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Need to know: Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Soft-toned Trump reaches out to religious and other minorities
His uncharacteristically soft-toned speech, which included several religious references, emphasized the commonalities among religious groups and toward the end he declared that “we are all made by the same God.”
Irish abuse victim lashes out at Vatican bureaucracy as she quits panel
The departure of Irish abuse survivor Marie Collins is a huge setback for Pope Francis, who established the commission in 2013.
When posting Ash Wednesday photos, use your head
Some say the online posting of one’s ashes, often marked in the form of a cross on the forehead, diminishes the significance and penitent symbol of the ashes.
Catholic nuns the target of growing Congolese attacks
In the eastern city of Bukavu, the Daughters of the Resurrection, an order of African sisters, closed seven convents after several were killed.
As atheist China warms to the Vatican, religious persecution ‘intensifies’
Amid speculation that the Vatican and Beijing are close to a potentially historic deal on the ordination of Chinese bishops, a new report says persecution of Chinese Christians and other faith groups has increased in recent years.
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Faith puts Ghana at heart of global Christianity
ACCRA (Reuters) Some 41 percent of the world's 560 million Protestants live in Africa and it could rise to 53 percent by 2050 — and this West African nation is leading the way.
Evangelical leaders proclaim 2017 the ‘Year of Good News’
(RNS) The letter urges all Christians to share the 'Good News' of Jesus with others and to preach it boldly.
Dem invites Methodist pastor who defends immigrants to Trump’s speech
(RNS) The Rev. Keary Kincannon has publicly decried a roundup of immigrants across the street from his church.
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Mount Carmel Cemetery: Stones toppled, stones righted
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) I saw with my own eyes evidence of the darkness of hatred that can enfold us, and I saw with my own eyes the sparks of light and love that shine even more brightly when darkness is thickest.
Ash Wednesday doesn’t need to sparkle
(RNS) I bristle at the notion that people have to put glitter in their Ash Wednesday ritual to properly welcome LGBT people.
The dangerous perversion of religion and politics I warned about
(RNS) A decade ago, a critic said a book I wrote about the threat from the religious right was a 'paranoid rant' while another detractor wrote my 'alarmist' views were 'exaggerated and implausible.'
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