Faith & Family
Maryland school districts require teachers to potty-train toddlers as ‘pre-K for all’ expands
The four largest school districts in Maryland have implemented a state policy requiring teachers to provide potty training to children up to age 5 as taxpayer-funded "pre-K for all" expands among low-income families.
Chicago mayor visits Pope Leo at Vatican, invites pontiff to return home
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson led a 46-person delegation to the Vatican on Wednesday for a private audience with Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-born pontiff who was meeting with his hometown's leader for the first time since his election to the papacy. The pope declined to wear a Cubs hat that was presented to him by the mayor.
Trump administration pledges $100M in aid for Cuba, but only if Catholic or other faith-based groups
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Chicago mayor sees Pope Leo XIV as key ally on social justice, migration after Vatican meeting
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson cast Pope Leo XIV as a powerful global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the Chicago-born pontiff at the Vatican, saying their shared roots and priorities could help amplify efforts to protect vulnerable communities.
Autopsy shows 18-year-old woman died of complications from Colorado Planned Parenthood abortion
An 18-year-old woman has died of complications from a legal second-trimester abortion at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic, according to a newly released autopsy.
WATCH: Ambassador Brownback on China, faith and the new Cold War
Ambassador Sam Brownback joins Washington Times Commentary Editor Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to assess Trump's Beijing summit and make the case for religious freedom as a strategic weapon in the new Cold War.
Chicago mayor invites Pope Leo XIV to visit his native city next year
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday invited Pope Leo XIV to visit his native Chicago next year during a private meeting with the pontiff at the Vatican.
Grammy winner Lauren Daigle says label exec asked why she had to be Christian
Two-time Grammy winner Lauren Daigle said a mainstream music label executive once questioned why she insisted on identifying as a Christian artist despite her crossover commercial appeal.
After protests outside synagogues, New York makes it a crime to block entry to a house of worship
Blocking someone from entering a house of worship, or acting in a way that makes worshippers entering the building fear for their safety, is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations outside synagogues.
Planned Parenthood thumbs nose at FDA by selling abortion pills to women before they’re pregnant
Planned Parenthood has begun prescribing abortion pills to women before they get pregnant, defying the Food and Drug Administration's safety protocol and heightening concerns about the drugs being used by bad actors to induce non-consensual abortions.
Muslim pilgrims perform Hajj rituals under intense heat as Eid al-Adha celebrations start
Masses of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia threw pebbles at a large pillar in a symbolic ritual on Wednesday, one of the final days of the Hajj as Muslims around the world started celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha.
‘Wild West’: 81% of online abortion companies violate FDA’s 10-week gestational limit
Federal safety rules prohibit prescribing the abortion drug mifepristone to terminate pregnancies after 10 weeks' gestation, but that's not stopping the booming online abortion-pill business.
America’s tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices
Just a few years ago, America's public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: "The idea was that technology is the future, so we need to put tech in every child's hands."
Muslim pilgrims converge on Arafat for prayers and worship as Hajj reaches its peak
Muslim pilgrims from around the world congregated on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the second official day of the annual Islamic pilgrimage, considered the pinnacle of Hajj.
Muslims begin the annual Hajj in sweltering heat against a backdrop of war concerns
The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, officially began Monday.
Pope Leo XIV calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.
Peru’s Catholic Church holds a symbolic ceremony in apology for Indigenous land dispossession
After years of allegations of land dispossession by a now-dissolved Catholic group, the highest ecclesiastical authorities in the Andean country on Saturday held a symbolic reparation ceremony for the Indigenous people whose land was taken away.
Pope Leo meets families of youth lost to illegal toxic waste dumping in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday greeted one by one families who lost loved ones to illegal toxic dumping in an area near Naples, tied to a multi-billion criminal racket run by the mafia.
Behavior of teen in mosque shooting led police to seize family guns a year before attack
One of the teenagers who killed three people at a San Diego mosque this week had been flagged to law enforcement last year for exhibiting alarming behavior and idolizing Nazis, prompting police to confiscate his father's guns, according to court records.
Parents, you’re failing God, your children — and America
A new survey shows one key area where parents are failing on the spiritual formation front -- and it involves prayer.
