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The nonpartisan National Council of Young Israel issued a statement Wednesday denouncing MSNBC’s Donny Deutsch for his remarks comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and attacking Jews who would vote to re-elect the president.

A masked man broke into the Incarnation Catholic Church northwest of Tampa, Florida, last weekend and set fire to the interior before fleeing, the Tampa Bay Times reported Tuesday.

A lawyer for a Pakistani Christian man sentenced to death two weeks ago in Lahore for blasphemy told Fox News on Monday that his client did not insult the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, as alleged, but merely refused to convert to Islam.

“If you’re going to have a fight, make it a good one,” said Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, predicting that Democrats will contest anyone nominated by President Donald Trump to the Supreme Court, offering his remarks on Wednesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

Kamala Harris said she wanted to be a prosecutor to protect victims of sexual abuse, but she failed to prosecute any San Francisco priests accused by victims.

Pope Francis appealed to the “consciences of lawmakers” Wednesday, urging them to awaken to the right to life of the unborn in opposition to abortion.

ROME — Pope Francis declared Wednesday that everyone’s voice is important to beat the coronavirus, not just those of experts, the wealthy, and the powerful.

Students across America will gather to pray Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. local time for the annual “See You at the Pole” (#SYATP) event.

The Vatican has manifested its displeasure over a recent essay by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling on the Holy See to denounce China’s ongoing violations of religious liberty, labeling the secretary’s words harsh, undiplomatic, and counterproductive.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ended his remarks at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday with the declaration that Brazil “is a Christian and conservative country” and urging the world to fight “Christophobia.”

The former Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles J. Chaput, has praised the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast for honoring U.S. Attorney General William Barr, calling him a man with a “moral spine.”

A poll released Monday by EWTN/RealClear Opinion Research affirms Catholics cannot be considered a single voting bloc because those who actively practice the faith often differ substantially in their views from those who only identify as “Catholic.”

Actress Patricia Heaton tweeted Sunday a warning to fellow Christians to “be prepared” for a social media “onslaught” by people who are ignorant of faith but whose arrogance will be on display as the election battle heats up further with the debate over the Supreme Court vacancy.

The bishop of Tyler, Texas, insists that November’s presidential election is primarily about moral truths, with the sanctity of life as the first among them.

Pro-life leaders and abortion rights advocates see the Supreme Court vacancy as a crucial moment for the nation and for the question of life.

Residents across the Gulf Coast are assessing and cleaning up the damage that Hurricane Sally left in its wake this week, and a few Good Samaritans cleared the damage at one Florida pastor’s home at no charge.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged the Vatican to bring its considerable moral authority to bear on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which persists in oppressing Christians and people of other faiths.

Continued assaults on the right of free speech, especially in academic institutions, should concern every person of good will, especially as November elections approach.

ROME — Pope Francis has called for universal distribution of vaccines for COVID-19, insisting that the “richest” individuals should not be first in line to receive them.

More than three-quarters of Catholic Democrats support legal abortion, the Pew Research Center revealed this week.

The Church of Iceland has raised eyebrows with a Sunday School advert depicting Jesus Christ sporting a long beard and bouncing breasts.

Chinese state-sponsored cyber-hackers have continued targeting Vatican computer networks as the Holy See enters discussions with Beijing over the renewal of their 2018 deal on the naming of Catholic bishops in China.

Public health officials in Los Angeles County are facing criticism for singling out Jews in a message reminding people to avoid large family gatherings as the region continues to battle the coronavirus.

Former Vice President Joe Biden delivered a message for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on Thursday in which he lied about President Donald Trump’s reaction to neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has urged the Vatican to highlight religious liberty in its deliberations with China prior to renewing a 2018 deal on the naming of bishops in the country.

The Palestinian Authority has instructed Muslim clerics throughout the West Bank to deliver a sermon on Friday warning against the deals signed between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain this week, saying these “alliances with Jews” amounts to “high treason” and are condemned by Allah himself.

Child rights agency UNICEF on Wednesday called for the Nigerian government to “urgently review the case” of a 13-year-old boy sentenced to ten years in prison for blasphemy last month in majority Muslim Kano State, which practices sharia, the Islamic law.

The Board of Trustees of St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church of San Francisco say a community center adjacent to the church was set on fire by arsonists early Thursday morning.

Newark Cardinal Joe Tobin told a panel of Catholics Tuesday they could vote for Joe Biden in good conscience, adding that he would have a harder time justifying a vote for Donald Trump.

A Maine church community came together to replace a church volunteer’s stolen tools after he was in the middle of working on a project for the church.

Pope Francis said Wednesday that the earth, sea, and all creatures possess a “mystical capacity” to bring humanity to God and into communion with nature.

The archbishop of San Francisco is urging Catholics to “Free the Mass” and publicly demonstrate against the coronavirus restrictions on worship.

Police have arrested a man suspected of beheading and toppling a historic statue of Jesus in El Paso’s Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on Tuesday.

The most senior cleric in the Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, criticised Boris Johnson’s centralised approach to the China virus, calling for a return to local control rather than the national government “determining the daily details of our lives”.

A homeless illegal migrant from Tunisia has turned himself in after the brutal murder of priest Roberto Malgesini, who was killed in a public square in the city of Como.

The editors of America magazine, the flagship publication of the Jesuit order in the U.S., has issued an “unprecedented warning” against voting for Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.