For the first time in 16 years, I took the opportunity to go to Damascus, where I was born but have never lived. I was expecting an emotional reckoning of the weight of reconnecting with a heritage ...

Christians from across Lancashire gathered for The Church of England’s All Nations Convention 2025 to celebrate 'unity and diversity'. The event at St Luke the Evangelist Church in Burnley brought ...

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In the classrooms of the Kurdistan Region, a quiet but profound success story is being written in one of the world's most ancient languages. For students like Sherpil Shimul, a ninth grader attending ...

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has backed laws requiring his state’s public schools to display the Ten Commandments and enabling the schools’ adoption of a state-backed, Bible-based curriculum ...

Legal experts hold varying views on Attorney General Ken Paxton urging all Texas public school students to observe dedicated prayer time and fill that period with the Lord’s Prayer from the King James ...

With a new Texas law in effect allowing time for prayer and reading religious texts in public schools, Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday encouraged students to practice the Lord’s Prayer as ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday recommended that schools allow students to recite the Lord’s Prayer as part of the Lone Star State’s push to increase religious expression in public ...