Leonardo Blair

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  Mar 26, 2026

  As Trump admin. champions monthly prayer, advocacy group files lawsuits

  Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a secular advocacy organization, is suing the U.S. Departments of War and Labor, alleging the agencies have illegally withheld public records on monthly Christian prayer services hosted by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

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  Mar 26, 2026

  Catholic Church won’t survive without ordaining women, cardinal warns

  Unless the Catholic Church breaks its 2,000-year tradition of ordaining only men to the priesthood, Archbishop of Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich doesn’t believe it “can continue to exist.” And the majority of Catholic women agree with him, he claims.

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  Mar 26, 2026

  Department of Labor launches new Center for Faith website targeting religious discrimination

  In a bid to combat rising cases of religious discrimination, the United States Department of Labor has launched a new website for its Center for Faith, with resources for Christians and other Americans who may have faced religious discrimination in the workplace.

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  Mar 25, 2026

  DoorDash delivery worker, 78, gets nearly $1M from strangers

  Richard Pulley, a 78-year-old Tennessee man forced out of retirement to work 12-hour days as a DoorDash delivery driver to help cover his family’s expenses after his wife lost her job, has received a check for nearly $1 million in donations from over 30,000 people to help him retire.

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  Mar 24, 2026

  Oklahoma House passes Cindy Clemishire Act to void NDAs in child sex abuse cases

  Representatives in the Oklahoma House have unanimously voted to pass a bill known as the Cindy Clemishire Act and Trey’s Law, which would make any non-disclosure agreements intended to exploit or conceal details of a child sexual abuse claim void and unenforceable.

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  Mar 24, 2026

  Charges are dropped against students involved in accidental death of teacher

  Forgiveness and a call for grace from the widow of beloved Georgia high school teacher Jason Hughes have prevailed as prosecutors dropped all charges against five students who were involved in a junior-senior wars game that led to his death.

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  Mar 24, 2026

  Ligonier exec. says church excommunicated him, wife after they reported suspected abuse of daughter

  Days after Ligonier Ministries announced that Stephen J. Nichols would end his tenure as president of Reformation Bible College and chief academic officer in May, the well-known church historian says he and his wife, Heidi, were excommunicated by Saint Andrew's Chapel in Sanford, Florida, after they reported the suspected sexual abuse of their daughter.

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  Mar 20, 2026

  Prosecutor drops charges against man who cited 'authority of Jesus' in bank robbery

  An Alaska man who was accused of weaponizing the name of Jesus to rob a bank in Anchorage had those charges dismissed by a local prosecutor earlier this month, but the case against him could still be reopened at a later date.

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  Mar 20, 2026

  Televangelist Mark Barclay apologizes to child sex abuse survivors, victims of 3 pastors including son-in-law

  In a full-throated letter denouncing “sexual immorality of any kind, especially abuse and pedophilia,” Televangelist Mark Barclay of Mark Barclay Ministries has apologized to child sex abuse victims and current and former members of his Living Word International Church in Midland, Michigan, following the prosecution of three former ministers for child sex crimes in the last two years.

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  Mar 19, 2026

  More young men see Barack Obama as role model than religious leaders, including the pope: study

  More young men view former President Barack Obama as a role model than religious leaders, the pope, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, according to a new report from the Institute of Family Studies.