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Normandy churches honor D-Day paratroopers as biblical heroes in stained-glass windows

The American paratroopers who dropped from the sky into Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, appeared sent from heaven. In the eyes of the people looking up from the ground of occupied France on D-Day, the climactic event of World War II, they were indeed saviors. “For me, when they landed, they were like heroes in a movie,” Paul Renaud, …

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Southern Baptists poised to enact controversial ban on churches with women pastors

From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade to its Sunday services filled with rousing gospel hymns and evangelistic sermons, First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, bears many of the classic hallmarks of a Southern Baptist church. On a recent Sunday, its pastor for women and children, Kim Eskridge, urged members to invite friends and neighbors to an upcoming vacation …

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Anne Frank's spirits soared on D-Day: 'Friends are on the way,' she wrote of heroic GIs

The heroes of D-Day won a spiritual victory when they selflessly crawled from the ocean and fell from the sky into Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944 — 80 years ago this week. Their triumph spread almost instantly across the occupied nations of Europe on D-Day, even as military success was still far from certain. Evidence of the spiritual impact …

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New book 'The War on Warriors' by Pete Hegseth highlights a patriot's concerns about a 'woke' military

The new book by bestselling author and co-host Pete Hegseth of “Fox & Friends Weekend” — “The War on Warriors,” out on June 4 from Fox News Books — minces no words about the state of today’s military as he sees it. The personal memoir is his fifth book and was a passion project for him, he said. “I love …

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South Carolina priest says feast of Corpus Christi is a reminder that God wants 'to be with us'

“Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those …

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Las Vegas stadium will be site of 'Day of Gratitude' for America's veterans, families: 'We honor them'

The California-based Christian organization CityServe is hosting a “Day of Gratitude” in Las Vegas on June 8, honoring America’s veterans and their families with a day of music, fun and charity. “We’re calling it the ‘Day of Gratitude,’” CityServe co-founder and CEO Dave Donaldson told Fox News Digital in a video interview. The timing of the event, Donaldson said, is …

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Lifeguard sues LA County, alleges he was punished for refusing to fly Progress Pride flag

A devout Christian lifeguard filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County Fire Department, claiming the government’s requirement to fly the rainbow Progress Pride flag forced him to choose between his job and his faith. “I felt like I was being targeted or entrapped by [Section] Chief [Arthur] Lester and my religious beliefs were not being taken seriously,” Captain Jeffrey Little …

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Bodies of two US missionaries killed in Haiti last week returned to US

The bodies of two U.S. missionaries gunned down and killed last week in Haiti have been returned to the U.S., the State Department confirmed Thursday. Deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said the bodies of Davy and Natalie Lloyd were repatriated and are now in the United States. “I’m not going to get into the deliberations beyond that. I would just echo …

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Vermont Christian parents say they were punished by foster system over transgender stance

A Christian couple in Vermont say the state threatened to revoke their foster license over their position on transgender ideology and sex-change treatments for kids in their care. Melinda Antonucci, 44, and Casey Mathieu, 42, say the state made them take part in an LGBTQ+ training – as part of their license application – which discussed medical procedures for trans …

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Louisiana to become 1st state to require Ten Commandments be displayed in schools if governor signs bill

Louisiana lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that could make the state the first to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all schools and colleges that receive public funding. Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, still needs to sign the new bill into law for Louisiana to make history as the first state with such a requirement. The bill, introduced …

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