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Need to know: Friday, July 15, 2016
Bastille Day attack reignites terrorism and religion debate
Francis’ spokesman and other religious leaders expressed solidarity with France after scores of people were killed when a truck plowed through crowds celebrating Bastille Day.
5 faith facts about Vice President Mike Pence: A ‘born-again, evangelical Catholic’
Pence has a reputation as a culture warrior, which will appeal to Trump’s core base: evangelicals.
Poll: Evangelicals differ from most Americans on transgender morality
Fifty-four percent believe it’s morally wrong to identify with a different gender.
US rabbis outraged by Israeli rabbinical court’s treatment of convert
Despite a woman’s conversion by a U.S. rabbi a year ago, the court ordered its own expedited conversion.
AME Church: Climate change disproportionately hurts blacks
The statement calls on the denomination to support the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.
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Police chaplain: Answering questions of mortality
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Some clergy are thinking that if they haven’t spoken out on racial injustice before, the time is now.
Contempt ruling upheld against Kentucky clerk
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Ten reasons Facebook died for me last Friday
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