Supporters surround a group who perform the Islamic midday prayer outside the White House in Washington, on Jan. 27, 2018, during a rally on the one-year anniversary of the Trump Administration’s first partial travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim majority countries. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Need to know: Monday, February 19, 2018
Refugee groups fight Trump travel ban — and for their own survival
For the six faith-based agencies authorized to settle refugees in the U.S., the battle over the travel ban is also a fight to protect their ministries.
Will Mitt Romney’s senate bid turn (more) Mormons away from Trump?
Romney’s pitch reflects a Mormon tradition of polite politics and reservedness about one’s faith that differs from other American religious conservatives.
Texas city council members censure colleague over anti-Islam Facebook post
The post featured a student in a hijab and these words: “Share if you think Trump should ban Islam in American schools.”
Kids can fix our gun fixation
We made smoking cigarettes socially unacceptable. We can do the same with guns, writes RNS columnist Jeffrey Salkin. The kids have to make it happen.
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Pope revives lapsed sex abuse commission amid skepticism
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The announcement of the new members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors came on the same day that a Vatican investigator will take the testimony in New York of one of the main whistleblowers in the Chilean cover-up scandal.
Ancient beard traditions shape the face of modern Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Facial hair is trendy worldwide these days, but in Jerusalem beards have never gone out of style, projecting religious mysticism, nationalism and ideals of masculinity.
David Wise: Olympics are ‘temporary,’ faith and family are forever
(RNS) — For Team USA skier David Wise, the tough road from Sochi to Pyeongchang has required him to lean heavily on his faith and family.
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Another court finds Trump guilty of religious animus
In one of the travel ban cases.
Desiring God, mental health, and the truth about ‘chronological snobbery’
“Thank God for psychologists and Lexapro,” writes Jonathan Merritt in response to a tweet from Reformed pastor John Piper’s ministry. “Without them, I might be dead today.”
And now, Parkland
Enough, we say. Until next time.
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