NEWS STORY
RNS- ACNAtoo-Letter: Abuse prevention advocates call for ACNA bishop to be permanently removed
(RNS) — ACNAtoo – an advocacy group concerned about abuse in a province of the Anglican Church in North America — want a prominent bishop permanently removed from office for mishandling abuse allegations.
By Bob Smietana 400 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Clergy-Abortion: Clergy among advocates suing Texas over new law deputizing citizens to enforce abortion ban
(RNS) — Religious leaders are part of a coalition of abortion providers and advocates that filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday (July 13) seeking to stop a Texas law that would allow any person to sue those who help a woman get an abortion. By Alejandra Molina. 750 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Kemsley-Oped: LDS outreach to immigrants grows, pushing church members to examine GOP ties
(RNS) — As a progressive and a Mormon, I have come to regard cognitive dissonance as predictable a part of my life as cappuccinos and cosmopolitans. So it is with equal parts confusion and relief that I have lately found myself agreeing with the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. By Tamarra Kemsley. 1,037 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Silk-Oped: White evangelicals in numerical, political decline
(RNS) — A lesson from the new PRRI religious census: more nones, more non-Christians, fewer “white evangelicals.” That’s also the story of religion in American electoral politics today. By Mark Silk. 426 words. (category: k)