The protesters belonged to a group of Catholic laypeople called the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property.
Emily McFarlan Miller - Religion News Service
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Former Olympic curling hopeful now cheering Team USA from the priesthood
Rev. Andrew Roza, a former Olympic hopeful turned vocations director for the Archdiocese of Omaha, said he’ll be talking to God about the Team USA curlers during this year’s Winter Olympics.
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President Trump drastically cuts national monument sacred to Native Americans
The presidential proclamations would cut the monument by 85 percent.
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Europe’s Muslim population is growing — but won’t be a majority anytime soon
Even the scenario with the largest growth leaves the Muslim population considerably smaller than the populations of both Christians and people with no religion in Europe.
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Despite law, State Department misses deadline to name religious freedom violators
The U.S. State Department often misses its deadline to release a list of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom — or doesn’t release a list at all.
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Blessing robots: Is a technological reformation coming?
“What is blessing? Who can bless? Can God bless through a robot?”
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Congregations can’t make up for proposed federal budget cuts
Every religious congregation in the U.S.would have to raise an additional $714,000 every year for the next 10 years to make up for the 2018 budget cuts President Trump has proposed.
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Native American spirituality is sustaining the anti-pipeline protest
The Lakota prayer over water has become a rallying cry in the mass action to prevent the construction of a crude oil pipeline near their reservation.
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The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors plans evangelical Christians’ first-ever conference on transgender issues
The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors will co-sponsor “Transgender Confusion and Transformational Christianity” with the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood on Oct. 5.
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Did you hear the one about the pope?
“The California drought is so bad, people in Napa are asking the pope to change the wine into water.”