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WHEATON, Illinois A tenured professor at Wheaton College was put on administrative leave after she wore a traditional headscarf as part of her Christmas Advent devotion and said she was doing it in solidarity with Muslims. “I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book. And as Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God,” Larycia Hawkins wrote on Facebook.  After her post, administrators at the private evangelical college questioned her comparison between Christianity and Islam. Scroll down to see her Facebook post. “While Islam and Christianity are both monotheistic, we believe there are fundamental differences between the two faiths, including what they teach about God’s revelation to humanity, the nature of God, the path to salvation and the life of prayer,” Wheaton College wrote in a statement. click here to read more

A renua ireland candidate for Cavan/Monaghan has stepped down after comments she made about the Vatican on an anti-abortion Facebook page. This morning the Sunday Times reported Mary Smyth labelled the Vatican as “the Antichrist” in comments on the ‘Irish anti-abortion crusade’ Facebook group page. Her remarks were made in response to Pope Francis’ decision to allow St Peter’s Basilica to be used for a light show coinciding with the Paris climate change talks. The decision angered conservative Catholics as they claimed the Vatican was allowing climate change activists to push their agenda. Smyth reportedly described the Vatican as “corrupt, riddled with gay sex and adoration of wealth”. On her candidate Facebook page , the counselling psychologist and qualified nurse  said she had decided to run because she was “tired of the lies, betrayals and false promises” of the current government. Read More Here