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Need to know: Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Pope Francis condemns slaying of French priest
France is convulsed by another horrific attack as armed men burst into a Catholic Church near Rouen and slit the throat of a priest who was saying Mass.
DNC platform: Plenty for religious progressives to love
Delegates approved the most progressive platform in party history, tackling several religion-in-the-public square issues.
Who boos an opening prayer? The Berniacs of 2016, that’s who
They were targeting Hillary Clinton more than the Almighty, but the optics weren’t great.
‘I condemn all threats to Turkey’s democracy’
Pa.-based imam Fethullah Gulen says the Turkish prime minister’s accusation that he was behind the recent coup is “no surprise” given his "his systematic and dangerous drive toward one-man rule."
Tim LaHaye, evangelical leader and ‘Left Behind’ co-author, dead at 90
The bestselling fire-and-brimstone preacher died after a stroke.
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Can Hillary Clinton finally close the ‘God gap’?
The GOP has been called ‘God's Own Party’ because it draws far more churchgoing voters than the Democrats. Clinton has a chance to change that -- if she wants to.
Hungary’s Tokaj wine region revives Jewish heritage
After two centuries of prosperity generated from the sweet wine that became popular in the courts of Europe, Jews in Tokaj were decimated in the Holocaust. Now some are returning. Perhaps the wine will also return to its roots.
In Germany, secular ‘confirmation’ thrives again
HAMBURG, Germany (RNS) It has been 125 years since this group of anti-church, humanist thinkers established themselves in this port city, and in an increasingly irreligious country the tradition it promoted -- akin to a confirmation ceremony without religion -- is undergoing a rediscovery.
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Tim Kaine’s Jesuit spirituality just might appeal to ‘nones’
(RNS) In choosing Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton has shifted the religious narrative of the election away from the false equation of “religion” and “Christianity” with radical, conservative, evangelicalism.
Someone in the DNC wanted to tag Bernie with atheism
It's not much of a story.
Who is leaving the LDS Church?
Singles, young adults, and men (especially those who did not serve a mission) seem to be among the most likely people to leave the Mormons. But new research can find out a good deal more that we don’t yet know.
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