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Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings
SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings for the week of Dec. 2: BOYS PUBLIC Class 6A 1. SA Northside Brennan, 10-0; 2. Allen, 10-1; 3. Alvin Shadow Creek, 9-1; 4. Plano East, 10-0; 5. Duncanville, 4-2; 6....
Pope hopes to visit Turkey in 2025 to mark 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said on Thursday that he hopes to travel to Turkey next year to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, Christianity’s first ecumenical council. The visit to Nicaea, today located in İznik on a lake southeast of Istanbul, would come...
Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings
SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings for the week of Nov. 25: GIRLS PUBLIC Class 6A 1. FW Boswell, 10-0; 2. Converse Judson, 14-1; 3. Duncanville, 7-2; 4. Denton Braswell, 10-1; 5. Pearland, 11-3; 6....
Beyond evangelicals, Trump and his allies courted smaller faith groups, from the Amish to Chabad
A social-media tribute to Coptic Christians. A billboard in Amish country. A visit to a revered Jewish gravesite. While Donald Trump's lock on the white evangelical vote is legendary, he and his campaign allies also wooed smaller religious groups, far from the mainstream. ...
Sean Rowe wants to realign the Episcopal Church
(RNS) — Sean Rowe, the newly installed presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, knows a thing or two about austerity. As a boy, growing up in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, he saw Westinghouse Electric Corp. shutter its plant. Later, Sharon Steel went bankrupt, laying off thousands of...
Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings
SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings for the week of Nov. 18: BOYS PUBLIC Class 6A 1. SA Northside Brennan, 2-0; 2. Allen, 4-0; 3. Humble Atascocita, 2-0; 4. North Crowley, 4-0; 5. Duncanville, 2-1; 6....
Ohio offers a new way to use public money for Christian schools. Opponents say it’s unconstitutional
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Around the country, advocates for Christian education have been finding legal ways to tap taxpayer money used more typically for public schools. One new approach in Ohio is benefiting schools tied to a burgeoning conservative political group and facing objections from...
Madden's 23 lead Abilene Christian past Texas State 72-60
ABILENE, Texas (AP) — Hunter Jack Madden's 23 points helped Abilene Christian defeat Texas State 72-60 on Saturday night. Madden shot 7 for 11 (6 for 8 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Wildcats (3-1). Quion Williams scored 17 points while shooting 6...
From 'The Exorcist' to 'Heretic,' why holy horror can be a hit with moviegoers
In the new horror movie, “Heretic,” Hugh Grant plays a diabolical religious skeptic who traps two scared missionaries in his house and tries to violently shake their faith. What starts more as a religious studies lecture slowly morphs into a gory escape room for the two...
Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings
SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings for the week of Nov. 11: GIRLS PUBLIC Class 6A 1. FW Boswell, 7-0; 2. Fort Bend Hightower, 7-0; 3. Duncanville, 6-1; 4. Converse Judson, 8-1; 5. Alvin Shadow Creek,...
