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Source: Obama campaign hires faith outreach director
Washington (CNN) – Just as it confronts fallout with some religious communities over President Barack Obama’s newly expressed support for same-sex marriage, the Obama re-election campaign is hiring a...
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In culture war skirmishes, Georgetown becomes political football
Washington (CNN) – In the latest round of culture wars over contraception and religious liberty, most Americans would probably identify places like the White House and Congress as key battlefields. But...
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Poll: Obama leads in NY, Catholic voters split
(CNN) - It's no surprise but a new poll shows President Barack Obama with a strong lead in the solidly blue state of New York. Fifty-six percent of voters in the state said they would pick Obama, while...
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After winning GOP primary, rabbi takes moderate tone
Washington (CNN) – If Rabbi Shmuley Boteach wins a congressional race in New Jersey's 9th district in November he will become the first rabbi to serve in Congress. And while he moved a step closer by...
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Romney to address Faith and Freedom Coalition from the road
Washington (CNN) – Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will address an annual Faith & Freedom Conference via video conference instead of in person Saturday, the group confirmed to CNN....
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Key Catholic group drops support for White House contraception plan
(CNN) - The Obama administration's key Catholic ally on its controversial plan to require health insurers to provide free contraceptive coverage is dropping support for the plan, potentially...
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Is Obama the 'wrong' kind of Christian?
(CNN) – President Barack Obama was sharing a pulpit one day with a conservative Christian leader when a revealing exchange took place. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a conservative Christian who has taken...
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Paul Ryan asks for blessing day before election
Johnstown, Colorado (CNN) – Mitt Romney's running mate Paul Ryan, a Roman Catholic, asked a priest he met at a restaurant Monday to bless a rosary he carries with him. The Republican vice presidential...
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Election results raise questions about Christian right's influence
(CNN) – For many conservative Christian leaders, it was a nightmare scenario: Barack Obama decisively re-elected Same-sex marriage adopted by voters in some states. Rigorously anti-abortion candidates...
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Franklin Graham’s Thanksgiving message: Pray for Obama
Washington (CNN) - With the world facing “perilous times” and “anxiety stemming from economic challenges,” evangelical leader Franklin Graham is asking congregations to pray for President Barack Obama,...
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Rubio clarifies age of the Earth answer
(CNN) - Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida attempted to clear up Wednesday his controversial answer to a question about the Earth's age last month. "Science says (the Earth) is about 4.5 billion...
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White House officials reach out to Jewish community to answer Hagel concerns
Washington (CNN) – Senior members of the White House staff called key American Jewish interest groups on Sunday to tell them about the impending nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Defense Secretary and to...
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Atlanta pastor, Evers' widow named to speak at inauguration
(CNN) – An Atlanta pastor and the widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers will deliver the invocation and benediction at President Barack Obama's inauguration January 21, two inauguration...
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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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