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Callista Gingrich confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Holy See
- Church in the US, Vatican
- October 17, 2017
In a vote on Monday, the United States Senate confirmed Callista Gingrich to serve as the ambassador to the Holy See. Gingrich, a lifelong Catholic, is the third wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. She will be tasked with serving as the liaison between Pope Francis and President Donald Trump, a relationship that has not always been harmonious.
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Interfaith coalition says ‘no principled basis’ for Trump’s travel ban
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- September 15, 2017
An interfaith group is arguing that Trump’s March 6 executive order imposing a travel ban from six countries is “anathema” to the core tenet of religious tolerance that they share. They say the order “selectively targeted” six Muslim-majority nations cited in State Department reports on terrorism but excluded at least two Christian-majority nations — Venezuela and the Philippines — that meet the same criteria applied to the Muslim countries.
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Trump attends church service on National Day of Prayer
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- September 3, 2017
President Donald Trump declared Sunday a National Day of Prayer for Harvey victims and recovery efforts in Texas and Louisiana. In his official proclamation he called on “Americans of all faiths and religious traditions and backgrounds to offer prayers today for all those harmed by Hurricane Harvey.”
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Pope Francis tells Korean religious leaders to oppose “rhetoric of hatred”
- Vatican
- September 2, 2017
Amidst rising tensions between North Korea and the United States, Pope Francis told an interfaith gathering of religious leaders from South Korea that they are called to be “heralds of peace, proclaiming and embodying a nonviolent style, a style of peace, with words clearly different from the narrative of fear, and with gestures opposed to the rhetoric of hatred.”
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Canadian dioceses rally to help migrants, mostly Haitians, fleeing U.S.
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- August 30, 2017
An estimated 7,000 men, women and children, primarily Haitians, have entered Canada over the summer since U.S. President Donald Trump ended a program offering temporary asylum to Haitians displaced by that nation’s 2010 earthquake. The Quebec government has been using Montreal’s Olympic Stadium as one site to temporarily house people.
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War without end, amen: U.S. to increase troop presence in Afghanistan
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- August 26, 2017
President Donald Trump changed course from what he said during the campaign about leaving Afghanistan this week. Now he will be sending a large troop increase to the country. However, he offered no plans for ending the war, even though polls show most Americans don’t think it’s possible to win and want the soldiers to come home.
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