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Need to know: Wednesday, April 12, 2017
US Copts pray, raise money for victims of Egypt church bombings
Copts in the diaspora believe love and prayer will sustain families of loved ones who died or were injured in church bombings in Egypt. Egypt.
The ’Splainer: Who are the Copts and why are they persecuted?
Once again, Egypt’s Copts are in the news; once again, as the victims of violence.
Israeli official accepts Spicer’s apology over Hitler remarks
The White House spokesman's assertion, made during the Jewish holiday of Passover, sparked instant outrage on social media and from some Holocaust memorial groups who accused him of minimizing Hitler's crimes.
For Alabama Christians, Gov. Bentley’s downfall is a bitter blow
Bentley’s resignation in the wake of the sex scandal that ended his 50-year marriage is a downfall that reflects enduring challenges for evangelical voters.
Alabama Senate votes to allow church to form police department
Private institutions have been given the authority to have a police force, but law enforcement experts say a church police department would be unprecedented in the U.S.
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Israel’s proposed international Jewish database raises red flags abroad
JERUSALEM (RNS) Many fear such a database will not recognize the legitimacy of most Jews, will breach confidentiality and, in the wrong hands, could be used in sinister ways.
Study: Worldwide downward trend in restrictions on religion reversed
(RNS) That includes religion-related mob violence in Europe and violence targeting people with albinism for rituals by witch doctors in sub-Saharan Africa.
In unusual omission, no Trump-pope meeting planned during Italy G-7
Trump, who Francis suggested was "not Christian" if he wanted a wall on the Mexican border, is due in Sicily on May 26-27 for a meeting of the heads of the world's richest nations.
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Sean Spicer’s worst alternative fact. Ever.
(RNS) It is time for Sean Spicer to resign. Or, visit the US Holocaust Museum. Or, both.
An irrelevant war?
...I used the season to revisit old accounts of that war and what it shows about how religious and other leaders can get swept up and caught up in hyper-nationalism, patriotic idolatry, and loss of self-critical (or prophetic) perspective.
New Mormon publishing house aims to ‘reach people who feel they don’t have a place’
Yay! A new Mormon publishing company has come to town, with the aim of widening the LDS tent.
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