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                <title><![CDATA[Orthodox Anglican Leaders Meet in Nigeria to Elect Alternative Global Leader]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Leaders from a coalition of conservative Anglican churches have convened in Nigeria to select a spiritual leader they say will serve as a global “first among equals,” a move seen as challenging the authority of the archbishop of Canterbury. The inaugural assembly of what organizers call the Global Anglican Communion opened Tuesday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, and is scheduled to run through Friday.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:47:41 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Maltese Court Acquits Christian Man Charged Over ‘Ex-Gay’ Testimony After Three-Year Case]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[A Maltese court has cleared a Christian man who spent more than three years fighting criminal charges after publicly sharing his testimony about leaving a homosexual lifestyle. Matthew Grech, 36, was found not guilty Wednesday of violating Malta’s law against “advertising conversion practices,” bringing an end to a legal dispute that began in 2022.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:26:31 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Michigan Democrat Karen Whitsett Says She’s Leaving Politics to Follow Jesus]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Michigan State Rep. Karen Whitsett says she is stepping away from politics and recommitting her life to Jesus Christ, a decision she announced after criticizing the platform of the Democratic Party. In a follow-up statement posted on Facebook Tuesday, Whitsett reaffirmed her position a day after publicly declaring that her faith now takes priority over political life.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:21:41 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[YouGov Plans New Church Attendance Survey Following ‘Quiet Revival’ Debate]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[YouGov plans to conduct a fresh round of research on church attendance in England and Wales later this year, revisiting its widely discussed “quiet revival” findings amid mounting scrutiny from academics and polling specialists. The original conclusions appeared in April 2025 in a Bible Society report titled “The Quiet Revival.”]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:06:20 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Sides With Parents, Blocks California Policy on Gender Identity Secrecy]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court has halted enforcement of a California policy that directed public school staff to withhold information from parents about their child’s gender identity at school without the student’s consent. In a per curiam decision released Monday evening, the justices ruled in favor of parents who challenged the policy, including those who raised religious objections.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:59:10 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Indiana Enacts Law Shielding Faith-Based Foster Providers From Religious Discrimination]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Indiana has approved new legislation designed to protect faith-based foster care and adoption providers, as similar disputes in other states have led to families losing or being denied licenses over their religious views on gender and sexuality. Republican Gov. Mike Braun signed House Bill 1389 into law on Thursday after it cleared the Indiana Senate in a 44-0 bipartisan vote and passed the Indiana House of Representatives 84-12.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:52:19 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[DOJ Indicts 30 More in Cities Church Disruption; Bondi: “YOU CANNOT ATTACK A HOUSE OF WORSHIP”]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that federal prosecutors have brought charges against 30 additional individuals accused of participating in an anti-ICE protest that interrupted a worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Jan. 18. In a post on her official X account last Friday, Bondi said the Department of Justice is “charging 30 more people who took part in the attack on Cities Church in Minnesota.”]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:52:29 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[More Than 100 Christian Universities Tied to Abortion Industry, Pro-Life Study Finds]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[A new pro-life report alleges that more than 100 Christian colleges and universities in the United States maintain connections to Planned Parenthood or other entities associated with the abortion industry, with support for the organization rising nearly 20% since 2022. According to the report, 114 institutions — more than one in seven Christian schools — were found to have some form of relationship with the abortion industry or directly with Planned Parenthood. ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:48:39 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Lima to Host ‘Esperanza’ Evangelistic Festival With Franklin Graham on March 7–8]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Lima, the Peruvian capital known as “the City of Kings,” is preparing to host an evangelistic message about the “true King” in a social and spiritual context marked by challenges and a need for hope. The event, organized by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and led by its president, Franklin Graham, is called Esperanza Lima and will take place March 7 and 8.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:07:49 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Reform UK Pledges Listed Status for Churches to Block Mosque Conversions]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Reform UK has unveiled a proposal it says would safeguard Britain’s Christian heritage by preventing churches from being converted into mosques if the party forms the next government. The party announced it would automatically grant listed status to churches throughout Britain, a move it argues would preserve the country’s Christian heritage and restrict alterations to historic buildings.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:35:34 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Christians Most Widely Distributed Faith Globally, U.S. Leads Largest Nations in Religious Diversity]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[A new analysis from the Pew Research Center finds that Christianity remains the most geographically widespread faith in the world, while the United States stands out for its level of religious diversity among the globe’s most populous countries. Although the U.S. ranks 32nd worldwide on Pew’s Religious Diversity Index, it holds the top spot among the 10 most populous nations, each with at least 120 million residents.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:20:26 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Global Leaders Divided After Khamenei’s Reported Death in U.S.–Israeli Strikes]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Governments around the world responded with a mix of caution and sharp disagreement after coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran reportedly killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior regime officials on Saturday. President Donald Trump announced on social media that Khamenei had died, calling the development “the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.”]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 07:57:24 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Robert Jeffress Accepts NRB Honor, Warns ‘None of Us Is Immune’ to Moral Failure]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[As he prepared to accept one of Christian media’s most prestigious awards, Pastor Robert Jeffress emphasized the importance of integrity in leadership and warned that no minister is beyond the possibility of moral collapse. “It’s a sober reminder that none of us is immune” to moral failure, he told The Christian Post before receiving the 2026 NRB William Ward Ayer Award.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:01:44 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[One in Three American Christians Say AI Spiritual Advice Is as Trustworthy as a Pastor: Study]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[A new nationwide study suggests that a significant portion of American Christians now consider spiritual counsel generated by artificial intelligence to be on par with guidance from clergy. Researchers discovered that 30% of respondents either “somewhat” or “strongly” agree that spiritual advice from AI “is as trustworthy as advice from a pastor.” ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:32:38 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Cartel Intimidation and Threats Forced Closure of More Than 100 Evangelical Churches in Chiapas]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The cartel boss killed in Jalisco state on Sunday had overseen a campaign of intimidation that forced more than 100 churches to shut their doors amid threats and extortion. During a military raid in Tapalpa, Jalisco, authorities wounded Rubén Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as “El Mencho,” the head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG. He later died while being transported for treatment. ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:15:07 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Progressive Christian Leaders Criticize Trump, Denounce ‘White Christian Nationalism’]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ A coalition of hundreds of Christians — including a number of progressive Evangelical pastors, academics and denominational figures — has released a public letter urging fellow believers to raise their voices against what they characterize as authoritarian governance under President Donald Trump. The statement, titled “A Call to Christians in a Crisis of Faith and Democracy,” debuted on Ash Wednesday.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:46:00 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Vermont Drops LGBT Affirmation Requirement for Foster Parents, Restores Revoked Licenses]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Vermont officials have updated foster care guidelines to remove a previous requirement that prospective parents affirm LGBT ideology. The state has also reinstated the licenses of families whose certifications were revoked due to religious objections, resolving several legal disputes.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:37:10 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[Iran Accused of Targeting Christians as 254 Arrested in One Year]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[A newly released human rights assessment says Christians in Iran are increasingly being targeted amid mounting political instability, with 254 Christians arrested last year because of their religious beliefs. The joint report, issued Thursday under the title “Scapegoats: Rights Violations Against Christians in Iran,” was prepared by the advocacy groups Article 18, Open Doors, CSW and Middle East Concern.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:44:47 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[California Lawmakers Advance Bill to Increase Penalties for Disrupting Worship Services]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[California legislators are considering new measures aimed at strengthening legal protections for churches and other houses of worship in response to a series of disruptions reported both within the state and across the country. Senate Bill 1070, authored by state Sen. Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, in partnership with The American Council, seeks to amend California’s penal code provisions dealing with interference in religious gatherings.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:36:26 -0500</pubDate>    
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                <title><![CDATA[FOX’s ‘The Faithful’ Brings Stories of Genesis Women to Screen Beginning March 22]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[A new limited series, “The Faithful: Women of the Bible,” will premiere on FOX, retelling the book of Genesis through the lives of five women — Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah and Rachel. The series will debut Sunday, March 22, airing over three consecutive Sundays from 8 to 10 p.m. ET/PT and concluding on Easter Sunday, April 5.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:32:08 -0500</pubDate>    
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