jonathan.woodward
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RNS Morning Report: New Miracle Hill Policies; Digital Satire Feud; Catholic Political Split
By jonathan.woodward — August 1, 2019
St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Greenville, S.C., in 2017. Photo by Antony-22/Creative Commons
RNS Morning Report: Background Checks for Church Hires; Democratic Debates; Values at the Border
By jonathan.woodward — July 31, 2019
Members of the Southern Baptist Convention and guests lift their hands in prayer during the SBC’s annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala., on June 11, 2019. RNS Photo by Butch Dill
RNS Morning Report: Bolivian Evangelicals; Village Church Sued; Chicago Archdiocese’s Finances
By jonathan.woodward — July 30, 2019
A protestor holds a giant replica of Bolivia’s constitution, wrapped with a black mourning ribbon, in La Paz, Bolivia, on Nov. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
RNS Morning Report: Secularism Law in Quebec; LGBTQ Campus Defense; Barr & Death Penalty Decision
By jonathan.woodward — July 29, 2019
Quebec’s Bill 21 bans religious garments worn by public employees, including items such as hijabs, niqabs and burqas. Photo by rawpixel.com/Creative Commons
RNS Morning Report: Persecuted Christians; Religious Liberty Lawsuit; Museum of the Bible Critiques
By jonathan.woodward — July 26, 2019
Iraqi Christians pray at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, damaged by Islamic State fighters during their occupation of Qaraqosh, east of Mosul, Iraq, on Nov. 12, 2016. Qaraqosh, the biggest Christian town on the Nineveh plains in Iraq’s north, fell to the Islamic State group in 2014. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
RNS Morning Report: Unalienable Rights Commission; Catholic Symposium; New Editor of the Forward
By jonathan.woodward — July 25, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and President Trump whisper during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on July 16, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
RNS Morning Report: Reconciliation at Willow Creek; Founders Ministries; Religious Literacy Survey
By jonathan.woodward — July 24, 2019
The elders at Willow Creek Community Church lead a service of worship and reflection on July 23, 2019, in the Lakeside Auditorium on the church’s main campus in South Barrington, Ill. RNS photo by Emily McFarlan Miller
RNS Morning Report: Attack on Hindu Priest in Queens; Lee Dingle Dies; Bishop Sanctioned by Pope
By jonathan.woodward — July 23, 2019
Swami Harish Chander Puri lies in the hospital after being attacked on July 18, 2019. Video screenshot via Pix11
RNS Morning Report: Refugee Resettlement Worries; ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’ Reigns; Magdalene Recovered
By jonathan.woodward — July 22, 2019
Migrant children sleep on a mattress on the floor of the AMAR migrant shelter in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on July 17, 2019. Asylum-seekers grappled to understand what a new U.S. policy that all but eliminates refugee claims by Central Americans and many others meant for their bids to find a better life in America amid […]
RNS Morning Report: Jummah Prayer Campaign; Religious Freedom Summit Ends; Protesters Arrested
By jonathan.woodward — July 19, 2019
Muslims packed the prayer hall in one the city’s oldest mosques, the Muslim Community Center, for Friday prayers in Chicago, on Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Noreen Nasir)
RNS Morning Report: Ebola Fighter Returns To Africa; Communion in Space; David Zahl on ‘Seculosity’
By jonathan.woodward — July 18, 2019
RNS Morning Report: State Department Summit Opens; Confidence in Clergy Drops; Amazon Workers Strike
By jonathan.woodward — July 17, 2019
Attendees listen at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington on July 16, 2019. State Department photo/Public Domain
RNS Morning Report: Liberal Christians Gather; Violators Excluded from Summit; Music Center Launches
By jonathan.woodward — July 16, 2019
A breakout session on “How to Become a Badass” meets during the Wild Goose Festival in Hot Springs, N.C., on July 13, 2019. RNS photo by Jack Jenkins
RNS Morning Report: Abuse Investigation in Japan; Aid Efforts along Border; Religious Freedom Summit
By jonathan.woodward — July 15, 2019
The Christian Academy in Japan, a suburban Tokyo school founded in 1950 to educate the children of evangelical Christian missionaries, is investigating 66 cases of past sexual abuse of students that spans decades. Photo via Facebook
RNS Morning Report: Wayfair CEO Petitioned; Nuns & Nones Alliance; Vatican Tombs Found Empty
By jonathan.woodward — July 12, 2019
Employees of Wayfair march to Copley Square in protest prior to their rally in Boston, on June 26, 2019. Employees at online home furnishings retailer Wayfair walked out of work to protest the company’s decision to sell $200,000 worth of furniture to a government contractor that runs a detention center for migrant children in Texas. […]
