Mexican front-runner promotes ‘well-being of the soul’

‘One of the greatest Americans’: Mike Pence, Barack Obama and others pay tribute to Billy Graham
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For decades Graham offered counsel and comfort to presidents
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Private funeral and weeklong events planned for Billy Graham
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Would Billy Graham be disgusted by evangelicals today?
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Cardinal DiNardo, Catholic leaders: ‘We need to help the Dreamers now’
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Hate groups in the U.S. remain on the rise, according to new study
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International Headlines

Ireland tells state-run schools: Stop steering pupils to religion class
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Mexican front-runner promotes ‘well-being of the soul’
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Venezuela evangelical candidate pushes Christian values in midst of crisis
Reuters
The daring plan to save a religious minority from ISIS
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China says fire in sacred Tibetan monastery not arson
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Singapore City Harvest megachurch leader Chew Eng Han ‘tries to flee by sea’
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Thailand’s female monks fight for recognition
Al Jazeera
France plays catch-up coping with radicalized prisoners
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Saudi Arabia to invest $64 billion in entertainment
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Egyptian court sentences 21 to death on terrorism charges
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Analysis & Commentary

Billy Graham, the last nonpartisan evangelical?
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How Billy Graham became the most famous preacher in America
CNN
Billy Graham, the great uniter, leaves behind a divided evangelicalism
The Atlantic
Billy Graham’s missed opportunities
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Billy Graham was consumed by grace
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Who was Billy Graham? Placing America’s evangelist in history
Religion & Politics
Why Billy Graham was determined to globalize evangelicalism
The Atlantic
Divorce, drugs, drinking: Billy Graham’s children and their absent father
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