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Amena Khan is stepping down from a deal with L’Oreal. (Photo via L’Oreal UK)


Need to know: Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Hijab-wearing model pulls out of beauty campaign over anti-Israel tweets

Amena Khan apologized for tweets about Israel’s 2014 war in Gaza which she says don’t represent her dedication to inclusivity.

10 Roman Catholic priests arrested in protests in Congo

The church called the protests because the country’s authoritarian president has long ignored an agreement, brokered by bishops, that required him to step down.

How a Canadian church became a hit with young believers

With slick social media and a gospel of self-help, a Toronto congregation is bucking the global trend of aging Christian churches.

Russian Orthodox bishop assails Putin, won’t vote for him

It was an unprecedented show of dissent by a high-ranking clergyman in the church whose hierarchs have maintained warm ties with the Kremlin.

Muslim refugees team up with anarchists to shame Greece

The refugees and Greek anarcho-communists together occupy an abandoned Athens hotel that serves as both shelter and political statement.

The moral and national danger of a president’s cursing

“The real issue is the systemic racism that a prophetic reading of the Bible must always challenge,” writes the Rev. William Barber II.

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Droves fill pope’s final Mass in restive Latin America trip

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Francis was greeted by cheering crowds at nearly every stop of his Peru trip, but the cloud of sex abuse scandal trailed him.

Protestant, Muslim, Atheist, Jew: 4 leftist perspectives a year into Trump’s presidency

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HHS Civil Rights Office to protect freedom of conscience

When HHS does get around to writing its rules, it would do well to listen to the Catholic Health Association in developing rules that protect individual consciences but do not discriminate.

Moving beyond a fear-based faith

Fear is largely seen as a psychological issue. But it is also a spiritual issue, according to author Benjamin Corey.  

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