Obama condemns ‘distorted’ faith at National Prayer Breakfast

c. 2015 Religion News Service

WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama on Thursday (February 5) called for an emphasis on what is just about the world’s religions as a way to counter the ways faith has been distorted across the globe.

“We see faith driving us to do right,” he said to more than 3,500 people attending the annual National Prayer Breakfast. “But we also see faith being twisted and distorted, used as a wedge—or worse, sometimes used as a weapon.”