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Gospel artist Kirk Franklin joined Maverick City Music on ABC’s “The View" for a June 20 performance of their song “Kingdom" in honor of Juneteenth. The song is from a collaborative album Franklin and Maverick City have released with the purpose of raising awareness about mass incarceration. 

Former youth pastor Christopher Hensley (35) died on June 15 while being restrained by North Carolina's Fletcher Police Department after he allegedly struggled with officers following a domestic disturbance call.

Jon Steingard, former lead singer of the Christian band Hawk Nelson, continues to be vocal about faith issues despite his deconstruction. In a Twitter thread Thursday, Steingard questioned the implications of a common evangelical phrase.

Bossier District Court has ruled in favor of the First Baptist Church of Bossier, Louisiana, which is being sued by former members over issues with the church’s decision making and financial transparency. 

The two Jesuit priests, age 79 and 80, respectively, who were shot to death in Mexico Monday spent decades ministering to impoverished communities in Mexico’s remote Tarahumara mountains.

Juneteenth was declared a national holiday in 2021.

The organization that governs competitive swimming events around the world has ruled that swimmers who identify as transgender women and who began transitioning after the age of 11 cannot compete in women’s swimming events.

Earlier this month, Giuseppe Pignatone, one of the judges overseeing the Vatican’s “trial of a century,” concerning corruption and money laundering, joked that he hoped the proceedings would end by 2050.