Recent incidents have been read as a campaign against Christians, but other religious groups feel they are targets too.
Gilda Soosay, president of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Parish Council in Maskwacis, Canada, where Pope Francis visited the site of a state school for Indigenous children.
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A historian of the residential schools explains how religion played a key role in assimilationist systems for Indigenous children in Canada and the United States.
Activist Jason Hershey reads from a Bible as he protests in front of the U.S. Supreme Court with the anti-abortion group Bound for Life in 2005 in Washington, D.C.
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Faith can inform opinions about abortion on both sides of the political debate, but the Bible itself says nothing directly about the topic, a biblical scholar explains.
A 12th-century commentary on the Book of Job shows Satan transmitting a disease to him.
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The fundamental issue at stake in abortion debates is personhood, which is viewed differently around the world, an anthropologist writes.
Many critique Disney adults as being victims of exploitation because Disney merchandise and trips to the parks come at a steep price.
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People are increasingly identifying less with religious tradition and are looking for meaning and identity in the things they love most.
A mural in Kyiv depicts the Virgin Mary cradling a U.S.-made anti-tank weapon, a Javelin, which is considered a symbol of Ukraine’s defense against Russia.
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In a country where Christians are a minority, understanding how religious groups use traditional arts and music to convey their faith and identity is important to preserve their cultural legacy.
‘The Holy Family,’ by the 17th-century Spanish painter Bartolome Esteban Murillo.
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Just as Christians in the 1800s were persecuted for embracing foreign teachings, today the regime in power vilifies civil society and opposition political parties as foreign agents.
And what Adventists can teach us about living greener, longer lives.
Protestant Christians have been debating – and more often than not, supporting – modern contraceptives since they first appeared.
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Conservative Christians have cheered restrictions on some birth control. But many decades ago, Christian leaders’ support helped contraceptives become acceptable in the first place.
A replica of Noah’s Ark at the Ark Encounter theme park in Williamstown, Ky.
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Director of the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy & Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity