The Slingshot: Liberty U’s claim; Cardinal Pell’s trial, Sandy Hook’s rabbi
By Lauren Markoe — May 1, 2018
(RNS) — The president of Liberty University doesn't want to concede his school may not be the largest Christian University in America. The most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis will stand trial. Sandy Hook's rabbi runs for office on a gun control platform.
Ugandan faith leaders grapple with accepting Israel’s African refugees
By Lauren Markoe — April 30, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) – Some Ugandan faith leaders say their nation must accept African refugees facing deportation from Israel, while others counter that resettlement would place too heavy a burden on already overtaxed refugee resettlement efforts.
Barbara Bush’s old-fashioned religion
By Lauren Markoe — April 18, 2018
(RNS) — Barbara Bush seemed to embody the virtues of womanhood promoted in 20th-century American Protestantism: loyalty, duty and family.
On the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
By Lauren Markoe — April 16, 2018
(RNS) — Living in America, I escaped the Nazis in those horrendous years. But I am forever haunted by the knowledge that had I been born in Transylvania instead of Pennsylvania, I would likely have been one of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.
Diocese IDs priests, bishop, laypeople in abuse probe
By Lauren Markoe — April 6, 2018
(AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday (April 6) made public the names of 34 priests or other members of the clergy who faced credible allegations of sexual abuse or misconduct over the years.
Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance of Muslims
By Lauren Markoe — April 5, 2018
(AP) — 'Today's settlement sends a message to all law enforcement: Simply being Muslim is not a basis for surveillance,' said Farhana Khera, executive director of Muslim Advocates, a legal advocacy and educational organization.
