Former New York Mets star Darryl Strawberry says God set him free when he was pardoned by President Donald Trump. Strawberry thanked Trump during a sermon Sunday at a Tulsa church. He was pardoned for past tax evasion and drug charges. The eight-time All-Star won cheers from more than 400 worshippers at Sheridan Church. Strawberry credits his Christian faith for his transformation and sobriety. He got to know Trump on “Celebrity Apprentice” in 2010. He was surprised when Trump called him on Nov. 6 to inform him of the pardon. Strawberry now travels extensively, sharing his story of faith and redemption.

The U.S. feminist movement’s perpetual quest for gender equality has suffered notable setbacks during President Donald Trump’s second term. These include the dismantling of various nondiscrimination programs and the ouster of several high-ranking women in the military. Yet strikingly, outspoken women from the Catholic Church and the ranks of conservative evangelicals are engaging with gusto in ongoing political and social debates even as their faiths maintain longstanding rules against women serving as priests or senior pastors. Many of these women see these ministry barriers as a nonissue.

A museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin has opened at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, California. The exhibit is called “The Shroud of Turin: An Immersive Experience” and features interactive displays and a life-size sculpture of Christ. The original Shroud of Turin is kept in Turin, Italy, and is considered a relic by many Christians. While the Vatican has called it a symbol of Christ’s suffering, it has never claimed its authenticity. The exhibit was proposed by August Accetta, a gynecologist whose fascination with the cloth led him to open the Shroud Center of Southern California in 1998. The museum will remain open through 2030.

After decades of controversies over sexuality and theology in the worldwide Anglican Communion, some leaders of a conservative coalition says it’s time to make a final break from what has long been one of the world’s largest Protestant church families. But how many church provinces go along with the rupture remains to be seen. Some of the communion’s largest and fastest-growing churches in Africa belong to the conservative group that announced the break. But several of the member churches haven’t publicly embraced the plan, weeks after it was announced.

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A man holds an Christian Orthodox icon during a protest in front of military complex that was partially destroyed in a NATO bombing campaign in 1999, after Serbian lawmakers on Friday passed a special law clearing the way for a controversial real estate project that would be financed by an investment company linked to President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)