Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on Friday in West Palm Beach, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
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South Korean comedian Yoon Seong-ho, known as NewJeansNim, wearing monk's robes and performing during an electronic dance music party event for the annual Lotus Lantern Festival to celebrate the Buddha's birthday in Seoul, on May 12. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A worker drives a golf cart inside the competition venue for BMX freestyle ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 19, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman) David Goldman/AP/AP hide caption
France has banned its own athletes from wearing head scarves during the Olympics
Shalom Auslander says non-kosher gum helped with his personal evolution. Shalom Auslander hide caption
Republicans are using religious language to describe the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
South Korean comedian Yoon Seong-ho, known as NewJeansNim, wearing monk's robes and performing during an electronic dance music party event for the annual Lotus Lantern Festival to celebrate the Buddha's birthday in Seoul, on May 12. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
What one religion in South Korea is doing to attract new followers
Relatives and volunteers carry bodies on stretchers at the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district in northern India on Tuesday. A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering killed more than 120 and left scores injured, officials said.
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A statue of Moses smashing the tablets of the 10 Commandments is on display in the atrium of Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. The 17-foot-tall sculpture is on loan from the Skirball Cultural Center. Jason DeRose hide caption
Louisiana mandate stirs debate about what the 10 Commandments and their purpose
An image of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis is unveiled during his beatification ceremony at the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, Italy, in October 2020. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption
A copy of the Ten Commandments is seen along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol on June 20 in Atlanta. Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit on June 24 challenging Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
Pastor Robert Morris applauds during a roundtable discussion at Gateway Church in Dallas on June 11, 2020. A statement issued on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, said that Morris has resigned after a woman said he had abused her on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
In Jonathan Merritt's new book My Guncle and Me, a little boy's gay uncle helps him understand that being different makes him special. Hachette Book Group hide caption
Jonathan Merritt's book reminds kids what makes them different makes them special
A man affected by the scorching heat is helped by another Muslim pilgrim and a police officer during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina on June 16. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday. Above, workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off of Interstate 71 near Chenoweth, Ohio, on Nov. 7, 2023. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Lamor Whitehead, pastor of a Brooklyn church, has been sentenced to nine years in prison, after a federal jury found him guilty of multiple counts of fraud. He's seen here in 2022, attending the Billionaires Row & Dingers Squad VIPs event in Huntington, N.Y. Jared Siskin/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations hide caption
Paramedics carry a Muslim pilgrim for a medical check after he fell down due to a heat stroke near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, June 16, 2024. Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia, which marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage, and the start of the Eid al-Adha celebrations for Muslims around the world. Rafiq Maqbool/AP hide caption
Pope Francis leaves evening prayers in the Vatican Gardens on June 7. The pope will meet this week with G7 leaders to talk about the ethics of artificial intelligence. Alessandra Tarantino/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
At a march in support of Israel, one woman holds a sign saying, "Christians Stand with Israel." Getty Images hide caption
White evangelical Christians are some of Israel's biggest supporters. Why?
Pope Francis leaves a mass on World Children's Day at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on May 26. Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Evangelicals from Brazil wade, pray and get baptized in the Jordan river in Israel on May 11, 2024 Maya Levin for NPR Maya Levin/Maya Levin hide caption
Synagogue leaders and members are working to cultivate compassion for the many sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
Anti-abortion activists who describe themselves as "abolitionists" protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina in April 2024. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption