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They gathered to celebrate a Muslim holiday. Then an animal rights group found their event
LOS ANGELES — Southern Californian restaurateur Rafi Khan had a clear vision for a new food outpost on a 20-acre ranch he leased in Riverside County earlier this year.
Bright vintage rugs laid over dusty ground. Smoky, charcoal-grilled meats and fragrant wok-cooked tomato curries sizzling over an open flame. Goats and sheep grazing across the...Read more
Watchdog group accuses a Kentucky middle school of letting church 'proselytize' students
An organization focused on the separation of church and state has accused a Lexington middle school of letting church representatives “proselytize” local middle schoolers.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation on Wednesday demanded that Fayette County Public Schools “immediately stop allowing pastors from a local church to proselytize ...Read more
As TPS ends for Haitians, Miami archbishop makes last-ditch plea to lawmakers
MIAMI — Miami’s top Catholic leader is continuing to advocate for a three-year extension of temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants in the United States, calling the humanitarian crisis in Haiti a “house on fire” that would be “unconscionable” to send people back to.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski ...Read more
On day of double executions, Florida Catholic leaders call for end to death penalty
As Florida continues state executions at a record-setting pace, Catholic leaders are encouraging the public to oppose the death penalty and instead promote a “culture of life.”
On Monday, the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops released a pastoral letter urging Florida elected officials to end capital punishment, arguing that the ...Read more
With $1.6 million in donations, this Florida church is going green -- for God
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The canal that flows between Fort Lauderdale resident Harry Rozelle’s house and his church is so infested with bacteria that his teenage son, Cruz, was hospitalized after swimming in it three years ago.
As he tended to his sick son, who had contracted E. coli and salmonella from the polluted waterway, Rozelle thought...Read more
Sacramento faith leaders barred from prayer vigils outside ICE building
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento religious leaders can no longer hold pro-immigrant monthly prayer vigils outside the John Moss Federal Building downtown.
A security guard at the building delivered the news last week to Sacramento Area Congregations Together, a coalition of faith-based community organizations. The group began organizing the ...Read more
Charlotte diocese releases letter addressing SSPX Catholics after excommunication
The Diocese of Charlotte wants Catholics attending SSPX chapels to know two things: You’re welcome back, and you shouldn’t keep going.
Nearly three weeks after the Vatican declared the Society of Saint Pius X in schism following its unauthorized consecration of four bishops in Switzerland, Charlotte Bishop Michael Martin issued his first ...Read more
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