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Need to know: Thursday, April 20, 2017
Bill O’Reilly greeted by pope hours before Fox News announces ouster
O’Reilly, who last year challenged the pope’s views on immigration and promised to convince him of the need for reform, shook hands briefly with Francis at the Vatican.
Aaron Hernandez reportedly found with ‘John 3:16’ written on his forehead
The former tight end is said to have used a red marker to write the citation for the popular verse before he committed suicide by hanging.
Hashtag about Christian women unleashes torrent of emotions
Maybe it was a publicity stunt to drive up sales of a book, or garner more Twitter followers. Certainly, it released a flood of pent-up frustrations from women.
Supreme Court justices side with church in playground dispute
In a case with implications for more than 30 states that ban public funds for religious purposes, the justices appeared to reject Missouri’s refusal to include a Lutheran church in a grant program to improve playgrounds.
Turkish-financed mosques in Europe allegedly spying for Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s drive for near absolute power may have been aided by a hapless spy operation involving Turkey’s broad network of mosques in Europe.
Christian teen magazine ‘Brio’ returns with a ‘biblical worldview’
Officials at Focus on the Family acknowledge it may seem like a strange time to bring back a print publication, but they think there's a market for it among conservative Christian teenage girls.
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Trump team exploring possible Pope Francis meeting
WASHINGTON (USA Today) While it is not unusual for presidents to meet with popes — the last 11 have done so — there is some political history between Trump and Francis.
Can the Holocaust be funny? A new film says, ‘Why not?’
(RNS) Tragedy plus time equals comedy — unless some subjects are so taboo they can never be funny.
Joan Chittister’s ‘radical’ take on humility, fake news and social media
(RNS) For the popular activist and author, freedom comes from living out the 12 degrees of humility found in the Rule of St. Benedict, which guides her life as a Benedictine nun. And they're just as applicable today.
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Religious assessments of Trump v. Obama
It's not all about white evangelicals.
The gifts of science are worth celebrating
(RNS) Large numbers of us, including many fine scientists, accept the gifts of scientific investigation with deep gratitude.
Radical generosity revisited
I could profane the plot by writing a true but merely practical summary: 'Radical generosity works.' But Truax and Campbell sacralize the story by rooting it in the trust and faith they demonstrate, as did their members. And, we know, as believers do elsewhere, in a wild variety of ways which also merit attention — surprising as so many of their stories are.
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