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Need to know: Friday, September 8, 2017
Bannon: Catholic Church needs ‘illegal aliens to fill the churches’
President Trump's former chief strategist lashed out at leaders of the Catholic Church who condemned the president's recent decision to phase out DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
Response from U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on care for migrants and refugees
"It is preposterous to claim that justice for immigrants isn't central to Catholic teaching,” the bishops wrote in response to Bannon's comments. “It comes directly from Jesus Himself.”
Pope urges forgiveness in Colombia after decades of conflict
Francis brought his message of reconciliation to a country still bitterly divided over the peace deal with leftist rebels.
In major Supreme Court case, Justice Department sides with baker
The Department of Justice filed a brief on behalf of baker Jack Phillips, who refused to create a cake to celebrate the marriage of Charlie Craig and David Mullins, saying it violated Phillips’ religious beliefs.
Texas churches flooded by Harvey sue FEMA for discrimination
The lawsuit claims excluding churches from relief grants violates the First Amendment.
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Survey: Trump voters ‘anti-Islam, anti-feminist, anti-globalist’
The authors of the new Baylor Religion Survey describe “Trumpism” as “a new form of nationalism which merges pro-Christian rhetoric with anti-Islam, anti-feminist, anti-globalist, and anti-government attitudes.”
Washington National Cathedral to remove windows honoring Confederate generals
Following “considerable prayer and discussion” prompted by last month’s white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Va., Washington National Cathedral has decided to remove stained-glass windows honoring Confederate generals Robert Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows
American evangelicals — once seemingly immune to the decline experienced by their Catholic and mainline Protestant neighbors — are losing numbers and losing them quickly, according to a new study from the Public Religion Research Institute.
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Religion journalists singing country & blues in Nashville
(RNS) — 'There are simply fewer religion writers today. They have either been laid off or jumped ship before they got pushed out.'
A big loss for moderate evangelicalism
A fond farewell to Michael Cromartie
What is the ‘Enneagram,’ and why are Christians suddenly so enamored by it?
Everything you wanted to know about the Enneagram but are afraid to ask.
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