Many African Anglican churches refuse to ordain female priests.
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Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
During his presidency, the church modified its policy to prohibit transgender people from being baptized, working with children or serving as priests or teachers, per the AP.
Miner preachers and independent churches were central to the organization of miners in eastern Kentucky in the 1930s, too, during another period of violence between mine operators and miners over conditions, wages and unionization.
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The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
Martinez hosted a sermon series with seven different preachers to talk to the congregation about what generosity meant to them, and the fundraiser was included in church announcements and weekly newsletter updates.
That exquisitely rare skill — the ability to arrange a handful of ordinary notes in a way that makes time stop and pulses quicken — unites long-anonymous troubadours, symphonists, Broadway entertainers, earnest singer-songwriters, griots, and ancient clerics.
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Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
The economy is the top challenge for Iran’s ruling clerics, who fear a revival of protests that have erupted since 2017 by lower and middle-income communities angry at growing poverty because of sanctions, mismanagement and state corruption.
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