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Darwin Martinez Torres, right, has been charged with the murder of Nabra Hassanen. Torres photo courtesy of the Fairfax County Police Department. Hassanen photo from Twitter
Need to know: Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Capital murder charges filed in Muslim teen’s death
But no hate crime charges have been brought against the suspect for the June killing, which rattled Muslims across the nation.
DC’s huge new Museum of the Bible includes lots of tech — but not a lot of Jesus
This isn’t the evangelism that the billionaire Green family first promised a decade ago when they set out to build a museum dedicated to Scripture.
Amid decline, one Lutheran church strives to live up to its namesake’s spirit
On the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, one N.C. church wants to move beyond the hidebound traditions of American Protestantism, take risks, attract younger people and make Christianity more relevant to the 21st century.
New film on Mark Twain highlights his religious doubts
A trip to the Holy Land in 1867 launched Twain from local journalist to international satirist and cemented his skepticism of organized religion.
I don’t like niqabs and burqas — but they should be legal
“It's hard to think of a way to more quickly alienate new neighbors we want to fully buy in to our way of life than to mock and restrict their clothing,” writes John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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Pope adds 35 saints to church, nearly all martyrs
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Kentucky clerk now fighting gay marriage in Romania
A Florida-based conservative Christian organization says that Kim Davis is visiting the Central European country this week to support a nationwide effort to explicitly ban gay marriage.
‘Still, small voice’: Ministering to the families of the Las Vegas shooting
For almost two weeks now, Brian Scroggins has spent upward of 12 hours a day walking the Las Vegas Convention Center — hugging the anxious, praying with the distressed and crying with those in mourning.
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‘Mormon Families Are Forever’ shouldn’t be a threat
Guest blogger Mette Harrison offers 4 ways the idea of eternal families may not be good news for everyone -- especially when it's used as a tool to bludgeon the non-believing.
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