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Conservatives flock to ‘values voter’ summit, but message may be mixed
By Jack Jenkins — September 21, 2018
(RNS) — Evangelical conservative Christians may find themselves in a quandary this year, championing an administration that shares their public policy goals but may fall short of their private values.
Oklahoma conservatives’ views on medical marijuana evolving
By Sean Murphy — June 23, 2018
Their support for a medical marijuana measure on Tuesday's ballot could ensure Oklahoma joins the growing list of states that have legalized some form of pot.
Conservative faith leaders worry Kenya will repeal ban on gay sex
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 6, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — While few are actually imprisoned under the law, it has been used as a justification for harassment, violence and discrimination against gay people — at the hands of police, but also relatives who believe a gay person shames a family.
Is Pope Francis really facing a coup? Or just ‘fake news’?
By David Gibson — March 10, 2017
(RNS) As the pontiff marks the fourth anniversary of his election, reports of plotting in the Vatican and a 'civil war' in the Catholic Church are rampant. But a reality check suggests a different story.
World cardinals back pope after anonymous attacks by conservatives
By Yonat Shimron — February 13, 2017
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Nine cardinals in a group advising Francis on Vatican economic and structural reforms issued a statement Monday (Feb. 13) expressing "full support for the pope's work" and guaranteeing "full backing for him and his teachings."
Conservative Christians criticize progressives’ ‘destructive’ agenda
By Adelle M. Banks — September 29, 2016
(RNS) Leaders of progressive organizations responded that the letter was ‘sad’ and ‘patently political.’
Sister Simone Campbell’s inconsistent ethic of life
By Charles C. Camosy — September 21, 2016
(RNS) I invite Sister Campbell to join the movement that is consistently on the side of the most vulnerable and those without privilege.
Southern Baptists are going to need a bigger tent
By David Gibson — June 24, 2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) The nation’s largest Protestant denomination wants to be known for welcoming everyone, not rejecting most. Will that new approach stanch its declining numbers?
Conservative Catholics endorse Ted Cruz as Trump alternative
By David Gibson — March 19, 2016
(RNS) Among them is a priest from South Carolina who may be skirting the edges of his own church's policies against clerics becoming involved in politics.
American Christians could take a lesson from Angela Merkel (COMMENTARY)
By Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons — December 10, 2015
(RNS) Chancellor Angela Merkel has some advice for defensive and fearful Germans who are concerned about Muslim immigration: Go back to church. That’s good advice for American Christians as well.
Prayer shamers get both prayer and policy wrong (COMMENTARY)
By Jennifer A. Marshall — December 9, 2015
(RNS) Debate has been the missing element time and again on a range of issues, from gun control and poverty to climate change.
Are conservatives at high-stakes Vatican summit overplaying their hand?
By David Gibson — October 16, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) There are growing signs of exasperation with the pressure tactics of the traditionalists. But in the end, their arguments may trump any annoyance.
What to make of Southern Baptists’ declining numbers (COMMENTARY)
By Trevin Wax — June 16, 2015
(RNS) The largest Protestant denomination in the United States is meeting this week, but it’s not as large as it was last year, or the year before. What’s going on?
Pope Francis: A Christian who does not protect creation ‘does not care about the work of God’
By David Gibson — February 9, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The pope -- who took his name from St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of the environment -- has made care for the environment a hallmark of his papacy.
Did Mario Cuomo pave the way for today’s conservative Catholic dissenters? (ANALYSIS)
By David Gibson — January 2, 2015
(RNS) As liberal Catholics eulogize the former New York governor, who famously elaborated a position by which Catholics pols could be “personally opposed” to abortion while still supporting abortion rights, it’s worth considering whether today’s conservative Catholics are benefiting from that same rationale when it comes to other policies.
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