Giving has dropped significantly between 2000 and 2016 according to a study released from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and Vanguard Charitable.

This decline points to 20 million fewer households donating to charity versus 2000. Money and economy aren’t the main culprits of the decline, MarketWatch points out. One big factor that may be driving the decline is...

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Impeachment has often been described as a political process. But the current impeachment inquiry unfolding in Congress is also, in a fundamental sense, a moral and ethical challenge for all Americans. Before we can take a position as to whether a sitting president should be impeached and removed from office, we first must answer the question of what common core values we share as Americans, and what common ideals and principles we have that we are willing to...

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Now, Christian groups are using artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to help battle porn addiction.

This artificial intelligence can tell when you’re looking at porn. It then informs chosen friends, family and spiritual leaders about your use.

This porn prevention software...

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In his new book and the Nov. 5 edition of the periodical he founded La República, Scalfari writes that...

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“This is a sad day for America,” Graham said in a statement shared on social media. “Our politics in this country has hit a new low. Nancy Pelosi and her followers in Congress have weaponized the impeachment process. After two years of the Russia collusion hoax, now they’ve turned to this.”

“In my opinion, asking another country to investigate corruption is...

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"Kill all Jews" and "No Jews" have appeared on synagogues, Jewish graves and homes and school campuses, terrorising their targets the BBC reported.

Nearly a third of Jews avoid identifying themselves as Jewish publicly or refrain from carrying items that would identify them as Jewish in public due to threats of anti-Semitism according to a new poll by the American Jewish Committee.

The AJC surveyed 1,283 Jews living in the U.S...

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While Christianity continues to decline at a rapid pace, the religious unaffiliated population – a group also known as religious “nones” continues to rise, according to study released by the Pew Research Center.

Church attendance has also fallen steeply.

In a telephone survey conducted in 2018 and 2019, 65 percent of...

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It is the most controversial proposal at the meeting and an attempt to ease the Amazon region’s shortage of Catholic priests.

Since 1965, there has been almost a 30 percent decrease in the number of priest in the United States. These numbers have led to what Pope Francis called an “enormous problem” that needs to be tackled...

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The Faith and Freedom Coalition founder has been one of Trump’s strongest Christian supporters following Trump’s presidential nomination in 2016 and has assisted Trump in garnering momentum and support from evangelical voters.

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According to the WSJ, the values that Americans say definite the national character are changing, as younger generations rate patriotism, religion and having children as less important to them than did young people two decades ago.

When the survey was released 21 years ago, participants said the most important values were the principles of hard work, patriotism,...

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