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Need to know: Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Trump interview throws spotlight on Christian broadcaster
When they got one of the first one-on-one interviews with President Trump, staffers at CBN News took a moment for high-fives to celebrate.
Trump’s church politics idea has wide reach, beyond GOP base
Research suggests liberal congregations actually have become more politically active in recent years, while conservative evangelical congregations appear to have become less so.
Foundation donates campus to Catholic college, Protestant center
The Massachusetts campus given to Thomas Aquinas College of California and The Moody Center was formerly owned by the Green family, owners of the Hobby Lobby chain.
Literary agents ISO Muslim authors
A group of literary agents is circulating an open call for manuscripts by Muslim authors, a reaction to the anti-Muslim bigotry they say President Trump has fomented.
A Christian school said it helped troubled kids. It covered up sex abuse instead, lawsuit says.
Two former students of the shuttered Seventh Day Adventist school are suing, claiming staff members handcuffed them to beds, raped and beat them.
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Florida man sentenced to 30 years in prison for mosque fire
MIAMI (Reuters) A Florida man pleaded no contest and was sentenced on Monday (Feb. 6) to 30 years in prison for setting fire last year to the mosque where Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen once worshipped, court officials said.
Woman in Vatileaks trial got messages via confession box, new book says
ROME (Reuters) The episode is one new element in the book 'In Peter's Name,' by Francesca Chaouqui, who got a 10-month suspended sentence at the end of a sensational eight-month trial dubbed 'Vatileaks 2' last July.
5 faith facts about Betsy DeVos
DeVos is an elder at the nondenominational, evangelical Mars Hill Bible Church, founded by popular author Rob Bell.
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Distrust of unbelievers runs deep in American history
The proposition that the ungodly are not up to the demands of virtuous citizenship has been an abiding concern, a commonplace of American political discourse from the founding of the republic, writes Leigh Schmidt.
Trump is right: It’s moral and legal to prioritize persecuted Christians
(RNS) For far too long, our country has not done enough to help religious minorities in the Middle East via safe zones or refugee resettlement.
A Jewish guide to Florida real estate
Do you live in a gated community? Don't make it a spiritual metaphor for life.
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