Topic: Religion — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-07 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance admitted that he should have worded his criticism of US Catholic bishops “more carefully” after claiming they may have been worried about their “bottom line” from helping illegal immigrants last year.
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[2026-03-07 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Players stand during a pause as observing Muslim players break the Ramadan fast during the Premier League soccer match between Leeds United and Manchester City in Leeds, England, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)
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[2026-03-07 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Claude Leboeuf, a clergy abuse survivor and advocate, sits for a portrait at his home in Providence, R.I., Thursday, March 5, 2026, after a report by the Rhode Island attorney general detailed decades of abuse within the Catholic Diocese of Providence. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)
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[2026-03-07 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In the Iranian capital, worshippers gathered near mosques before joining rallies that mixed religious observance with political messages. Some participants said they came to show support for the Islamic Republic during a week of heavy fighting. Airstrikes have repeatedly hit sites in Tehran, while Iranian officials say the country has launched ballistic missiles toward Israel in response.
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[2026-03-07 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WAConscious Life Expo attendees receive a red-light therapy and “5D Quantum Sound” experience at the LAX Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Kathryn Post/Religion News Service via AP)
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[2026-03-07 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AS Pope Leo XIV guides his flock to relive the grace-filled season of Lent, his first as the leader of the 1.3-billion-strong Catholic Church, “a world that is ablaze” that rues in his Ash Wednesday message, is increasingly ripping apart the prospects for world peace. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now in its fourth year and is hardly showing any sign of resolution.
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[2026-03-07 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In a battered house, patched together after being damaged by Israeli bombing during the last war on Gaza, Tasneem stood by candlelight, cooking beans for her children's Ramadan dinner.
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[2026-03-07 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian universities] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Greg Craven, a former vice-chancellor of Australian Catholic University, chosen after no other bids made for the tender
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[2026-03-07 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Survivor Beth Heinrich hopes an apology from the pulpit of St John’s Cathedral will inspire others who experienced child abuse to fight for justice
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[2026-03-06 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Leen Shella, center, and Haneen Alatiyat, right, prepare to encourage congregants to vote in the New Jersey primary elections during Ramadan outside the Islamic Center of Passaic County on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
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[2026-03-06 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cincinnati Bearcats (17-13, 9-8 Big 12) at TCU Horned Frogs (20-10, 10-7 Big 12)
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[2026-03-06 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cal Baptist Lancers (22-8, 12-5 WAC) at Southern Utah Thunderbirds (10-20, 6-11 WAC)
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[2026-03-06 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: UT Arlington Mavericks (16-13, 8-9 WAC) at Abilene Christian Wildcats (13-17, 5-12 WAC)
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[2026-03-06 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BYU Cougars (22-10, 11-9 Big 12) vs. TCU Horned Frogs (27-4, 15-3 Big 12)
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[2026-03-06 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Abilene Christian Wildcats (21-9, 12-5 WAC) at UT Arlington Mavericks (10-19, 4-13 WAC)
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[2026-03-06 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Southern Utah Thunderbirds (18-10, 11-6 WAC) at Cal Baptist Lancers (20-10, 14-3 WAC)
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[2026-03-06 16:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, right, passes the ball as Denver Nuggets guard Christian Braun defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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[2026-03-06 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Dominique Daniels Jr. had 22 points in Cal Baptist’s 87-48 victory over Abilene Christian on Thursday.
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[2026-03-06 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kevin Durant (7), alero de los Rockets de Houston, dribla mientras Draymond Green, alero de los Warriors de Golden State, defiende durante la primera mitad de un juego de baloncesto de la NBA, el jueves 5 de marzo de 2026, en Houston. (Foto AP/Eric Christian Smith)
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[2026-03-06 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant (7) dribbles as Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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[2026-03-06 09:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Southern Christian Leadership Conference spokesman Bernard LaFayette speaks to reporters after attending a SCLC meeting, March 6, 2010, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)
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[2026-03-06 09:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Democratic presidential primary candidate Jesse Jackson speaks to a group of his supporters at a rally held at a Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio, April 14, 1984. (AP Photo/Rob Burns, File)
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[2026-03-06 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Supreme Court Justices listens as President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-03-06 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Luka Vuskovic del Hamburger y Randi Khedira del Unión de Berlín pelean por el balón en el encuentro de la Bundesliga el sábado 14 de diciembre del 2025. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)
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[2026-03-06 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s Civil Administration has cancelled Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, the latest in a series of Israeli restrictions imposed at Islam’s third-holiest site since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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[2026-03-06 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A federal judge has decided that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis cannot unilaterally designate the largest Muslim-American civil rights organisation as a "terrorist" group because it infringes on First Amendment rights.
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[2026-03-06 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Christian man in Malta who faced jail time after publicly sharing his testimony of leaving the LGBTQ lifestyle has been acquitted after a three-year legal battle.
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[2026-03-06 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Is it the Tech-corcist?
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[2026-03-06 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It’s a sign of the times. The historically non-conforming Melbourne Unitarian Church is selling its Peace Memorial Church in East Melbourne, and is looking at a windfall of between $18 million and $20 million.
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[2026-03-06 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rwanda Archbishop Revd Dr. Laurent Mbanda, chairman of the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, or Gafcon, left, and his wife Chantel Mbanda, leave after attending a religious service on the sidelines of a meeting by the Anglican Communion in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga)
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[2026-03-06 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ROME — An independent researcher claimed on Wednesday that a marble bust of Christ in a Roman church is by Michelangelo, the latest purported attribution to the Renaissance genius who is one of the most imitated artists in the world.
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[2026-03-06 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHEN I was a graduate student at the Department of International Relations of the Catholic University of Korea from 2009 to 2011, one of the topics that our American professor enthusiastically discussed in class was Operation Ajax, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-backed plot to oust the democratically elected Iranian prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, in 1953.
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[2026-03-06 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Sporting a pink knee-length veil, Umma Hani Yusuf Khalid has recently found financial stability as a rickshaw taxi driver, a trade that was unthinkable for her in Nigeria's conservative Muslim city of Kano two years ago.
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[2026-03-06 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington Nationals’ Christian Franklin (33) is tagged out by Miami Marlins shortstop Maximo Acosta after trying to stretch a single into a double during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game Sunday, March 1, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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[2026-03-06 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: On its own, the phrase “Christ is king” sums up a core tenet of the Christian faith, that Jesus is the divine ruler of the universe. Catholics and many Protestants celebrate a Christ the King Sunday each year.
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[2026-03-05 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Conservative Anglican leaders from Africa, Asia, and Latin America gathered in Nigeria on Wednesday as part of a four-day meeting that could reshape the future of one of the world’s largest Christian communions over the recent appointment of the first female leader of the Anglican Church.
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[2026-03-05 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hamburger’s Luka Vuskovic, top, and Union’s Rani Khedira, centre right, challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and 1. FC Union Berlin, in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2026. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)
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[2026-03-05 20:32 UTC+10:00] [Berlin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The man, 20, said he had been motivated by his radicalisation and belief he was acting with a religious mission
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[2026-03-05 18:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A pastor has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly bribing a senior police officer with hundreds of millions of won to use his connections to prompt a police investigation into a rival pastor for embezzlement, local media reported Thursday.
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[2026-03-05 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: PORT ST. LUCIE — Christian Scott was the organization’s top pitching prospect when he made his MLB debut for the Mets in May 2024.
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[2026-03-05 11:51 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A fence dispute between disability pensioner Kathy Pope and Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has been dismissed from the NSW Supreme Court as negotiations over their shared 12-kilometre boundary move behind closed doors.
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[2026-03-05 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked the enforcement on Wednesday of an executive order issued last year by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that designates two Muslim groups as foreign terrorist organizations.
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[2026-03-05 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, which serves as the home church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, is seen Tuesday Feb. 24, 2026, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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[2026-03-05 09:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Leverkusen’s Christian Kofane, centre, celebrates after scoring during the Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and Bayer Leverkusen, in Hamburg, Germany, Wednesday March 4, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)
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[2026-03-05 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This image released by Warner Bros Entertainment shows Christian Bale, left, and Jessie Buckley in a scene from “The Bride!” (Warner Bros Entertainment via AP)
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[2026-03-05 07:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The actor has a blast as bride to Christian Bale’s lonely creature in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s darkly comic and gleefully bizarre reimagining of the 1935 film
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[2026-03-05 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades, and were protected by bishops more concerned with the church’s reputation than the victims, according to a new report on clergy sexual abuse that echoes findings elsewhere.
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[2026-03-05 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that the Government is undertaking a significant effort to lead the country towards a new transformative era, and that the guidance, advice, and support of members of the Maha Sangha and religious leaders, who carry out extensive social service for the people, are of immense importance to this endeavour.
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[2026-03-05 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Cuando los guardias aparecieron en febrero fuera del dormitorio que Christian Hinojosa compartía con su hijo y otras mujeres y sus niños en el centro de detención de inmigrantes en Dilley, Texas, ella intuyó lo que podrían estar buscando. Se puso rápidamente una abultada chaqueta de invierno y deslizó un sobre manila en su interior.
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[2026-03-05 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Cane-wielding Rep. Al Green will need to win a May runoff against fellow Rep. Christian Menefee to keep his seat in Congress beyond next January.
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