Monthly Archives: September 2021
Florida death row chaplain given Guardian of Life Award from Pontifical Academy
By Jessica Mundie — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — For more than two decades, Dale Recinella had been offering pastoral care and religious education to inmates in solitary confinement at Florida State Prison, which houses the second-largest death row population in the United States.
On day of remembrance, churches confront their role in Indigenous boarding schools
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 30, 2021
CHICAGO (RNS) — Several US mainline denominations — including the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Methodist Church — encouraged their members to observe a day of remembrance for US Indian boarding schools on Sept. 30.
Southern Baptist seminary heads join chorus of critics as leaders balk on abuse probe
By Yonat Shimron and Bob Smietana — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — The presidents of all six Southern Baptist seminaries have issued statements or tweets expressing their dismay at the Executive Committee’s unwillingness to act at the convention’s direction. Many pastors agree.
Rural chaplains support communities facing hate groups, isolation and labor shortages
By Kathryn Post — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — 'It’s not everybody’s cup of tea. We get our wellies muddy ... We don’t wait for them to come to us, we go to them,' said a rural chaplain in Suffolk, England.
The SBC’s Ronnie Floyd fails his Ezra moment on sexual abuse
By Russell L. Meek — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — Prayer and fasting has convinced the SBC's Ronnie Floyd to prevent Southern Baptists from repenting.
Congressional members share own abortion stories at hearing
By Jim Salter — September 30, 2021
Three Democratic members of Congress on Thursday offered deeply personal testimony about their own abortions as a congressional committee examined how to respond to conservative states that are passing laws limiting abortion access. Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri said she was raped on a church youth trip. Rep. Barbara Lee of California said she received […]
University of Colorado faces COVID religious exemption suit
By Patty Nieberg — September 30, 2021
The U.S. District Court lawsuit filed by the Thomas More Society is the latest clash over a growing number of private- and public-sector vaccine mandates nationwide to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Will the Black church continue to sing ‘I Believe I Can Fly’?
By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — From its beginnings, gospel music has had a strained relationship with commercial interests and secular artists.
Rohingya refugee leader shot dead in Bangladesh camp
By Julhas Alam — September 30, 2021
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An international representative of ethnic Rohingya refugees was shot to death in a camp in Bangladesh by unknown gunmen late Wednesday, police said. Mohibullah, who was in his 40s, was a teacher who emerged as a key refugee leader and a spokesman representing the Muslim ethnic group in international meetings. He […]
Study: Social hostility to religion declines, but government restrictions rise
By Yonat Shimron — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — Governments in more than 80% of the represented countries harassed religious groups in some way, though use of force was less common, a new Pew study found.
California man gets life sentence for fatal synagogue attack
By Elliot Spagat — September 30, 2021
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 22-year-old white supremacist was denied a chance to address a courtroom before a judge sentenced him Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for bursting into a Southern California synagogue on the last day of Passover in 2019 with a semiautomatic rifle, killing one worshipper and wounding […]
How VP Kamala Harris blew it
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — VP Harris gave a nod to intellectual relativism. This helps no one and hurts us all.
Baltimore argues Catholic group’s rally could bring violence
By Michael Kunzelman — September 30, 2021
A conservative Roman Catholic media outlet seeking to stage a rally during a U.S. bishops’ meeting in Baltimore claims city officials canceled the event because they disapprove of its religious message. The city says the gathering poses a threat to public safety, claiming the fringe group cheered on rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in […]
Vote over Muslim nominated by Biden stalled by GOP boycott
By Joseph Hammond — September 29, 2021
(RNS) — Republicans have failed to appear at confirmation hearings for a nominee who, if confirmed, would be the highest-ranking Muslim in the administration.
ADL partners with L’Oréal USA to promote Holocaust education in the US
By Nidhi Upadhyaya — September 29, 2021
(RNS) — The new initiative is in response to the increasing instances of antisemitism and discrimination in the country.
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