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President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Monday, June 12, 2017, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Need to know: Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Cabinet members study Bible together weekly
Health Secretary Tom Price, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Agriculture Secretary Sunny Perdue, CIA Director Mike Pompeo and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are a few of the regulars.
Israeli authorities arrest antiquities dealers in connection with Hobby Lobby scandal
The Antiquities Authority says the five Palestinian dealers were involved in sales of antiquities, including items that U.S. authorities determined were smuggled to the national U.S. arts and crafts chain.
‘Father Stan’s Our Man’: Okla. farm town honors hometown hero on path to sainthood
The Rev. Stanley Francis Rother's upcoming beatification both thrills and amazes people in a farm town of 1,200, about 40 miles northwest of the state capital.
The U.S. government’s fight against violent extremism loses its leader
The resignation of George Selim, the federal counterterrorism official who works most closely with the organized American Muslim community, may be a victory for Trump administration officials opposed to counterterrorism cooperation.
Sadiq Khan takes on Brexit and terror
“Nothing prepares you for this,” he said. “I didn’t campaign to be the mayor of London and go to funerals.”
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Pope calls for greater commitment to fight human trafficking
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — 'This is ugly,' Francis said. 'It is cruel. It is criminal.'
Scientists, theologians ponder if latest biological findings are more compatible with religion
Exciting progress in biology in recent decades may be building up a third new phase in the scientific explanation of life.
Archaeologists find more evidence of Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem
The results of the excavation, carried out in Jerusalem’s Old City, come days before Tisha B’Av, a fast day commemorating the anniversary of the destruction the First Temple.
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Who becomes a saint in the Catholic Church, and is that changing?
(The Conversation) The pope’s decision to create a new category for beatification raises the question: Is the Catholic understanding of sainthood changing?
Yes, I kissed the Western Wall
JERUSALEM (RNS ) — The Western Wall still moves me. Call me sentimental.
Why a 2,500-year-old Hebrew poem still matters
Psalm 137, remembered on Tisha B’av, has long served as an uplifting historical analogy for a variety of oppressed and subjugated groups, including African-Americans.
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