Religion
Anti-Semitism order raises tough issue of defining prejudice
President Donald Trump’s order to expand the scope of potential anti-Semitism complaints on college campuses is raising the stakes of an already tense battle.
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Possibility of female deacons gives some catholics hope
Elsie McGrath is an unlikely renegade. For much of her life, the 81-year-old tried to avoid confrontation and follow the rules.
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Pennsylvania’s sexual abuse laws leave survivors conflicted
When Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws after a years-long battle, absent from the bill-signing ceremony were some of the people who had worked hard.
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TikTok unblocks N.J. teen who posted on China’s Muslims
Chinese-owned video app TikTok says it has unblocked a U.S. teenager and restored her viral video condemning China’s treatment of its Muslim minority.
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Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work
The classified documents lay out the Chinese government’s deliberate strategy to lock up ethnic minorities even before they commit a crime.
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The man behind China’s detention of 1 million Muslims
Newly revealed, confidential documents show that the official, Zhu Hailun, played a key role in planning and executing a campaign that has swept up a million or more Uighurs.
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Clergy abuse reparations are closure for some victims, resurface trauma for others
After more than a decade of investigations into sexual abuse in Pennsylvania's Catholic Church, last year's grand jury report still contained new revelations.
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Philadelphia’s Christ Church preserves historic steeple
Restoration is underway for the Christ Church steeple, one of the last remaining architectural structures from the colonial era in the country.
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Catholic bishops’ agenda: immigrants, gun deaths, sex abuse
US Catholic bishops received a challenging to-do list Monday as they opened their national assembly
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Pa. House spends $1.1 million to win court battle to preserve opening prayer tradition
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives went to federal court to maintain an opening prayer that invokes a higher power and it came at a high cost to taxpayers.
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Biden denied communion for abortion stance
Former Vice President Joe Biden was refused communion at a South Carolina Catholic church over the weekend. It’s happened to other Catholic Democrats.
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Pope declares Vatican’s Secret Archive not so secret anymore
Pope Francis has declared that the Vatican Secret Archive isn't so secret after all.
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Pope’s Amazon synod proposes married priests, female leaders
Catholic bishops from across the Amazon called Saturday for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in the region, an historic proposal.
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Sacred battleground: Why the Philadelphia Archdiocese surrendered to preservationists
The Archdioceses of Philadelphia acknowledges that its position on preservation is no longer as oppositional as it once was.
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After deadly shooting, Pittsburgh synagogue plans reopening
Leaders of the Pittsburgh synagogue where worshippers were fatally shot last year want to rebuild and renovate the building.
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