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Biden's gun panel meets with faith leaders
Washington (CNN) – Vice President Joe Biden and officials on his gun violence committee held an unannounced meeting Wednesday evening with a group of 12 national faith leaders. One theme brought up by...
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Praying for immigration reform, literally
Washington (CNN) – Evangelical advocates for immigration reform are taking a page from the New Testament, specifically the Book of Matthew. An organization called the Evangelical Immigration Table has...
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Religion, readability and the presidency: a historic combination
Washington (CNN) - Employing faith, whether calling for nationwide prayer or healing the nation by quoting scripture, is a presidential tradition as old as the office itself. The nation’s first...
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Poll: Most American Catholics have positive views of pope's leadership
Washington (CNN) - American Catholics woke up Monday to the news that the head of their church, Pope Benedict XVI, would resign at the end of the month "because of advanced age." As they react to the...
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Obama: An American pope would 'preside just as effectively'
(CNN) - As cardinals gather at the Vatican to elect a new pope, President Barack Obama said he believes U.S. politics wouldn't stand in the way of an American pope doing his job. "It seems to me that...
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Boehner turns down invite to Rome
(CNN) – House Speaker John Boehner, the highest-ranking Catholic on Capitol Hill, said he was invited to attend the formal installation of Pope Francis with Vice President Joe Biden, but declined the...
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CNN Poll: American Catholics approve of new pope
Washington (CNN) – American Catholics are very enthusiastic about the choice of Pope Francis to head the Roman Catholic Church, according to a new national survey. But a CNN/ORC International survey...
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Who is on God's side of the marriage debate?
Washington (CNN) - As the Supreme Court considers two major same-sex marriage cases that could change marriage in the United States, religious leaders on both sides of the debate believe they are on...
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Biden urges faith leaders to pressure lawmakers on background checks
(CNN) - During a more than two-hour meeting at the White House on Monday, Vice President Joe Biden asked leaders from across the faith community to keep up pressure on lawmakers to support compromise...
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Christie passes on conservative event to speak at Clinton forum
(CNN) - A host of Republicans considering 2016 presidential bids, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, will attend a conference for religious...
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Catholic groups ask Supreme Court to delay Obamacare mandate
Updated 6:23 p.m. ET, 12/31/2013 Washington (CNN) – A group of Catholic organizations, in an emergency appeal on Tuesday, asked the Supreme Court to delay the Obamacare requirement that certain...
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President promotes religious freedom
Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama says that "around the world, freedom of religion is under threat." And at the annual National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, the President also said he's looking...
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Hillary Clinton must once again win over some in Jewish community
Washington (CNN) – Flanked by Jewish politicians in front of the United Nations on a July day, then-Sen. Hillary Clinton made a forceful appeal for the United States to back Israel as the Jewish...
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Justices to hear 'Hobby Lobby' case on Obamacare birth control rule
(CNN) - Conestoga Wood Specialties was founded a half-century ago in a Pennsylvania garage. The Hahn family's commitment to quality is driven in large part by their Christian faith, which in turn may...
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First on CNN: Hillary Clinton to address international Jewish group
Washington (CNN) – Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will address a large Jewish group in May, adding another forum to her schedule in which she’s expected to talk about Mideast peace and...
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Obama attends Easter services at personally important Baptist church
Updated 12:29 p.m. ET, 4/20/2014 Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama attended Easter services at the 19th Street Baptist Church on Sunday, a house of worship that he visited the Sunday before he...
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From Park Ridge to Washington: The youth minister who mentored Hillary Clinton
Washington (CNN) - In the spring of 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most controversial men in America. One night in Chicago's Orchestra Hall after delivering a stirring speech on civil...
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Christie, Perry to share table at event
(CNN) – Gov. Rick Perry and Gov. Chris Christie, two potential 2016 presidential contenders who aren't known for being the best of friends, are set to sit at the same table at a New York event on...
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Cruz to Obama: Speak up for Sudanese woman
Washington (CNN) – Sen. Ted Cruz called on President Barack Obama to speak up for a Sudanese woman who's been sentenced to death because she won't renounce her Christian faith. "We need to speak out...
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Rand Paul: No money to countries that persecute Christians
Washington (CNN) - Sen. Rand Paul intertwined his message against foreign aid on Friday with a message that appeals to the GOP's social conservative base. "There's a war on Christianity going on, and...
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