Jason DeRose
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Here's how Trump's Faith Office and task force against 'anti-Christian bias' may work
Two executive orders from Trump address religion directly. One forms a task force to counter "anti-Christian bias" in the federal government. The other establishes a Faith Office in the White House.
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Pope Francis calls Trump's mass deportations a 'major crisis' in letter
In a rare public rebuke, Pope Francis criticized the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, indicating that Vice President Vance had gotten the Christian theology on welcoming strangers wrong.
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Pope rebukes Trump over migrant deportations and refutes VP Vance's theology
In a strongly-worded letter to Catholic bishops in the United States, Pope Francis is taking to task the Trump Administration's stance on migrants, and that he's following what he calls a "major crisis" with the initiation of mass deportation.
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The immigration debate is reframing the religious concept of helping your neighbor
The Trump administration's approach to federal aid programs, especially refugee resettlement, appears to be challenging the approach of faith-based groups to caring for "the stranger."
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Evangelical Christian groups want Trump to reconsider certain immigration policies
Multiple evangelical Christian groups are criticizing tenants of the Trump Administration's immigration policy. But people many of the people pews agree with them.
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde confronts Trump in sermon
At a sermon preached to President Trump at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Budde asked him to "have mercy" on people who are "scared," including LGBTQ+ children.
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Some religious leaders liken Trump to biblical figures. The comparison concerns others
Some religious leaders liken Donald Trump to the ancient Persian King Cyrus and the Ancient Israelite King Jehu. But those who teach biblical studies worry about such comparisons.
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Winds will remain a major problem through Wednesday, L.A. fire chief says
A lull in winds over the weekend allowed firefighters to make some progress, but they're expected to pick up again. Fire danger remains extreme until at least Wednesday.
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Southern California wildfires destroy or damage many houses of worship
Faith communities in Los Angeles are trying to protect their homes and houses of worship from deadly wildfires. They are also trying to provide spiritual support for their traumatized congregations.
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Jimmy Carter's complicated relationship to the church
Jimmy Carter was the first evangelical Christian to occupy the Oval Office. But the Baptist Sunday school teacher's relationship with fellow evangelicals was politically and spiritually fraught.
