AIDS
Faith-based health organizations defend at-risk AIDS initiative from Republicans
By Yonat Shimron — October 3, 2023
(RNS) — Many faith-based organizations opposed to abortion are fighting for PEPFAR, an AIDS program that some Republicans now claim provides abortion services.
Esau McCaulley remembers his past, dreams of the Promised Land in new book
By Bob Smietana — August 24, 2023
(RNS) — In a vulnerable and inspiring new book due out in September, the New Testament scholar and writer recounts the story of his father's fall from grace and his long journey home.
You’re More Resilient Than You Think • Rabbi Denise Eger & Rev. Dr. Neil G. Thomas
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 21, 2023
COVID isn't over. How has it affected our faith? Two pioneering clergy share their anguish and their hope.
‘Jesus Revolution’ leaves out the tough stuff but gets the music right
By Leah Payne — February 27, 2023
(RNS) — The new film about the origins of the Jesus People is refracted through Greg Laurie’s memory, which is selective.
African faith leaders combat misleading theologies that promise cures for COVID-19
By Fredrick Nzwili — December 6, 2021
(RNS) — A series of symposiums aims to educate clergy and unify their churches against faith healing and other practices.
Why Mississippi’s anti-abortion law is also an assault on LGBTQ+ rights
By Danya Ruttenberg — December 1, 2021
(RNS) — Dodd v. Jackson Women’s Health is important to anyone who wants autonomy over their body.
Andy Warhol as a gay artist in conflict with his Catholic faith
By Jillian Cheney — November 19, 2021
(RNS) — A new show at the Brooklyn Museum presents the pop-art master as a man caught between his Catholic faith and his queer identity.
UMC edges toward historic split over LGBTQ inclusion. This church showed the way.
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 22, 2021
(RNS) — Community of Hope was founded in 1993 as an outreach to ‘people on the margin,’ including LGBTQ people and people living with HIV/AIDS, according to its former pastor.
Death expert Gary Laderman: ‘This holiday season is going to be a killer’
By Yonat Shimron — December 14, 2020
(RNS) — The holidays mark the passage of time and provide ritual forms of continuity and reassurance, says Laderman. For many that won't happen this year.
The pandemic isn’t over, and misinformation can still be deadly
By Myal Greene — October 21, 2020
(RNS) — By engaging people of faith, we’ve defeated pandemics before. We can do it again.
Former CCM editor and Christian music publicist Jay Swartzendruber dies at 52
By Bob Smietana — October 14, 2020
(RNS) — The former CCM editor known for his passion for Christian music and artists is mourned by friends in Nashville and beyond.
Jimmy Allen, a Southern Baptist for everyone, taught us how to deal with change
By Bill Leonard — January 14, 2019
(RNS) — History will remember the last moderate Southern Baptist leader for his grace in the upheavals that hit American religious and political life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
What Catholics can learn from protests of the past
By Mara Willard — January 8, 2019
(The Conversation) — What many Catholics don't realize is that staying in the church does not mean agreeing with its policies.
Living with HIV and AIDS, and unwelcome in Zimbabwe’s churches
By Jeffrey Moyo — November 15, 2017
HARARE, Zimbabwe (RNS) — 'The church knew we were in a gay relationship, but preachers used to indirectly attack us each time they stood to preach,' said Liberty Siziba, whose partner died of AIDS.
Faith communities offer a pathway to ending AIDS in Africa
By Michel Sidibé — July 19, 2017
(RNS) — Church elders are powerful educators. The respect and trust they engender allow them to address sensitive issues in ways that make their congregations comfortable and better able to protect themselves.
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