The controversial move earlier this month was also another indicator of the sharp contrast between conservative Christians and the rest of the American religious scene

Winners are losers in the United Kingdom's snap election.

It’s not that Mr. Comey told a bunch of lies and covered them up with a prize-winning performance. It’s that facts can sound like lies when you tell them under pressure. Mr. Comey, who has had experience testifying before Congress, didn’t buckle to the pressure.

"We will end the discrimination against people of faith. Our government will once again celebrate and protect religious freedom," Trump, a Presbyterian not known to be particularly religious, told more than 1,000 people in a hotel ballroom across town from the hearing.

In neighboring Canada, a dedicated network of Catholic peacemakers has been hard at work building a movement for nonviolence.

When Prime Minister Theresa May called a general election seven weeks ago, she said she wanted a stronger mandate to secure a better deal for the United Kingdom as it left the European Union.