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Religion

Pope Bashes Global Financial System, Blasting 'Ticking Time Bomb' Derivatives, Rampant Inequality

Sign reads 'Human needs, not corporate greed'

50 Years Later, 'Catonsville 9' Burning of Vietnam Draft Notices Continues to Inspire

Jon Queally, staff writer

"Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children."

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With Scathing Letter to Paul Ryan, House Chaplain Rescinds Resignation and Says He Was Fired for Fair Tax Prayer

Julia Conley, staff writer

"You may wish to outright 'fire' me, if you have the authority to do so, but...

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Is Paul Ryan Actually Satan? Questions Swirl Over Whether House Chaplain Was Forced to Resign After Praying for Fairer Taxes

Jon Queally, staff writer

Because "no one said Paul Ryan was going to finish on a high note."

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protest at HHS

'Keep Your Dogma Off My Healthcare!': Trump Empowers Nation's Doctors to Discriminate

World 'At the Very Edge' of Nuclear War, Warns Pope

Allowing Muslim Ban to Go into Effect, US Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Trump

A woman wears a Donald Trump campaign hat that she has altered while speaking to a member of the Britain First security team during a protest titled 'London march against terrorism' organized by far-right groups English Defence League and Britain First. (Photo: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Former KKK Leader David Duke Says 'Thank God for Trump' After President Shares Anti-Muslim Tweets From UK

Rights Groups Join Forces to Fight Trump's #LicenseToDiscriminate

Students from Washington, D.C. public schools participate in a post-election protest. (Photo: Lorie Shaull/cc/flickr)

New Research Reveals Trump Riding on Wave of Increased Hate Crimes

A group of Nashville residents released a statement affirming that their city embraces LGBTQ rights, contrary to an evangelical Christian "Nashville Statement," released Tuesday.

'Accurate Nashville Statement' Embraces LGBTQ With Love to Counter Bigoted Hate

Trump's Continued Silence on Minn. Mosque Attack 'An Outrage,' Says Rep. Ellison

An article in a Vatican-approved publication offers harsh words for conservative American Catholics.

Pope Francis's Associates Condemn American Religious Right

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos are among the Cabinet members who attend weekly Bible studies.

Team Trump's Bible Study: Weekly Worship Meeting at the White House

Sister Simone Campbell

More Than 7,000 Nuns to GOP: Your Attack on People's Healthcare "Simply Immoral"

Amnesty Slams Latest Supreme Court Ruling on 'Cruel and Discriminatory' Muslim Ban

Newswire

Jubilee USA Network

Debt, Corruption and Tax Policies Impact Poverty, Says Vatican at United Nations

National Organization for Women (NOW)

Religion Is No Excuse For Bigotry

ACLU

ACLU Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Case Involving Government Support for Church

Americans United for Separation of Church and State

Americans United Dismayed By U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer

Americans United for Separation of Church and State

Supreme Court Should Use Masterpiece Cakeshop To Assert That Religious Freedom Is Not The Right To Discriminate

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

73 National Groups Demand OFCCP Remain Intact

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Views

Bob Burnett

In Trump Era, Christianity Goes Astray

Juan Cole

Ultimate Hypocrisy: Saudi Crown Prince Touts Religious Tolerance in NYC

Christopher Brauchli

The Secretary and the Lord

James Carroll

When 'God Wills It!': An American Reckoning

John Feffer

Oh Magog! Apocalyptic Christianity Returns to U.S. Foreign Policy

Cecil Bothwell

Billy Graham: An Old Soldier Fades Away

Juan Cole

Was Jesus a DACA Dreamer and Should He Have Been Deported/Crucified?

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Open Letter From Moral Activists To Senator Mitch McConnell In Regards To Tax Reform

Ramzy Baroud

‘Say the Word’: What the Rohingya Struggle is Really About

Juan Cole

Trump ‘Working Visit’ to Britain Has to be Cancelled After He Outrages All 65 Million Britons

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