Ed Stetzer, head of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College in Illinois, is concerned that many evangelicals have lost their way and their moral bearings during the last few years.
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Cyrus Habib: Why I am giving up elected office and joining the Jesuits
“Many will be wondering why someone who has spent the last eight years climbing the political ladder and who has a not insignificant chance of acceding to the governorship next year, would trade a life of authority for one of obedience. I want to take a moment to discuss this decision as well as to express my profound gratitude to all those who have helped make these eight years in elected office so successful and rewarding.”
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Archdiocese of Seattle suspends liturgies, tells region’s Catholics: Don’t come to church
“I am going to ask that all of our parishes in western Washington, in the Archdiocese of Seattle, effective today, suspend the celebration publicly of the Eucharist,” Archbishop Etienne said.
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The Reverend Dave Barnhart explains why the right wing is pro-unborn but not pro-life
“Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn,” Barnhart says.
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Francis: A pastoral pope, slipping conservatives’ grasp
Francis: A pastoral pope, slipping conservatives’ grasp “Francis, a Jesuit priest and master politician who defies, and despises, narrow interpretations, seemed to be once again
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Watch Pope Francis’ historic address to a joint session of Congress
This morning, Pope Francis became the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to address a joint session of the United States Congress. In his beautifully framed speech, firmly rooted in humanity’s universal progressive values, he urged Congress to act to address income inequality, the climate crisis, and immigration. He also called for the abolition of the death penalty.
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Watch the White House State Arrival Ceremony for Pope Francis
Watch the White House State Arrival Ceremony for Pope Francis (with speeches by President Barack Obama and His Holiness Pope Francis)
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Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba gives many hope
I think he is a great man. A person who focuses on the real problems of the world. He’s been a great help to our
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Must-watch TV: Bernie Sanders speaks at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders today spoke at Liberty University’s weekly convocation in Lynchburg, Virginia, discussing the injustice of a society where most wealth is held and controlled by a wealthy few. Liberty University is a conservative, Christian university originally founded by the late Jerry Falwell.
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Pope Francis to visit with some of D.C.’s most needy citizens during U.S. visit
After Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress in Washington on Sept. 24, he will be driven directly to a lunch with homeless, mentally ill
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For Republicans, Pope Francis’ visit to Congress comes with tensions
For Republicans, Pope Francis’ visit to Congress comes with tensions The New York Times explores the dynamic that will serve as the backdrop to His
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Pope Francis: “Human beings and nature must not be at the service of money”
Human beings and nature must not be at the service of money… Let us say no to an economy of exclusion and inequality, where money
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President Obama eulogizes victims of Charleston hate crime
President Obama traveled to the College of Charleston in South Carolina today to deliver a eulogy for Reverend Clement Pinckney and 8 other congregation members of Emanuel AME who were killed on June 17th, 2015.
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George Lakoff: Pope Francis’ new encyclical is a model for how progressives should reframe
George Lakoff: Pope Francis’ new encyclical is a model for how progressives should reframe Linguist George Lakoff has posted a must-read discussion of the English
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Father Michael Ryan’s Pentecost homily: The same Holy Spirit that Bishop Oscar Romero drew courage from is alive in all of us
My friends, the disciples began their Pentecost huddled in fear, and that may be true for us, too. But the same Spirit that set the
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Pope Francis inspires Cuba’s Raul Castro towards Church
Pope Francis inspires Cuba’s Raul Castro towards Church Cuban dictator Raul Castro is so pleased with Pope Francis’ spiritual and political leadership that he has
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Pope Francis: Christians are the seed of a humanity that values empathy and mutual responsibility
The world proposes that we put ourselves forward at all costs, that we compete, that we prevail… But Christians, by the grace of Christ, dead
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