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Pope Francis’s weekend trip to Morocco aims to highlight the North African nation’s tradition of Christian-Muslim ties while also letting him show solidarity with migrants at Europe’s door and tend to a tiny Catholic flock on the peripheries. Francis will address the first two items on the agenda Saturday when he begins his 27-hour visit to Rabat, the Moroccan capital. He’ll tend to the third when he wraps up the visit with a Mass and a meeting with Moroccan clergy on Sunday. “Morocco has always been a pioneer in initiatives of dialogue with Christians,” said Abdellah Boussouf, an Islamologist and...

Wall Report: Border Rancher Finds Prayer Rugs! A border rancher reported seeing prayer rugs in a building on her property used by illegal aliens! Report of numerous illegal crossings by non-Mexicans or Central Americans... ISIS cells found... Also the latest on the border funding showdown, and GoFundMe campaign "We Build The Wall." Border Rancher: We've Found Prayer Rugs Out Here. It's Unreal! https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ne... Border Region Exposed Years Ago for ISIS Cells Finally Gets Fence https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/20... Nancy Pelosi Suggests to Trump that State of the Union Be Delayed https://variety.com/2019/politics/new... President Trump's Favorite Approval Rating Poll Just Gave Him His Lowest Mark...

[Based on information from Washington Examiner article but Satire/Humor: '{Lordsburg, N.M.} Border rancher: 'We’ve found prayer rugs out here. It’s unreal'' -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3720296/posts] Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wants to use the Endangered Species Act to protect the endangered Syrian ISIS Terrorist critter, Somali ISIS Terrorist critter, Kenyan Al-Shabaab critter, Iranian Al Qaeda critter as well as the Iranian ISIS critter. The prayer rug droppings of these critters have been found by farmers/ranchers in the Lordsburg, New Mexico area. Many ranchers/farmers, as well as other US citizens feel these varmits are nothing but pests and should be exterminated...

A high school in western Germany has banned the use of prayer rugs and other traditional Muslim rituals saying it is “provocative” to other students, sparking a debate about freedom of religion. The Wuppertal school sent a letter to staff in February saying Muslim students had been using prayer rugs and performing ritual washing in the restrooms, and that they should get a “friendly reminder” it’s not permitted and will be reported to the administration. …