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Republican Reps. Mary Miller of Illinois, left, and Lauren Boebert of Colorado appear at a Save America rally with former President Donald Trump at the Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25, 2022, in Mendon, Ill.

The Christian Right is winning in court while losing in public opinion

2:44pm July 01, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

The Christian Right's wins in the Supreme Court on abortion and prayer in school come at a time when a growing majority of Americans are strongly opposed to its views.

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Pope Francis greets Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband, Paul, on Wednesday before celebrating a Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Pelosi received Communion during the papal Mas

Pelosi receives Communion in the Vatican, despite her home archbishop refusing it

10:03am June 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

The head of the church in San Francisco has said the House Speaker can't receive the sacrament there because of her abortion rights support, but Pope Francis has avoided politicizing the Eucharist.

Catholic Charities official visits with survivors of migrant smuggling tragedy

7:33am June 29, 2022

Fifty-one migrants died after being trapped in a tractor-trailer in Texas. NPR's A Martinez talks to Antonio Fernandez, CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio about the survivors.

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The parties included this image, of Coach Kennedy praying with a crowd after the homecoming game, in their joint appendix submitted to the Supreme Court

Supreme Court backs a high school coach's right to pray on the 50-yard line

7:22pm June 27, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The 6-to-3 decision is the latest example of the court's conservative supermajority requiring more accommodation for religion in public schools and less separation between church and state.

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Supreme Court backs a high school football coach's right to pray on the 50-yard line

4:09pm June 27, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a high school football coach who claimed the right to pray on the 50-yard line after each game, joined by those players who wanted to participate.

Churchgoers' opinions are mixed about the Supreme Court's abortion ruling

6:49am June 27, 2022

by Blake Farmer

In Tennessee, church attendees share their reactions to last week's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

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A protester carries a sign as they attend the "Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice" rally at Union Square near the U.S. Capitol on May 17.

Some Jewish groups blast the end of Roe as a violation of their religious beliefs

11:40pm June 26, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

According to the Women's Rabbinic Network, some of the religion's most sacred texts — the Torah, the Mishnah and the Talmud — view a fetus as a soul only once it's born.

Evangelicals didn't always play such a big role in the fight to limit abortion access

4:40pm June 22, 2022

by Rund Abdelfatah

For years, Evangelical Christian political groups have mobilized around limiting access to abortion. But Evangelicals were not always so involved in this fight.

Supreme Court ruling on Maine's tuition program hands school-choice advocates a win

5:04am June 22, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision ordering Maine to pay tuition for rural students at private religious schools has far-reaching consequences beyond the state.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, seen here in 2020, recently signed the state's Medical Ethics and Diversity Act into law. It lets medical practitioners refuse nonemergency care that conflicts with their religious, moral or ethical beliefs, such as fam

S.C. law lets health care providers refuse nonemergency care based on beliefs

8:00pm June 21, 2022

by Victoria Hansen

Under the law, practitioners can refuse care, such as family planning, that conflicts with their religious or moral beliefs. Critics say the law allows discrimination, especially against LGBTQ people.

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