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Need to know: Monday, February 6, 2017
Pope Francis had a special message for the Super Bowl
The pontiff voiced hope that this year’s Super Bowl would be “a sign of peace, friendship and solidarity to the world.”
Quebec Muslims feel solidarity after shooting
Days after the shooting that left six men dead and more than a dozen wounded at Quebec City mosque, signs of the horror were still there for all to see.
Trump border wall challenges America’s moral values: Catholic theologian
The president’s proposed wall with Mexico would hurt the poor the most, says a leading Catholic theologian.
Swastika scrawlings unnerve three US cities
In New York, one man documented hateful graffiti inside a subway train car -- and passengers' efforts to remove it -- in a Facebook post that went viral.
MoMA protests Trump entry ban by rehanging work by artists from Muslim nations
It’s one of the strongest protests yet by a major cultural institution against President Trump’s executive order on immigration.
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Founder of clergy abuse group quits in second major loss following lawsuit
(RNS) Barbara Blaine's surprise departure from SNAP follows a lawsuit by a former employee alleging that the organization colluded with lawyers to refer clients and profit from settlements.
Philippine Catholic Church to slam ‘reign of terror’ behind war on drugs
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' Catholic Church will assail President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs for creating a "reign of terror" among the poor, in sermons to be read at services across the country this weekend.
Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam, sources say
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) The revamped program, designed to counter all violent ideologies, would no longer target groups such as white supremacists.
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What we can learn from the refuseniks of the Soviet Union
(RNS) The Jews I visited yearned so desperately for American political values — upholding the human dignity and fundamental freedoms that indeed made America great. And now I see our country turning away from those fundamental values.
Trump’s prayer for Schwarzenegger
(USA Today) President Trump, while speaking at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday, asked America to pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger and his sagging ratings since taking over The Celebrity Apprentice. It was a joke. A bad joke.
Trump’s Prayer Breakfast two-step
(RNS) He pretended that his order barring immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries was all about protecting tolerance in America.
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