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Need to know: Friday, August 12, 2016
Faith at the Olympics: Does it give an athlete an edge?
Athletes say faith helps with the ups and downs of training and injury, winning and losing.
What happened when the Olympic committee tried to exclude Brazil’s African faiths
The International Olympic Committee had chosen only five “official” religions for the interfaith center. Then Mother Fatima Damas got involved.
Pope Francis invites Syrian refugees to lunch in Vatican
Thursday’s lunch with a group of refugee children was another reminder of how strongly the pontiff feels about bringing an end to the conflict.
Trump vows to protect pastors from nonexistent IRS threat
Trump promises evangelicals to repeal the Johnson Amendment. There’s just one problem: It’s currently unenforced, writes Amy Sullivan.
Five Christian pastors in Illinois are challenging a state law banning ‘conversion therapy’ for queer youth
The suit says the law unfairly prohibits clergy from helping people who genuinely want to change their sexual orientation.
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Kaine, Trump address faithful of different stripes
(RNS) In a speech focused on faith and his fights for civil rights, the Virginia senator made a point of differentiating himself from the Republican nominee for president.
Olympic sprinter English Gardner: ‘Going through the highs and lows with God’
(RNS) Gardner's faith in God is the source of her confidence.
A pastor’s mobile ministry to Silicon Valley’s underbelly
Like a prophet crying out in the wilderness, Scott Wagers is dogged in his pursuit of justice for the homeless amid the luxury of tech-generated wealth.
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Latest Trump lie: Evangelicals didn’t vote for Romney
At rates greater than or equal to McCain and Bush.
Hillary pitches the Mormons
Will Trump pitch back?
On Trump: What is the word for ‘beyond appalled’?
Grief now seems a more appropriate response than anything else, says David Gushee.
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Bonus tracks
- A Christian blogger faces fury over a post about her white daughter’s marriage to a black man
- Jewish woman who asked to end workweek early for Sabbath says sheriff’s office yanked job offer
- French Olympic swimmer’s tattoo commemorates Auschwitz survivor grandpa
- Largest for-profit Christian college to open seminary this fall
- Pope Francis, ‘gender ideology’ and our colonialist blinders
