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Apu Gomes / AFP / Getty The Rise of the Brazilian Evangelicals
Meet Jair Messias Bolsonaro, the ultra-conservative military officer-turned-politician poised to capitalize on the fall of the Workers’ Party.
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Carrie Antlfinger / AP Paul Nehlen Is an Anti-Semitic Clown
Paul Ryan’s Wisconsin primary challenger has made a sport out of trolling Jews on Twitter—and successfully won attention for his extreme views.
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Why Some Catholics Defend the Kidnapping of a Jewish Boy
It’s not about the Church’s relationship with Jews. It’s about the culture war inside the Church.
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Haim Zach GPO This Is Not the Israel Trip Mike Pence Had Planned
The U.S. vice president promised peace in the country’s newly recognized capital, but his itinerary showed that a deal is far beyond reach.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters 'An Assault on the Body of the Church’
Catholic parishes have been hit hard by President Trump’s decision to suspend Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans.
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Pierre Crom / Getty Muslim Refugees Team Up With Anarchists in an Effort To Shame Greece
A squat in Athens is both a residence for asylum-seekers and a political statement.
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Courtesy of March for Life Science Is Giving the Pro-life Movement a Boost
Advocates are tracking new developments in neonatal research and technology—and transforming one of America’s most contentious debates.
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Emily Jan / The Atlantic Trump Backs Health-Care Workers Who Object to Providing Abortions
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a new office devoted to conscience objections and religious freedom on Thursday—an answer to long-standing objections from the right.
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Henghameh Fahimi / AFP / Getty The 'Underground Railroad' To Save Atheists
A vision to protect those persecuted for non-religion
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Romeo Ranoco / Reuters The 2018 Procession of the Black Nazarene
Earlier today, hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees in Manila gathered together and climbed over each other to touch a centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ.
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Justin Gellerson How America Is Transforming Islam
Being young and Muslim in the U.S. means navigating multiple identities. Nothing shows that more than falling in love.
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Fredrik Lerneryd / AFP / Getty Photos of Midnight Mass and Holy Observances of Christmas
Christmas services and observances from China, Kenya, England, the U.S., India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Israel, France, and many more countries.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters How Religion Made a Global Comeback in 2017
Nationalism, often expressed in religious terms, is a key organizing principle in President Trump’s foreign policy.
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Ari Jalal / Reuters How ISIS Changed the Yezidi Religion
Those who went into exile have creatively adapted their rituals. Those who stayed have been just as innovative.
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Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters Death Comes for Cardinal Law
The face of Catholicism’s clergy sexual-abuse scandal is laid to rest in Rome—but his legacy still haunts the American church.
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Mike Segar / Reuters The Perils of #MeToo as a Muslim
Women are speaking up about Islamic scholars and clergymen who have allegedly preyed on their piety—but they face pressures unlike those in Hollywood, the media, or even other religious groups.
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M. Phillips / Getty ‘I’ve Spent My Life Studying These Books That Say Decency Actually Matters’
Progressive clergy are pushing a new movement that’s unapologetically political—and deeply rooted in textual traditions.
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Getty Neuroscience Has a Lot To Learn from Buddhism
A scientist and a monk compare notes on meditation, therapy, and their effects on the brain
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AP How Oriana Fallaci's Writings on Islamism Are Remembered—and Reviled
The first authorized biography of a controversial Italian reporter sheds a new light on her legacy.
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Amr Dalsh / Reuters Religious Bias Is Distorting American Foreign Policy
The administration is imperiling the very minority communities it claims to want to protect.
