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Roy Moore, the Republican Senate nominee in Alabama, is accused of sexual assault against a minor. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
Need to know: Friday, November 10, 2017
Conservatives defend Roy Moore — invoking Joseph, Mary and the Ten Commandments
“Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus,” said Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler, addressing the accusation that Senator-elect Moore assaulted a teenager decades ago.
The glue that kept Sutherland Springs together before and after the shootings
Within 24 hours of the mass shooting, another church in town sprang into action, as the coordinating center for the emergency response.
Holy smoke! Vatican to stop selling cigarettes
The Vatican said Pope Francis made the decision because “the Holy See cannot contribute to an activity that clearly damages the health of people."
This lawmaker isn’t sure that God exists. Now, he’s finally decided to tell people.
Experts on the religious identity of Congress say U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) seems to be only the second member in contemporary records to describe his ethical system as not being God-based. (May require subscription)
Moody Bible to close Spokane campus, cut Chicago faculty
Paul Nyquist, president of Moody Global Ministries, referenced “challenging ministry trends and financial demands over the next decade” as the reason for the shift.
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Pence tells grieving town ‘Faith is stronger than evil’
A memorial service for the victims of Sutherland Springs, held in a neighboring town with the vice president and Texas’ governor in attendance, was replete with Bible readings and prayers to Jesus.
Mother Emanuel AME pastor shows solidarity with Sutherland Springs
The Rev. Eric S.C. Manning, who leads the church in Charleston, South Carolina, where a white supremacist killed nine people in 2015, hopes to offer a “ministry of presence” by visiting members of First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.
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Forgotten Mormon artist finally gets his due in new LDS Church exhibit
Joseph Paul Vorst was a well-known artist in the 1930s and 1940s, but Mormons only recently discovered he was LDS. Now for the first time, there will be a major retrospective exhibit of his life and work.
Papal loyalists become dissidents
(RNS) — What is remarkable about the critics of Pope Francis is that during the papacies of John Paul and Benedict, they harshly criticized as dissidents and heretics anyone who questioned papal teaching. It is clear that their loyalty was not to the successor of Peter but to their own theological opinions.
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