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Need to know: Thursday, September 8, 2016
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI speaks: ‘I do not see myself as a failure’
“A weak point of mine was maybe little resolve in governing and making decisions,” admits the ex-pontiff in a book-length interview out this week.
Charlotte pastor who married same-sex couple will keep job, avoid church trial
The Rev. Val Rosenquist married John Romano and Jim Wilborne, who became the first same-sex couple in North Carolina to be wed -- at least publicly -- in a United Methodist church.
Veteran religion reporter looks for the Bible in public life
Ken Briggs documents his journey across America to find the Bible — and the “Bible-less Christianity” its disappearance has created — in his new book, “The Invisible Bestseller.”
Phyllis Schlafly and the future of ‘women’s issues’
Anyone who deems a liberal political objective “inevitable” hasn’t paid enough attention to the legacy of Phyllis Schlafly, writes Jennifer Marshall.
Evangelicals and conservative Catholics used to vote together
Donald Trump’s candidacy is revealing a startling political splintering of conservative Catholics and evangelicals, who have tracked side by side for decades.
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White male leadership persists at evangelical ministries
Only one of 33 major national parachurch groups contacted for this article is led by a woman. And only three are led by nonwhite males.
Reaction to the death of Phyllis Schlafly
How she is being remembered by fans and critics.
Saint names dropped from 12 Midwest hospitals
(RNS) Goodbye, St. Anthony.
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Islamophobia diminishes the US and must be resisted
“Terrorists speak for Muslims no more than the Ku Klux Klan speaks for Christians,” an evangelical pastor from Texas and a retired Marine Corps commandant write in a commentary.
Cardinal Burke, anti-Muslim crusader
(RNS) His Eminence says he is talking theology. But he is really pontificating on religious politics.
Trampling on health care providers’ consciences
History teaches us to protect a health care provider’s right to refuse to participate in controversial medical practices, writes ethicist Charles Camosy.
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