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United Methodist US Membership Fell by About 174,000 in 2025, Report Shows
The denomination's finance agency counted about 3.8 million U.S. members, but professions of faith rose and fewer churches closed than the year before.
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Trump Signs Clergy Act, Giving Ministers a Way Back Into Social Security
Pastors who opted out of Social Security early in their ministry, a choice that used to be permanent, will get a two-year window to opt back in starting in 2029.
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Supreme Court to Hear Colorado Catholic Preschools' Challenge Nov. 3
Can a state make religious schools accept its nondiscrimination rules to join a taxpayer-funded program? The justices will weigh it in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy.
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Pope Leo XIV Needs No Further Treatment After Lung Surgery, Doctors Say
Final lab results show the tumor removed Oct. 13 was a localized lung adenocarcinoma, the pope's doctors said in a statement released by the Vatican.
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Supreme Court Takes Up Kentucky Church's Fight to Build a Grotto
A Park Hills parish was blocked from building a shrine next door. The justices will decide whether that put a "substantial burden" on its religious exercise.
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Appeals Court Revives Churches' Challenge to ICE Enforcement at Houses of Worship
A divided D.C. Circuit panel said 27 Christian and Jewish groups can press their case. The ruling does not stop enforcement for now.