RNS Press Releases
Denver Institute for Faith & Work announces new leadership fellowship for full-time professionals in Denver
By Religion News LLC — January 4, 2016
DENVER — Denver Institute for Faith & Work announces the launch of the 5280 Fellowship, a rigorous and selective nine-month leadership program for full-time professionals in the Denver metro area. The Fellowship forms participants in three areas: leadership and service, Christian theology and spiritual formation, and community networks and American culture. Named for Denver’s location […]
Wiesenthal Center joined by Rep. Ros-Lehtinen to release “2015 Top 10 Worst Global Anti-Semitic/Anti-Israel Incidents”
By Religion News LLC — January 4, 2016
Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper, Founder and Dean and Associate Dean of the Jewish human rights NGO, The Simon Wiesenthal Center, were joined by Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) to announce the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s “2015 Top Ten Worst Global Anti-Semitic / Anti-Israel Incidents” at a recent press briefing at the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in […]
Faithbox serves 100,000 meals to hungry children
By Religion News LLC — December 30, 2015
NEW YORK – Faithbox, a unique subscription box company dedicated to encouraging individuals with spiritually and ethically focused products, announced this week the completion of its 2015 year-end goal to provide more than 100,000 meals for hungry children through a partnership with Rice Bowls. Since Faithbox’s founding in 2014, its partnership with Rice Bowls has provided three […]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly – January 1, 2016
By Religion News LLC — December 30, 2015
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1918 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on January 1, 2016 (check local listings). Look Ahead to 2016 – The annual special program looking ahead to the top religion and ethics stories our team will […]
“Peace among religions” featured on CBS Christmas Eve special
By Religion News LLC — December 24, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO – This year’s CBS Christmas Eve Special will present a groundbreaking interfaith program on the theme “MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH”, produced by the United Religions Initiative (URI), a global grassroots interfaith peacebuilding network, and broadcast on Thursday, December 24 (11:35 PM ET/PT, 10:35 CT) on CBS stations nationally. “At a time when […]
Co-founder of world’s largest Christian ministry dies
By Religion News LLC — December 23, 2015
Vonette Zachary Bright, co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ (now known as Cru in the U.S.), the world’s largest Christian ministry, died today due to complications from acute leukemia. She was 89. Fueled by a desire to help others meet Christ and learn to follow him, Vonette and her late husband Dr. William “Bill” R. Bright […]
Responsibility to protect refugees
By Religion News LLC — December 23, 2015
Since the end of the Second World War, an international effort has been undertaken to protect civilians in armed conflict and to prevent genocide, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. In 2005, recognizing the ongoing failure to adequately respond to the most heinous crimes known to humankind, world leaders at the United Nations […]
Lilly Endowment makes grant to address economic challenges facing pastoral leaders
By Religion News LLC — December 22, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS – Lilly Endowment Inc. has made grants to benefit 28 organizations totaling more than $28 million in its National Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders. These grants are to a variety of organizations across the nation that will help pastoral leaders develop stronger financial literacy skills and provide direct aid to help […]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly – December 25, 2015
By Religion News LLC — December 22, 2015
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1917 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on December 25 (check local listings). Look Back at 2015 – The annual special program looking back at the top religion and ethics news stories of 2015. Guest […]
UCC Clergy group calls the United Church of Christ to a more gospel driven approach to peacemaking in Israel and Palestine
By Religion News LLC — December 18, 2015
GRAFTON, Mass. — UCC Clergy for a Just Middle East Peace is questioning the latest action from the United Church of Christ Global Ministries on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict which ignores the daily challenges Israel faces in a region overwhelmed by ethnic, religious and national violence and simplistically and unrealistically calls for a review of U.S. […]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly – December 18, 2015
By Religion News LLC — December 16, 2015
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1916 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on December 18 (check local listings). Zaytuna College – As Lucky Severson reports, Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California is like no other school in the US. It is […]
Acclaimed actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry to host and narrate “THE PASSION,” a musical event airing live from New Orleans Palm Sunday, March 20, 2016
By Religion News LLC — December 16, 2015
On Palm Sunday, March 20, 2016 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), FOX will present THE PASSION, a two-hour musical event, airing LIVE from New Orleans, that tells the 2000-year-old story of the last hours of Jesus Christ’s life on earth. Hosted and narrated by actor, writer, producer, director and New Orleans native Tyler Perry (“The […]
Legalization of same-sex marriage voted No. 1 in Religion Newswriters’ 2015 Top 10 Religion Stories of the Year Poll
By Tiffany McCallen — December 15, 2015
COLUMBIA, MO. — The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to legalize same-sex marriage this June was voted by a narrow margin as the No. 1 religion story of 2015 by members of the Religion Newswriters Association in its annual Top 10 Religion Stories of the Year poll. In second place were the hundreds of thousands […]
Religion Communicators add more speakers for NYC Spring Conference
By Religion News LLC — December 15, 2015
NEW YORK — The Religion Communicators Council (RCC) has added more speakers to the national convention in New York City, March 31-April 2. Religion communicators will build “bridges” among faith groups, find “avenues” to new communications skills and discover “intersections” between faith groups and the world. The New York RCC Chapter, which is planning the […]
Wiesenthal Center applauds Vatican’s statement on the divine covenant with the Jewish people
By Religion News LLC — December 14, 2015
The Simon Wiesenthal Center applauds a new Vatican document that instructs Catholics not to target Jews for conversion, affirms G-d’s continued covenant with the Jewish people, and asks Catholics to work with Jews to eradicate anti-Semitism. “The sentiments expressed by Pope Francis come at a time of unprecedented anti-Semitism, especially across Europe. His Holiness has […]
