<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - faith-based</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/faith-based</link><description>Newsvine - faith-based</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:57:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:10:34 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Obama makes changes to faith-based partnerships</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama signed off Wednesday on what the White House says are significant improvements to federally funded partnerships between the government and religious-based and neighborhood organizations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/17/5482609-obama-makes-changes-to-faith-based-partnerships</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/17/5482609-obama-makes-changes-to-faith-based-partnerships</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>faith-based</category><category>based</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:29:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>White House expands faith-based advisory panel</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Pentecostal bishop who has challenged Democrats on abortion and a representative of a national gay rights group are among nine new members of a White House advisory council.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/06/2648025-white-house-expands-faith-based-advisory-panel</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/06/2648025-white-house-expands-faith-based-advisory-panel</guid><category>white-house</category><category>faith-based</category><category>based</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>rel</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:44:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FACT CHECK: Obama moves on faith rules</title>
<description><![CDATA[As a presidential candidate last summer, Barack Obama promised that his administration wouldn't award federal contracts to religious groups that only hire members of their own faith. As president six months later, he said his White House would consult lawyers to determine what hiring practices were acceptable on a case-by-case basis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/05/2399904-fact-check-obama-moves-on-faith-rules</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/05/2399904-fact-check-obama-moves-on-faith-rules</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>faith-based</category><category>check</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fact</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 23:38:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama creates faith-based office with wide mission</title>
<description><![CDATA[Declaring that "there is a force for good greater than government," President Barack Obama on Thursday established a White House office of faith-based initiatives with a broader mission than the one overseen by his Republican predecessor. Obama said the new office, which he created by executive order, would reach out to organizations that provide help "no matter their religious or political beliefs."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/03/2391757-obama-creates-faith-based-office-with-wide-mission</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/03/2391757-obama-creates-faith-based-office-with-wide-mission</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>faith-based</category><category>based</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>rel</category><category>white-house-office</category><category>neighborhood-partnerships</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Feb 2009 02:03:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ff173605-5c70-4aba-be55-d3a16c51cbf2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="239" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ff173605-5c70-4aba-be55-d3a16c51cbf2.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama speaks a the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6c348740-0b9d-4217-b379-ccf5a1062a3b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6c348740-0b9d-4217-b379-ccf5a1062a3b.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama speaks at the Energy Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Court Declines Mich. Faith-Based Case</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Monday declined to get involved in a dispute between Michigan officials and a faith-based program for troubled youths.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/26/1122352-court-declines-mich-faith-based-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/26/1122352-court-declines-mich-faith-based-case</guid><category>scotus</category><category>politics</category><category>faith-based</category><category>based</category><category>supreme-court</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:18:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Court Bars Suit Against Faith-Based Plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration's faith-based initiatives got a boost Monday from the Supreme Court: a ruling that ordinary taxpayers cannot sue to stop conferences that help religious charities apply for federal grants.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/25/800898-court-bars-suit-against-faith-based-plan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/25/800898-court-bars-suit-against-faith-based-plan</guid><category>scotus</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>faith-based</category><category>based</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>unknown</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:14:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/411e0e8e-a414-4170-89bd-2aa319cc65e0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/411e0e8e-a414-4170-89bd-2aa319cc65e0.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Bush, left, makes remarks on No Child Left Behind reauthorization in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 25, 2007, in Washington. He is joined by students in the Presidential Scholars Program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>High Court Mulls Faith-Based Initatives</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the question of whether taxpayers have the right to challenge the White House's aggressive promotion of federal financial aid for religious charities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/28/591686-high-court-mulls-faith-based-initatives</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/28/591686-high-court-mulls-faith-based-initatives</guid><category>scotus</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>faith-based</category><category>based</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>community-initiatives</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:29:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Faith-Based Charities to Be Reviewed</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to step into a dispute over the Bush administration's promotion of federal financing for faith-based charities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/01/465142-faith-based-charities-to-be-reviewed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/01/465142-faith-based-charities-to-be-reviewed</guid><category>scotus</category><category>politics</category><category>faith-based</category><category>based</category><category>supreme-court</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Dec 2006 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Religious Groups Get Chunk of AIDS Money</title>
<description><![CDATA[New groups are springing up to win a piece of President Bush's $15 billion AIDS program, with traditional players and religious groups joining forces to improve their chances in a competition that already has targeted nearly a quarter of its grants for faith-based organizations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rita Beamish]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rita Beamish]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/29/74469-religious-groups-get-chunk-of-aids-money</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/29/74469-religious-groups-get-chunk-of-aids-money</guid><category>health</category><category>aids</category><category>faith-based</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>christians</category><category>catholic</category><category>hiv</category><category>evangelicals</category><category>prevention</category><category>payback</category><category>right-wing</category><category>abstinence</category><category>religious-right</category><category>theocracy</category><category>aids-prevention</category><category>abstinence-only</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:17:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/DCSW10201291408.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/DCSW10201291408.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Bush waves as he walks out of St. John's Church with Rev. Luis Leon in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006. Bush attended church with first lady Laura Bush and his parents former first lady Barbara Bush, left, and former President George H. W. Bush, right, before heading out for a bike ride in Virginia.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>