i think it s grown. it s strengthened. because he s cultivated it in quiet ways. he prays with pastors in the oval office as often as he can. he ll take his family to church quietly, sort of walk across the white house lawn and go to st. john s episcopal church there as they did this past sunday. he also has a prayer call every year on his birthday to pray for him for the year ahead with pastors from around the country joining in on that. it s not the sort of thing that he shouts from the rooftop or wears on his sleeve. but his faith is quietly a very important part of his life. that s what i get into in the book. fascinating insight. joshua bdubois, appreciate you stopping by. thank you very much. if you ve always wanted to own a piece of oprah winfrey, now s your chance. she s auctions off more than 300 personal items today in a yard sale to benefit her girls academy in south africa and make room in her santa barbara home. items hitting the auction block
like johnny cash to inspire him. are you looking at basically what s happening publicly? what s going on behind the scenes in terms of determining what words you think are going to have the most resonance on a given day? i try to make sure it s a bit of an oasis from whatever is at the top of the news cycle. i don t want it to be like him reading his daily news clips. i try to focus on eternal principles. how to grow closer to god. how to love your neighbor. how to start each day with purpose and joy. it s really not as connected to the news cycle. there are some exceptions to that. for the most part, it s not the daily churn. i know, obviously, the president has relied on faith in tough times. i have heard you talk about certainly the newtown massacre and the aftermath. but one of the things that i thought was actually on a positive note, that on his birthday, talk a little bit about this. he has a special thing that he does. tell us about that. you know, we ve been doing it f
any military intervention in that country. in a couple of hours, the pope is set to host a mass vigil in st. peters square. the pope is not just calling on catholics to fast and pray but believers of all faiths. we ll be talking to a priest with the pope when he made the decision for the prayer call and who had a private conversation with him right afterwards. father frank pavone joining us live at 45 past the hour. turning to the man who is the center of the syrian crisis, bashar al assad, rose to power in 2000, succeeding his father who ruled syria with an iron grip for 30 years. one of the few westerners who is well acquainted with assad says, when he first took over, expectations ran high, that he would bring about some positive reforms in his country. shedding new light on the
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