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Evangelical advisers stay with Trump as others criticize him

In the midst of the criticism of President Trump from his fellow Republicans and the resignations of his advisory councils in the wake of his response to the violence in Charlottesville last week, there is one group that has stood by him. His group of evangelical advisers has lost only one member. The rest are steadfast in their support and defense.

Jesuit journal close to pope says “Manichean vision” behind Trump

Vatican

July 13, 2017

An article in the influential Rome-based Jesuit publication ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ argues “a strange form of surprising ecumenism is developing between Evangelical fundamentalists and Catholic Integralists brought together by the same desire for religious influence in the political sphere” in the United States.

How Trump is reshaping American civil religion
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- July 11, 2017
Robert N. Bellah defined civil religion as “a collection of beliefs, symbols, and rituals,” drawn from American history and “institutionalized in a collectivity” that function “not as a form of national self-worship but as the subordination of the nation to ethical principles that transcend it in terms of which it should be judged.” What does that mean during the presidency of Donald Trump?
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As the partial travel ban nears, agencies worry about refugees in limbo
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- July 5, 2017
The Supreme Court announced June 26 it would temporarily allow the Trump administration’s plan to ban refugees from six majority-Muslim countries, unless those refugees had “bona fide” relationships with parties in the United States, meaning certain family members, employees or universities. In a statement, Jesuit Refugee Service USA said the administration, with its actions, was preventing the reunification of some families.
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Quieting, not quitting, the tweeting
- Church in the US, Commentary
- July 3, 2017
A series of tweets by President Donald Trump attacking MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski is making some give up on social media. Yet the real problem may be a lack of appreciation for silence: Both when it’s needed, and when it’s deafening.
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