Samuel Rodriguez
DeSantis’ spiritual-warrior style a bid for support from like-minded pastors
By Jack Jenkins — May 26, 2023
(RNS) — With growing uncertainty surrounding evangelical support for former President Donald Trump, DeSantis is courting one of the Republican Party’s most sought-after constituencies.
Latino faith leaders continue pressure against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ immigration bill
By Alejandra Molina — May 5, 2023
(RNS) — 'This legislation, if adopted, would incite fear and create barriers of needed care that our church immigrant and refugee ministries engage,' reads a letter signed by more than 1,000 Latino pastors, faith leaders and congregants.
Ahead of midterms, faith plays central role in Republican efforts to win Latino votes
By Alejandra Molina — October 31, 2022
(RNS) — Pew Research Center data looking at 2022 midterm election preferences of Latinos shows that some of the sharpest differences in candidate choice are by religion.
Evangelical Christians looking for renewal should look to the margins
By Joshua Stanton and Benjamin Spratt — February 18, 2022
(RNS) — The crisis of church and synagogue is not a crisis of faith, so much as a crisis of purpose.
The COVID-19 books have arrived: From Pope Francis, John Piper, N.T. Wright and more
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Adelle M. Banks — December 3, 2020
(RNS) — Some prominent Christians have sought to offer comfort or answers to life’s biggest questions in new books published since the coronavirus first upended life last spring.
Faith groups applaud Supreme Court DACA decision
By Jack Jenkins — June 18, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘Today’s Supreme Court decision gives a much-needed reprieve to the many DACA recipients,’ said the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, head of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. ‘ ... Yet we cannot lose sight of what’s really not working here: this was the job of Congress, not the executive or judicial branch.’
Religious leaders react to the violence in Charlottesville
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 15, 2017
(RNS) — Some religious leaders criticized President Trump's initial response denouncing hatred and violence 'on many sides,' while a few conservative evangelicals rushed to defend the president.
Religious leaders urge Congress to protect foreign aid
By Adelle M. Banks — March 16, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) President Trump’s 2018 budget calls for $25.6 billion in funding for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, a 28 percent decrease from the 2017 budget.
Evangelical leaders proclaim 2017 the ‘Year of Good News’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 28, 2017
(RNS) The letter urges all Christians to share the 'Good News' of Jesus with others and to preach it boldly.
Who’s praying at Trump’s inauguration? A mix of supporters, critics and firsts
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 19, 2017
(RNS) Even critics among the six clergy at the swearing-in have something in common with the new president, be it a theology that supports wealth, shared political views or just geography.
Cardinal Dolan, Paula White to take part in presidential inauguration
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 28, 2016
(RNS) The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Wednesday the names of six faith leaders who will participate in the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Michael Pence.
Are evangelicals expecting too much from a Trump presidency?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 9, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) "We fully expect him to keep his pledge … to the American people," said Faith & Freedom chairman Ralph Reed.
Evangelical Christians celebrate and urge unity; others wary
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 9, 2016
(RNS) How prominent religious figures, both evangelical Christians and others, responded to the 2016 presidential election results as they became clear overnight.
Christians respond to Orlando massacre
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 13, 2016
(RNS) Not all LGBT Christians heard good news in some of the well-meaning statements made by prominent Christians after the mass shooting that killed 50 at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
Conference of Hispanic Christians endorses Common Core
By Amanda Murphy — February 5, 2014
(RNS) Common Core, a curriculum that has faced criticism from religious groups, has found an ally in the largest organization of Hispanic Christians in the United States.
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