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Ryan Flannigan and his colleague lead congregational song at All Saints Dallas, January 2017. Photo by Serkan Zanagar
Need to know: Friday, October 13, 2017
Pope Francis calls for change to Catholic teaching on death penalty
Both John Paul II and Benedict XVI spoke out against the death penalty, but Francis is the first pope to suggest changing official church teaching to make opposition to the practice a matter of doctrine.
Christians outnumber Muslim refugees to US in last 15 years
Since 2002, almost 425,000 Christian refugees crossed U.S. borders, making up 46 percent of refugee arrivals. In comparison, 33 percent, or slightly more than 302,000, of admitted refugees were Muslim.
Catholic Church denies First Communion to girl because she wanted to wear a suit
Officials at St. John the Evangelist in St. John, Ind., told the girl’s parents that she couldn’t participate in First Communion with the rest of her class unless she wore a skirt or dress.
Center for Congregational Song launches as antidote to ‘worship wars’
An Oct. 15-16 conference will attempt to broker peace in the war over style, volume and the complexity of the songs sung during worship.
Anti-gay marriage clerk Kim Davis takes her fight from Kentucky to Romania
Davis, who spent five days in prison for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, heads to Romania on nine-day tour ahead of a referendum on the issue.
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Supreme Court asked to review North Carolina county prayer ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lower court ruled that county commissioners' practice of leading the prayers themselves and inviting the audience to join, always in the Christian faith, violated the First Amendment by establishing Christianity as a preferred religion.
Roy Moore’s compensation from religious-themed charity includes $540,000 mortgage
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore had a deal to collect $180,000 in annual salary for part-time work from the legal charity he founded and ended up with a half-million-dollar stake in the group's headquarters, records and interviews show.
Man who spent year in church to avoid deportation walks free
Javier Flores Garcia had been living in a Philadelphia church for nearly a year to avoid deportation to Mexico.
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‘Mormon Families Are Forever’ shouldn’t be a threat
Guest blogger Mette Harrison offers 4 ways the idea of eternal families may not be good news for everyone -- especially when it's used as a tool to bludgeon the non-believing.
People of faith aren’t exempt from loving their neighbor
(RNS) — 'We can navigate our differences and protect others while respecting religious freedom,' writes Jennifer Butler.
Alan Jacobs’ antidote to Christian anti-intellectualism
"if you don't care what anyone else thinks about you, you can easily find yourself locked in an echo-chamber," Jacobs says.
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