Politics

Despair in the Holy Land

By Thomas Reese — April 29, 2024
(RNS) — We have to persevere for peace and have hope because the alternative is too terrible to imagine.
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‘Oppenheimer’ may have ignored our own nuclear victims. Congress should not. 

By Bridget Moix — April 26, 2024
(RNS) — The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expires in June. It doesn’t have to.

United Methodists endorse change that could give regions more say on LGBTQ and other issues

By Peter Smith — April 26, 2024
(AP) — The plan would create multiple regional conferences — one for the United States and others covering areas ranging from the Philippines to Europe to Africa.

An anti-Hindutva teach-in spurs debate about Hindu representation on college campuses

By Richa Karmarkar — April 25, 2024
(RNS) — Hindu student organizations, say advocates, do not always represent the full breadth of thought within the community of young American Hindus.

Israeli settlers ‘expelled’ from Gaza in 2005 say it’s time to return

By Eetta Prince-Gibson — April 24, 2024
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The Oct. 7 attack and Israel’s subsequent retaliation have provided an ‘imperative,’ say activists, to reestablish settlements that were abandoned in Gaza in 2005.

Christians must confront the weaponization of a sacred promise

By Fares Abraham — April 23, 2024
(RNS) — Georgia’s Rick Allen used a passage from the Book of Genesis to bully the president of Columbia University.

Modi is accused of using hate speech for calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’ at an Indian election rally

By Krutika Pathi — April 23, 2024
NEW DELHI (AP) — The remarks sparked fierce criticism for peddling anti-Muslim tropes, and for breaking election rules which bar candidates from engaging in any activity that aggravates religious tensions.

Iowa lawmakers address immigration, religious freedom and taxes in 2024 session

By Hannah Fingerhut — April 23, 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republican-led General Assembly also waded into issues like immigration and religious freedom, which have proven core to the party's 2024 campaign message.

Mexico’s likely next president has a Jewish origin. Is that relevant in a deeply Catholic country?

By MarÍa Teresa HernÁndez — April 23, 2024
MEXICO CITY (AP) — What role has religion played in the ongoing campaign that will elect the successor to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador? The answers are nuanced.

Conservative faith leaders praise Johnson for House’s approval of foreign aid

By Adelle M. Banks and Jack Jenkins — April 22, 2024
(RNS) — Passage of the aid packages came in the wake of letters and last-minute lobbying from a spectrum of religious groups.

Do homeless people have constitutional rights?

By Kevin Nye — April 22, 2024
(RNS) — Overwhelmingly, faith groups who filed for Johnson v. Grants Pass did so against criminalizing homelessness.

US sanctions Israeli settler and anti-miscegenation leader

By David I. Klein — April 19, 2024
(RNS) — Also sanctioned were two fundraising groups, Mount Hebron Fund and Shlom Asiraich, which had attempted to raise funds for two other settler leaders who were sanctioned earlier this year. 

‘Flynn’ portrays the Christian nationalist evangelist’s fight with the ‘Deep State’

By Tess Owen — April 19, 2024
(RNS) — A new film hagiography portrays the former Trump adviser as a victim of the 'Deep State,' omitting his current mission to spread the gospel of Christian nationalism.
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