Politics
Three Catholic bishops and a nun walk into the White House. Here’s why it’s no joke.
By John C. Wester — May 23, 2024
(RNS) — We commit grave harm against ourselves through environmental destruction and we go against God’s plan for us.
MyChurchFinder is an online directory to Christian nationalist congregations
By Tess Owen — May 23, 2024
White House hosts fourth annual Vesak celebration
By Jack Jenkins — May 23, 2024
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Latin Patriarch Pizzaballa’s visit provides Palestinians a basic human need: Hope
By Daoud Kuttab — May 20, 2024
(RNS) — The visit is a reminder that the Gaza war is not a religious one and certainly not a Jewish-Muslim conflict.
Jesus is their savior, Trump is their candidate. Ex-president’s backers say he shares faith, values.
By Peter Smith — May 20, 2024
(AP) — Republican primary voters still overwhelmingly chose Trump. And for many, Trump is a champion of Christianity and patriotism.
In interview, Pope Francis calls out ‘madness’ of US anti-immigrant policies
By Claire Giangravé — May 20, 2024
(RNS) — The pope criticized the stance by conservative prelates who are 'closed up in a dogmatic box.'
On Nakba Day, some Palestinians dream of a single, secular state
By Andre Henry — May 16, 2024
(RNS) — People who reflexively invoke Israel’s right to exist conflate the right of a nation to exist with the right to oppress.
Lawmakers unveil statue of Billy Graham in US Capitol
By Jack Jenkins — May 16, 2024
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Billy Graham’s son, the Rev. Franklin Graham, praised the statue but said his father ‘would want the focus to be on the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God.’
He won a Pulitzer for his book on the Israeli occupation. Then came the cancellations.
By Yonat Shimron — May 16, 2024
(RNS) — When the Pulitzers were announced on May 6, Nathan Thrall had to contend again with cancellations from venue organizers too skittish to feature a writer on a combustible subject.
Hagee: Antisemitism bill in Congress doesn’t violate Bible’s account of Jesus’ death
By John Hagee — May 15, 2024
(RNS) — Members of Congress have claimed the legislation will stifle a false theology that ‘the Jews killed Jesus.’
India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows
By Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi — May 15, 2024
MALAPPURAM, India (AP) — Ever since the BJP began its rise as a political force in the mid-1980s, the proportion of Muslim lawmakers in parliament and state legislatures has shrunk.
Former Trump official Elizabeth Neumann wants to combat Christian extremism
By Jack Jenkins — May 14, 2024
(RNS) — 'We've reordered, if you will, in the incorrect order: Politics is the premier as opposed to our trust and faith in Jesus,' said the extremism expert.
Far-right Christians blame Madonna’s ‘satanic’ concert for floods in southern Brazil
By Eduardo Campos Lima — May 13, 2024
SÃO PAULO, Brazil (RNS) — Christian pastors and social media influencers have connected the concert's sexual content with unprecedented floods that have devastated cities in Rio Grande do Sul state and killed 116 people.
Can Donald Trump swear on the Bible to tell the truth?
By Jim Wallis — May 10, 2024
(RNS) — The former president is selling 'God Bless the USA' Bibles. What will happen if he has to swear on Scripture in court during one of his many trials?
Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence
By DÁnica Coto — May 10, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Shunned publicly by politicians and intellectuals for centuries, Vodou is transforming into a more powerful and accepted religion across Haiti, where its believers were once persecuted.
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