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Catholic priest and Indigenous activist PĂ©rez killed by 2 gunmen in southern Mexico

Catholic priest and Indigenous activist PĂ©rez killed by 2 gunmen in southern Mexico

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers in southern Mexico, was killed on Sunday.
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Harris urges Black churchgoers in Georgia to head out to vote and gets an assist from Stevie Wonder

Harris urges Black churchgoers in Georgia to head out to vote and gets an assist from Stevie Wonder

JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Kamala Harris on Sunday summoned Black churchgoers to turn out at the polls and got a big assist from music legend Stevie Wonder, who rallied congregants with a rendition of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.
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Catholic priest and Indigenous activist PĂ©rez killed by 2 gunmen in southern Mexico

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers in southern Mexico, was killed on Sunday.
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Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'

Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'

LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — Standing before hundreds of people in a suburban Detroit chapel, at an event organized by Donald Trump's campaign , Marlin J. Reed declared that God had called on them to vote for the former president.
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Harris is attending church in Georgia and encouraging Black congregants to vote

Harris is attending church in Georgia and encouraging Black congregants to vote

ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris is going to church in Georgia on Sunday, where she will speak to the faithful and encourage Black congregants to vote as part of a nationwide campaign push known as “souls to the polls.
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Children greet King Charles III and Queen Camilla outside a Sydney church

Children greet King Charles III and Queen Camilla outside a Sydney church

SYDNEY (AP) — King Charles III and Queen Camilla were greeted by children Sunday outside a Sydney church in their first public appearance of their Australian visit.
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Children greet King Charles III and Queen Camilla outside a Sydney church

Children greet King Charles III and Queen Camilla outside a Sydney church

SYDNEY (AP) — King Charles III and Queen Camilla were greeted by children Sunday outside a Sydney church in their first public appearance of their Australian visit.
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Faith-based environmental groups take on fossil fuels as 'a sacred duty'

Faith-based environmental groups take on fossil fuels as 'a sacred duty'

(RNS) — In mid-September, Val Smith, chief sustainability officer at Citigroup, one of the United States’ Big Four of banking, met with four religious environmental activists to discuss the company’s record on fossil fuel investment.
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In Helene's and Milton's wake, faith-based disaster relief groups prepare for the long haul

In Helene's and Milton's wake, faith-based disaster relief groups prepare for the long haul

(RNS) — This past Sunday, worshippers returned to Biltmore Church, a megachurch in Asheville, North Carolina, for the first time in person after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. It was bittersweet, said Bruce Frank, the church’s pastor.
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What's a 'Jezebel spirit'? Some Christians use the term to paint Kamala Harris with a demonic brush

What's a 'Jezebel spirit'? Some Christians use the term to paint Kamala Harris with a demonic brush

Christian nationalist leaders are telling followers that Vice President Kamala Harris is under the influence of a “Jezebel spirit,” using a term with deeply racist and misogynistic roots that is setting off alarm bells for religious and political sch
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