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Mitt Romney is back in campaign mode and reminding Utahns why he lost the last time he ran for something. On Monday Romney spoke to the Utah County Republican Women and reminded Utahns that his views on immigration are starkly more conservative than even the conservatives in Utah County.
J.D. Greear claims Christians and Muslims worship the same God. The stunning claims were made in his book and in an interview with The Gospel Coalition's Trevin Wax.
After narrowly losing Tuesday's Democratic Party primary to Chicago-area Congressman Dan Lipinski, challenger Marie Newman indulged herself with a concession speech perhaps unique in intra-party elections. Strictly speaking, it wasn't a concession speech at all: Newman pointedly refused to congratulate her opponent or even acknowledged that he won.
I praise the courage of Robert Rees and Clifton Jolley's March 18 commentary: " Evangelicals, Mormons and Trump's Perfect Storm ." They observe that Republicans are shutting down the House Intelligence Committee's investigation of President Donald Trump's alleged collusion with the Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has answered those who denounced as anti-Semitic his recent "Jews are my enemy" quote with another broadside, this time tweeting a video clip where he says "The Jews have control over those areas of government" - in referring to the FBI.
Thousands of protesters marched on Greece's parliament Sunday in outrage over new school books they say threaten faith in the Greek Orthodox church. The protesters, which included several Orthodox clergymen, objected to the new textbooks because they acknowledge and devote more space to other non-Orthodox Christian denominations and non-Christian religions than has been traditionally permitted in school religious instruction, according to The Associated Press .
Von G. Keetch, a Mormon general authority who for a period of time worked as the global faith's main outside lawyer, died Friday night after a brief and sudden illness. "His loss is deeply felt," church spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a news release late Friday, "and we extend our love and prayers to his wife, Bernice, his children and loved ones, and pray for the Lord's blessings of peace to be with them at this tender time."
I am beyond angry and appalled at each member of the U.S. Congress-Democrats and Republicans alike-for their disgusting display of complete incompetence. Their inability to pass a government spending bill prior to the mandated deadline is unconscionable.
Madrid's 2018 Three Kings Parade featured a gay themed float to encourage LGBT normalization on the eve of Epiphany, stirring outrage among the country's Catholic faithful. The controversial float in Friday's parade featured a female stripper, a female hip-hop artist, and a drag queen, according to Crux Now.
The U.S. Muslim population will double in approximately 30 years, growing from 3.45 million to 8.1 million, according to projections from The Pew Research Center. The projected growth numbers for the U.S. Muslim population come from a study that Pew conducted to find out how many Muslims actually live in the U.S. The Muslim population in the country has skyrocketed since Pew first conducted a study of American Muslims in 2007, growing at a rate of 100,000 per year since 2011, due to immigration and high fertility rates.
Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Tuesday he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the Senate, opening the door for former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for his seat. Hatch, 83, said he's always been a fighter, "but every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves."
Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said today he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the Senate, opening the door for former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for his seat. Hatch, 83, said he's always been a fighter, "but every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves."
Pope Francis has described migrants and refugees as the world's "weakest and most needy", using his traditional New Year's address to "give voice" to people he has urged leaders to do more to help. Francis reminded some 40,000 people who gathered in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Monday that he had chosen the plight of migrants and refugees as the theme for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Peace, which is celebrated on January 1. "For this peace, to which everyone has a right, many of them are willing to risk their lives in a journey which is often long and dangerous, they are willing to face strain and suffering."
The Egyptian parliament's committee on religion has announced plans to make disbelief in God a crime . Under the current law against "contempt of religions" atheists can be prosecuted for expressing their disbelief in public but the committee's proposal would go further and criminalise disbelief itself.
A year after President Trump's historic upset victory, the grass-roots biker movement he inspired has become a bona fide political organization that is boosting Republican candidates across the country and making inroads in unexpected places, such as in Amish and Mennonite communities. That's right - Amish families are showing up in their horse-drawn buggies at Bikers for Trump rallies staged in barns in rural Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Callista Gingrich, wife of the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on Friday became U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, which is at odds with Washington over immigration, climate change and Jerusalem. Callista Gingrich, 51, an author, documentary filmmaker and former congressional aide, presented her credentials to Pope Francis at the Vatican to officially assume her role.
The Massachusetts Democrat is expected to discuss economic justice issues during her address to the Union For Reformed Judaism on Friday. The group says a record number of attendees from more than 500 congregations in the U.S., Canada and a dozen other countries are participating in the biennial gathering.
AP Photo) Reporters ask questions of Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, chairman of the tax-writing Finance Committee, as he walks to meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on the GOP effort to overhaul the tax code, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. Washington a Sen. Orrin Hatch on Wednesday called former presidential adviser Steve Bannon's attacks on Mitt Romney's Mormon faith "disappointing and unjustified," while Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said " Utahns reject the ugly politics and tactics" of Bannon.
President Trump visited Utah Monday to sign executive orders adjusting how the federal government will be controlling public land in the state. The president strayed away from the major political news of the day.
The Diocese of South Carolina held its 2017 convention at St. Paul's Church in Summerville, where it voted to join the Anglican Church in North America. Provided/Diocese of South Carolina The Diocese of South Carolina held its 2017 convention at St. Paul's Church in Summerville, where it voted to join the Anglican Church in North America.