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Need to know: Thursday, December 15, 2016
Trump’s surprise election tops religion news stories of 2016
In an annual poll of religion news writers, Trump shares spotlight with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, Pope Francis and more.
Anti-Christmas cards: 11 suck-it sentiments for 2016
Ferocious beasts. Orange combovers. Santa Jesuses. Must be Holiday Hostility Syndrome time again.
Muslim woman made up hate crime on subway, police say
The 18-year-old Muslim college student initially told the police that three white men screaming “Donald Trump!” attacked her.
Story of Santa Claus with dying child can’t be verified
The viral story about Santa Claus actor Eric Schmitt-Matzen, who said a terminally ill child had died in his arms, could not be confirmed and Knoxville News Sentinel editor Jack McElroy said the newspaper would not stand by the story.
‘Joseph doesn’t want to be a single dad.’
The owners of a nativity scene in New Hampshire have a message for whoever stole Mary from their yard last week.
Pagan wins right to wear horns in driver’s license photo
“My horns have become very important to me, the feel of them on my head, they are like a Spiritual Antenna,” said Phelan MoonSong, a Priest of Pan.
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Latest news from RNS
Texas Catholic cemeteries offer to bury fetal remains at no cost
(RNS) The proposal is a response to a controversial new state regulation mandating the burial or cremation of fetal remains from an abortion or miscarriage.
France will soon have a new crime: online obstruction of abortion
PARIS (RNS) The bill would allow abortion rights activists to sue websites that promote alternatives to ending a pregnancy or discuss abortion's possible psychological effects.
Pope Francis jokes early birthday greetings may bring a jinx
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) The pontiff, who turns 80 on Saturday, joked that the crowd singing "Happy Birthday" to him could bring bad luck.
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Rex Tillerson, Establishment Protestant secretary of state
He's the thin silver lining in President-elect Trump's approach to climate change.
Mitt Romney’s rejection as secretary of state is bad news for the nation — and the world
The decision to pass over Mitt Romney, one of Trump’s most strident and consistent critics during the long campaign, tells us that at the end of the day, our insecure, thin-skinned, volatile president-elect isn’t prepared to put the good of the nation and the world ahead of his own bruised ego.
Dying to find a gift for a loved one? Here’s an idea
(RNS) Clearly, it’s unpleasant to talk about our own illness and death, yet we are giving our families a priceless gift when we make our wishes known.
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