Conflicts, Lebanon’s Christians Resist Displacement and Division 
• California teen pleads guilty in Florida to making hundreds of ‘swatting’ calls across the US
• Louisiana asks court to block part of ruling against Ten Commandments in classrooms