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The National Christmas Tree turns 100 this year. Here are five faith facts to know.
By Adelle M. Banks — November 30, 2022
(RNS) — Though the tree has not been lit every single year across the century, it is the second-oldest White House tradition after the Easter egg roll.
To prevent the next Christian scandal, shrink the integrity gap
By Jeff Mattson and Terra Mattson — August 20, 2020
(RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr.’s current crisis shows how leaders often choose to ignore the expanding distance between what they preach and how they live.
Jimmy Carter gently jabs Trump at Liberty commencement
By Associated Press — May 20, 2018
(AP) — Former President Carter took a gentle poke at President Trump at the start of a commencement address to graduates of Liberty University in Virginia.
Jimmy Carter to give address at Liberty commencement
By Associated Press — May 19, 2018
(AP) — Former President Carter will deliver the keynote address to about 18,000 graduates Saturday at the conservative Christian university in Lynchburg.
Graham and American presidents shared personal bonds
By Adelle M. Banks — February 27, 2018
(RNS) — A collection of quotes reflects the evangelist's relationships with 13 presidents — from Truman to Trump.
Donald Trump and the battering of civil religion
By John D. Carlson — January 19, 2018
(RNS) — American civil religion is the moral backbone of our body politic — a heritage of shared beliefs, stories, ideas, symbols and events that explains the American experience of self-government with reference to a moral order that transcends it.
Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew may join Vatican prayer summit
By Josephine McKenna — June 3, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A formal announcement may be made Wednesday (June 4).
READ: Obama’s remarks at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast
By Daniel Burke — February 7, 2013
(RNS) President Obama addressed the National Prayer Breakfast this morning in Washington.
Poll: Majority of Americans would vote for an atheist for president
By Kimberly Winston — July 26, 2012
(RNS) For the second time in less than a year, Gallup reported that a majority of Americans would vote for an atheist for president. Then again, atheists are running behind every other group, including gays and Muslims. By Kimberly Winston.
‘The American Bible’ collects the texts that We the People love to fight about
By Daniel Burke — July 3, 2012
(RNS) There are certain speeches, songs, books, letters, laws, and axioms that Americans appreciate enough to argue about, says religion scholar Stephen Prothero. By Daniel Burke.
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