Topic: Religion — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-22 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Christian Mosley-Richardson, left, helps Johnisha West fill sandbags ahead of Tropical Storm Bertha at Morris FX Jeff Sr. Park in Algiers, New Orleans, Monday, July 20, 2026. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
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[2026-07-22 16:36 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A senior Catholic priest on trial for allegedly sexually abusing Aboriginal teenagers while he worked in an outback diocese argues that while his methods of “pastoral care” were unorthodox – including getting his parishioners to strip off their shirts and wrestle – they were accepted in places like Broome.
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[2026-07-22 15:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 22 Jul 2026 at 3:44pm
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[2026-07-22 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Francisco Lindor isn’t among the Mets reported here on their “untouchable” list of Juan Soto, Nolan McLean, Christian Scott, Carson Benge and A.J. Ewing. But Lindor’s chances to be traded still seem slim.
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[2026-07-22 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Limmud LA will return to Los Angeles over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend in January 2027, offering more than 100 sessions covering Jewish religion, culture, history and contemporary life, Limmud North America announced.
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[2026-07-22 06:41 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 92]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: It’s not news that young Australians are less religious than their parents and grandparents. Census data has shown a steady decline in religious affiliation for decades, particularly among Christians, who remain Australia’s largest faith group.
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[2026-07-22 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ROME — The lawyer for five women who say they were sexually and spiritually abused by a former Jesuit priest and internationally known religious artist penned a scathing denunciation Tuesday of the Vatican’s secretive legal system, in which her clients have no right to know any details of the trial.
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[2026-07-22 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A mosaic by ex-Jesuit artist Marko Rupnik is seen on the main facade of the Church of Our Lady of the Canadian Martyrs, June 28, 2024, in Rome. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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[2026-07-22 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Evangelical Christian Zionist leader Laurie Cardoza-Moore called on US President Donald Trump on Monday to publicly distance himself from recent statements by Vice President JD Vance concerning Israel, Iran, and alleged Israeli influence in American politics.
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[2026-07-22 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Rabbi Zamir Isayev, head of Baku’s Sephardi Jewish community, described religious life in Azerbaijan at a religious freedom forum held on Capitol Hill.
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[2026-07-21 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-21 21:00 UTC+10:00] [ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Salah Sarsour, president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, said ‘dehumanizing’ treatment reminded him of time spent in Israeli military jail
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[2026-07-21 20:36 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY – Police officers in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have been ordered to remain non-partisan as security preparations intensify for the region’s historic parliamentary elections on September 14.
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[2026-07-21 19:20 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Theatre] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Kat Dopper, the organiser of the cancelled LGBTQ Sydney nightclub housed in a 158-year-old deconsecrated church, says she has received “constant” death threats and homophobic messages following the opening of her experimental venue two weeks ago.
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[2026-07-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Tue 21 Jul 2026 at 5:00pm
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[2026-07-21 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Rabbi Dov Lando, the spiritual leader of the hassidic Degel Hatorah political faction, claimed to have been misinterpreted on Monday night, after a recording of him attacking the religious Zionist community had been widely condemned earlier that day.
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[2026-07-21 16:29 UTC+10:00] [Vatican] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Maps of Hope has been certified by Proudly Human, a company led by former chief scientist, Dr Alan Finkel
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[2026-07-21 16:10 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One of the nation’s highest-ranking Catholics allegedly plied young Aboriginal boys with alcohol, made them strip off and sexually abused them at Catholic Church-owned properties across outback Western Australia, a court has heard.
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[2026-07-21 14:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-21 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Christian Walker, de los Astros de Houston, reacciona tras ser golpeado por un lanzamiento en la mano propinado por el lanzador relevista de los Orioles de Baltimore, Anthony Nunez, durante la sexta entrada de un partido de béisbol, el viernes 17 de julio de 2026, en Houston. (Foto AP/Karen Warren)
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[2026-07-21 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Houston Astros’ Jeremy Pena (3) and Texas Rangers catcher Kyle Higashioka watch Pena’s sacrifice fly that scored LaMonte Wade Jr. in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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[2026-07-21 08:00 UTC+10:00] [Leo XIV] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV, who has advocated for an end to wars since the beginning of his pontificate last year, calls for nuclear disarmament in a new book being published on Tuesday.
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[2026-07-21 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-21 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: One of the most intimidating aspects of modern US relations with the Arab and Muslim world is Washington's insistence that all Arab and Muslim-majority countries normalise relations with the state of Israel as a reward for its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.
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[2026-07-21 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: One of the most intimidating aspects of modern US relations with the Arab and Muslim world is Washington's insistence that all Arab and Muslim-majority countries normalise relations with the state of Israel as a reward for its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.
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[2026-07-21 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: King Charles III said the mosque made a "huge contribution" to Cambridge and the wider Muslim community
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[2026-07-21 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE lust for revenge grabbed the hearts of many. Institutions such as the Church and government itself became targets of destructive rhetoric. Surprisingly, those in the same institutions tolerated, if not encouraged, the vilification of these institutions created to maintain order and harmony in our society. The media, the supposed bearer of truth in a society, became the news themselves.
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[2026-07-21 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old found dead after taking a July 4 boat trip with friends to a Gulf Coast island, will be remembered Monday by his family and civil rights leaders at a church in his hometown of Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
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[2026-07-20 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Rabbi Dov Lando, spiritual leader of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Degel Hatorah faction, attacked the religious Zionist community, accusing them of waging wars that were not for Israel's protection.
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[2026-07-20 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say the prime minister had to act quickly in case of leaks and be sensitive to the Muslim community’s reaction
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[2026-07-20 22:12 UTC+10:00] [Marine Parade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say the prime minister had to act quickly in case of leaks and be sensitive to the Muslim community’s reaction
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[2026-07-20 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Criminal Justice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: For two sisters raised in a family of 11 children that moved back and forth between Washington state and South Dakota, danger didn’t come from outsiders like they’d been warned by their church.
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[2026-07-20 19:14 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Muslim students who traded ideas with Pauline Hanson as part of an hour-long filmed interview in early July have revealed why they sat down with the controversial senator.
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[2026-07-20 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Singapore’s acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Faishal Ibrahim has resigned over his interactions with a woman, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has said.
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[2026-07-20 17:28 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Theatre] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Organisers of a LGBTQ Sydney nightclub housed in a 158-year-old deconsecrated church say they have been evicted from the venue based on an obscure law of “offensive trade” used to regulate foul smells and industrial waste, and have not ruled out a legal action.
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[2026-07-20 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Rhiannon Soliman-Marron
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[2026-07-20 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Faishal, who is married with two children, was acting minister of Muslim affairs and senior minister of state for home affairs
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[2026-07-20 14:56 UTC+10:00] [Cheng Li Hui] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Faishal, who is married with two children, was acting minister of Muslim affairs and senior minister of state for home affairs
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[2026-07-20 14:04 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Catholic order with a record of child abuse could be subject to hundreds of redress claims worth up to $65m
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[2026-07-20 12:40 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Marist College Ashgrove will undergo an external review, following allegations of harassment and a “culture of misogyny” at the Brisbane all-boys Catholic school, including claims a female teacher was surrounded by hundreds of students who hurled food at her.
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[2026-07-20 07:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El lanzador abridor de los Orioles de Baltimore, Brandon Young, lanza ante los Astros de Houston durante la primera entrada de un partido de béisbol el domingo 19 de julio de 2026, en Houston. (Foto AP/Eric Christian Smith)
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[2026-07-20 07:36 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The military has placed its troops in Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur on heightened alert following two separate grenade attacks as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) classified 27 areas in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) under the red category ahead of the region’s first parliamentary elections on Sept.
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[2026-07-20 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Brandon Young throws to the Houston Astros during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 19, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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[2026-07-20 00:08 UTC+10:00] [European politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested Sunday that he could reshuffle his government following the resignation of Jens Spahn, the parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Union.
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[2026-07-19 20:52 UTC+10:00] [Anglicanism] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A General Synod vote to hear a document describing Israel’s ‘genocidal war on Gaza’ was welcomed by Palestinian Christians, but prompted warnings from Jewish groups
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[2026-07-19 20:19 UTC+10:00] [Bruno Mars] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Wembley Stadium, LondonMars sings every line like it’s his big solo in a show that leans more on his stage presence than pyro and pageantry
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[2026-07-19 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: At first glance, a church hall at Yarraville in Melbourne’s inner west on Sunday resembled a jeans factory.
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[2026-07-19 16:34 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A total of 27 areas in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) were classified under the red category ahead of the first parliamentary elections in the region on September 14, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
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[2026-07-19 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) produced flood extent maps, showing flooded areas (red) and flood-affected Physical Rice Areas (pink) and Other Crop Areas (brown) in Regions IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) to XIII (Caraga), Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and parts of Eastern Samar and Southern Leyte, following the enhanced monsoon due to Typhoon Inday.
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[2026-07-19 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Ireland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sex, drink and religion are common motifs in the ‘extraordinarily rich’ colloquial vernacular of Ireland’s second city
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