That this is declared in explicit terms by the publication -- not to mention the author recommending prayers to the reader at the end! -- makes it pretty much

That this is declared in explicit terms by the publication -- not to mention the author recommending prayers to the reader at the end! -- makes it pretty much the opposite of a "stealth agenda". A "stealth agenda" would be if a newspaper editor selectively picked stories to support their political goals while not declaring this anywhere.