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U.S. Hispanics Are Becoming Less Catholic
Catholicism has a famed strong grip on Hispanic communities—and it is loosening. A Gallup poll released earlier this week found that the number of Hispanics who identify as Catholic in the US dropped...
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Elizabeth Dias on the Latino Reformation
TIME’s Elizabeth Dias stopped by the NewsNation set to discuss her new cover story “Evangélicos!“
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Evangelicos: A Way Back for the GOP
Can Latino evangelicals help Republicans take a bite out of the Democratic advantage with Hispanic voters? Maybe. As my cover story “The Latino Reformation“ this week suggests, Latino evangelicals are...
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Religious Groups React to Gay Marriage Rulings
Moments after the Supreme Court struck down the Defense Against Marriage Act and allowed gay marriage to resume in California, religious groups across the country started to speak on the landmark civil...
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Chinese Crash Victims Headed to Evangelical Church School
If it is unusual that a plane crash-landed at the San Francisco International Airport, it is also surprising that a group of Chinese students on board — including the two 16-year-old girls who died —...
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‘Vomit,’ and Five Other Things Pat Robertson Has Said About Gays
A Vomit button for photos of gays — that’s what televangelist Pat Robertson now wants to see on Facebook. His statement, made today on his popular television program The 700 Club, is just the latest in...
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The Christian Witness of Trayvon’s Mother
If there is one person who has sustained Sybrina Fulton through her son Trayvon Martin‘s death, it has, without question, been Jesus Christ. Tragedy tends to have a polarizing effect on a person’s...
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Christian Right Fights Porn In The Dorm
The Family Research Council isn’t afraid to pick a tough fight. It has pushed for the teaching of intelligent design in public schools, endorsed the requirement of a one-year waiting period for couples...
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The Best Sermon About Trayvon That You Will Hear
If you hear one sermon about America’s Trayvon Martin moment, let it be this one. Pastor Howard-John Wesley of Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., preached this powerful message on Sunday,...
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The Secret Communion on the Moon: The 44-Year Anniversary
The date, July 20, 1969, will forever be known as the day the United States of America put the first man on the moon. What most people do not know is the date also marks when Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin...
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Like a Rock Star, Pope Francis Calls For “Disorder” In Rio
The Pope keeps shaking things up in Rio. From the moment he arrived on his visit to Brazil, the Pontiff has been traveling with the car windows down to be closer to the people. Then he shed his...
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Rick Warren Preaches First Sermon Since His Son’s Suicide
Rick Warren has preached thousands upon thousands of sermons, but this message was different. The last time he had stood the pulpit at his Saddleback Church in southern California was on Easter,...
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Pope Francis Says He Does Not Judge Gay Priests
Today the Pope stated that he does not judge gays—a statement that will send shockwaves through the church. His comments were short, subtle, but unmistakably direct. “If they accept the Lord and have...
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Gays Abroad Have Most to Gain from Pope Francis’ Latest Comments
The Pope did not change any official Catholic position when he stated on Monday that gays should not be marginalized or judged. But the effects of his words could be transformational in parts of the...
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Meet the Woman Who Will Lead Evangelical Lutherans: “Religious but not...
Change has come to one of America’s largest Christian denominations. Last week the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected its first female presiding bishop, the church’s top office. Bishop...
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Pope Calls a Rape Victim to Comfort Her
Alejandra Pereyra got a call she never expected while she was knitting on Sunday. “It’s Pope Francis,” said the voice on the other end of the line. “I started crying,” she recounted on Argentine...
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North Carolina Church Wanted “Only White People” as Greeters
Freedom House Church did not seem all that free this weekend. Makeda Pennycooke, the church’s executive pastor of operations, sent an email to church volunteers asking that “only white people” greet...
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Christians for Gay Marriage Launch “Not All Like That” Campaign
They call themselves the NALT Christians, and Wednesday morning they quietly launched a video campaign with a controversial message: there is nothing anti-Biblical or inherently sinful about being gay,...
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Snake Salvation: One Way to Pray in Appalachia
Andrew Hamblin handles poisonous snakes every Sunday in the name of Jesus. At just 22, he leads Tabernacle Church of God in LaFollette, Tenn., a Pentecostal church that practices a rare, century-old...
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Pope Francis Says to Pray for Political Leaders
Every morning, Pope Francis celebrates mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The service is small and intimate—usually fifty or so people attend—and the Holy Father preaches spontaneously in...
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