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Texas Judge Rejects IRS Deal Allowing Pulpit Endorsements

The decision keeps the nonprofit electioneering ban in place pending appeal.

Nara Court Sentences Shinzo Abe’s Assassin to Life in Prison

Japan Sentences Shinzo Abe’s Assassin to Life in Prison

Third Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Missing Ex-Congregant Case Tied to Hemet Religious Group

Damares Publishes CPMI List Naming Churches as Malafaia Intensifies Challenge

Armenian Court Places Samvel Karapetyan Under House Arrest With Bail, Adds Speech Curb

Portuguese 'DJ Priest' Packs Monterrey Club, Then Celebrates Mass on Latin America Tour

At Nara Trial, Yamagami Says He Targeted Abe Over Unification Church Ties

German Catholic Panel Approves Statute to Launch National Synod Conference

Yamagami Makes First Court Statement in Abe Assassination Trial

Abe Assassination Trial Advances as Key Witness Testifies in Nara

Tetsuya Yamagami Pleads Guilty as Trial Opens in Shinzo Abe Assassination

Tetsuya Yamagami Pleads Guilty as Abe Assassination Trial Opens in Nara

Senator Emmanuel Reyes Questions Michoacán Detentions, Calls for Clear Church–State Lines

Yerevan Court Sentences Archbishop Adjahapyán to Two Years in Prison

Unification Church Leader Han Hak-ja Arrested in Seoul After Court Issues Warrant

Steinmeier Backs Pope’s Mediator Role as German Bishops Hold Line on Same‑Sex Blessings

ERLC President Brent Leatherwood Resigns as Factional Strains Escalate

ED Obtains Five-Day Custody of Chhangur Baba to Trace ₹106 Crore Fund Transfers

Japan’s Security Agency Seeks Tougher Sanctions on Aleph Over Leadership and Reporting Lapses