Liberty is at a turning point: Will the school continue its huge success as measured by size, assets and political clout? Or will it return to the more rigorously religious priority of its revered televangelist founder, Jerry Falwell Sr.?

He combined two Bible verses and replaced references to Jesus with patriotic imagery.

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A series of personal scandals came to an abrupt head Monday.


How evangelical campuses are responding to the death of George Floyd.

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White evangelicals' continued support for President Trump has disgusted Black evangelical leaders, many of whom have let them know they are not interested.

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Fighting for voting rights is an act of loving your neighbor.

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Bishop Michael Bransfield, accused of spending millions of diocesan money on extravagances, apologizes for "actions attributed to me."

The 60-year-old cleric is known for growing churches, not politics, but says Americans need to seize this moment of change

Some close to Liberty say the future of the country’s most-watched Christian school is on the line, as is the Falwell family legacy and perhaps even the character of Christian conservativism itself.

Younger generations may recognize in Harris a kind of multifaith and spiritual belonging unfamiliar to the mostly white Christian majority of past decades.

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The creators of Eye Meets Soul had hoped that personal appearance, race and ethnicity would not be first considerations.

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The call a year ago for Bransfield to apologize, make amends to West Virginia Catholics was believed to be first of its kind.

The school's president came under fire this week after posting a provocative photo from vacation.

Biden's Catholicism has long influenced his policy-making and guided him through personal trials.

The gathering of the men’s organization will feature a message from megachurch pastor Tony Evans and music.

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As ceremonies honoring the life of civil rights leader John Lewis began over the weekend in Alabama, one Republican state lawmaker and pastor gave an invocation for a KKK leader's birthday celebration.

Some say they’re lost without singing in church. Others say this is a chance for reflection.

Ortberg was placed on leave last year after Menlo Church elders learned he allowed a volunteer who had admitted being attracted to children to work with them at the church and in the community.

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Lawsuit accuses Newark, Metuchen dioceses and Vatican of culpability

Activist Lama Rod Owens treats racial trauma with love, rage and mindfulness.

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A devoutly Catholic husband who refused to grant his wife a divorce on religious grounds is urging Nebraska’s highest court to overturn the state’s no-fault divorce law in a case that could leave Nebraska as the only state without a law that lets couples end their marriage without assigning blame

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A former Catholic brother has been returned to Mississippi to face charges he sexually abused two impoverished elementary school students in the 1990s

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Community leaders in an Arkansas region that has struggled with racism and white supremacists over the years are endorsing an effort by the governor and lawmakers to enact a hate crimes law

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Pope Francis has described solidarity as the way out of the coronavirus pandemic crisis as he held his first public audience in nearly six months

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Serbian officials have denied that Serbia and its president have interfered in Montenegro’s parliamentary election that was narrowly won by pro-Belgrade and pro-Russian political groupings

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