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Religious exemptions face particular scrutiny amid fears of new measles outbreaks and concerns the growing number of families claiming religious exemptions are opposed because of scientifically discredited claims about the dangers of vaccines.

Hundreds of Christian worshippers packed a Jerusalem church revered as the site of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection for Holy Fire, an ancient fire ceremony a day before Orthodox Easter.

John Sherwood, the elderly pastor arrested in the UK for preaching on biblical marriage said "I wasn't making any homophobic comments, I was just defining marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman."

Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health and an outspoken evangelical Christian, urged his fellow evangelicals, many of whom have resisted the COVID-19 vaccine, to get the shot and encourage others to do the same.

In a split second Friday, the festive Lag BaOmer gathering in northern Israel turned into one of the country’s worst-ever tragedies, with at least 45 people crushed to death and dozens injured in a stampede.

29% of Black practicing Christians say they have experienced racial prejudice in multiracial congregations, compared to about a tenth who report such an experience in monoracial Black churches.

Southern Baptist theologian Dr. Albert Mohler points to liberalism, sexual progressivism, and LGBTQ issues as culprits in the denomination’s demise.

Mindfulness meditation for public school teachers and their students has become a hot trend in American education. But it’s hypocritical for public schools to offer such practices while maintaining a ban on school prayer and Bible readings.