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Need to know: Thursday, June 9, 2016
Trump tackles Christianity’s big question: Who is Jesus?
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, whose religious literacy has been questioned before, gave an answer that wasn’t quite the one you find in the Gospels.
The Trump nobody knows
When he discusses his faith, the Republican candidate sounds a great deal like the businessman-turned-politician who a century ago coined his campaign slogan.
Pope Francis is no Baptist: A wedding without wine is ‘shameful!’
Despite some reports to the contrary, Francis proves that the pope is indeed Catholic: “Imagine finishing a wedding party drinking tea!" he said told a crowd in St. Peter’s Square.
Turning cemeteries into wine at a California diocese
“The cemetery doesn’t seem like such a sad and fearsome place when you go there and see the vines,” said Oakland Bishop Michael Barber.
Bangladesh says it now knows who’s killing the bloggers
For three years, atheist writers, freethinkers, religious minorities, gay rights activists and others have been terrorized and killed by shadowy figures who have struck with machetes and sped off on motorbikes. Two Islamic groups have now been pegged as suspects.
The big fight over ‘Coexist’
A fierce legal battle over a bumper sticker that just wants everyone to get along.
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National Cathedral to remove Confederate flag images
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Southern Baptists decline as Assemblies of God grow
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Hindu priest in Bangladesh hacked to death by suspected Islamists
DHAKA -- Since February last year, militants have killed more than 30 people in Bangladesh, including members of religious minorities, liberal bloggers and academics.
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California’s End of Life Option law: More peaceful deaths or moral quicksand?
California's law expands access to aid in dying to 1 in 6 terminally ill Americans. Opponents see danger ahead for the elderly and vulnerable.
Trump’s Know-Nothing Party
It may be here to stay.
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