NEWS STORY
RNS-Vatican-Homophobia: Vatican steps into heated debate on anti-homophobia law in Italy
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – As Italy considers a new law against homophobia and discrimination of LGBTQ individuals, the Vatican weighs its religious freedom against a changing social context that demands rights and values contrary to Catholic teaching. By Claire Giangravè. 1000 words. (category i)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Yancey-Grace: At 71, Christian author Philip Yancey still believes in amazing grace, despite the county’s divisions
(RNS) — A conversation about grace with best-selling Christian author Philip Yancey, whose books reflect a thoughtful version of evangelical Christianity. A new video curriculum based on his bestseller, “What’s So Amazing About Grace,” came out this spring. By Bob Smietana. 1,000 words. (category a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Moral-March: Jesse Jackson, William Barber arrested protesting filibuster and Manchin
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Poor People’s Campaign co-chair the Rev. William Barber were among several religious leaders and activists arrested at a faith-led protest outside the U.S. Senate on Wednesday (June 23), where demonstrators demanded West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and other lawmakers abolish the filibuster and pass voting rights legislation. By Jack Jenkins. 900 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Merritt-Oped: My own personal Jesus: Can he be trusted?
(RNS) — My evangelical upbringing taught me that personal experience could not be trusted. Spiritual truth is absolute, objective, universal and revealed only by God’s word — a truncated way of saying that truth was confined to my leaders’ sanctioned interpretations of the Bible. Over time, I came to see the serious flaws in this. By Jonathan Merritt. 1,550 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Curtice-Oped: The American church needs to reckon with its legacy in Indigenous boarding schools
(RNS) — The American church needs to reckon with its history of complicity in the treatment of Indigenous peoples — and the ongoing colonization Indigenous peoples continue to face today through missionary quests, ideas of personal salvation and forced assimilation. Colonization was not just one moment in time, but is a cycle that continues to repeat itself, especially when the truth is kept hidden in the shadows. By Kaitlin Curtice. 1,165 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Suleiman-Oped: Why is Islamophobia wrong at home and acceptable against Palestinians?
(RNS) — American weapons still obliterate Muslim children in different parts of the world, with no accountability. There is a moral discrepancy in claiming to be opposed to anti-Muslim bigotry domestically while easing the way for anti-Muslim violence abroad, or justifying it on religious grounds, as some American faith leaders do. By Omar Suleiman. 1,085 words. (category: k)