Archives: RNS Morning Reports
The Slingshot: Mass in Sweden. Temblor in Italy. Voting Catholics in America.
By Kimberly Winston and Jerome Socolovsky — November 1, 2016
The pontiff praises Swedish hospitality (toward refugees). Catholic landmarks are ruined by the latest earthquake. Christian Cubs fans reject baseball curse.
The Slingshot: Reformation Day/Halloween, face of Hare Krishnas, faith of Hillary Clinton
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 31, 2016
(RNS) Happy Halloween – or Reformation Day, depending what you believe. Plus, more about what Hare Krishnas and Hillary Clinton believe
The Slingshot: Atheist options. Catholic voters and gender. LifeWay ban.
By Yonat Shimron — October 28, 2016
Atheists debate whether to vote for the more religious candidate. Catholic women give Trump low scores. LifeWay pulls a popular evangelical writer from its shelves.
The Slingshot: Ancient Wikileaks. Haiti up close. Al Smith fallout.
By David Gibson — October 27, 2016
(RNS) A pilfered papyrus offers early clues to Judean kingdom. Our intrepid reporter with relief workers in dangerous Haiti. Cardinal Dolan dishes on the Al Smith dinner with Trump and Clinton. Plus: Funerals while you’re alive. Why?
The Slingshot: Comic obituaries; Queer Muslims; Hindus for Trump.
By Kimberly Winston and Jerome Socolovsky — October 26, 2016
The passing of two illustrators who dabbled in religious themes. A South African gathering focuses on “compassion-centered” Islam. A political poster underscores the complexity of Hinduism.
The Slingshot: Anti-radicalization plan, same-sex marriage, pastor guilty of manslaughter
By Lauren Markoe — October 25, 2016
The feds nix their plans to use Muslim clergy and others to sway those at risk of radicalization. A “Bert and Ernie” cake wins in a UK court. And a New York State pastor accepts responsibility for the death of a teen parishioner.
The Slingshot: What Trump’s faith looks like, why Clinton’s not a witch, why the Cubs may win
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 24, 2016
(RNS) Is Donald Trump a Christian? Is Hillary Clinton a witch? Only 15 more days of these questions. Meantime, go Cubs!
The Slingshot: Trump’s punchlines. Downsized Catholicism. Evangelical book battles.
By David Gibson — October 21, 2016
(RNS) The Republican nominee got booed at the Al Smith charity dinner. Archbishop Charles Chaput’s “smaller-but-purer” church. The evangelical mind, redux. And Sweden’s first religion-free cemetery.
The Slingshot: Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and public morality
By Yonat Shimron — October 20, 2016
Jewish journalists targeted on Twitter. Muslim women inundated with hate mail for supporting Clinton. U.S. voters more accepting of sinning politicians.
The Slingshot: McVatican, McMullin and Qaraqosh
By Kimberly Winston and Jerome Socolovsky — October 19, 2016
Mormons see independent as Trump alternative. Golden Arches raise hackles in Rome. Christians celebrate imminent liberation of Iraqi town.
The Slingshot: After School Satan; evangelical women, Berenstain Bears
By Lauren Markoe — October 18, 2016
After school clubs bear Satan’s name to make a point about church-state separation. Prominent evangelical women dump Trump. And an anti-Trump billboard in Dearborn says nothing scary . . . in Arabic.
The Slingshot: Kaine makes history, Trump makes fans, student makes centuries-old find
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 17, 2016
(RNS) Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine delivered a speech in Spanish at a Spanish-language church service. Evangelicals aren’t the only religious group behind Trump. Note to self: Always check out old boxes labeled 'Bibles.'
The Slingshot: The Muslim vote. The Temple Mount. The new Jesuit leader.
By Yonat Shimron — October 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton is projected to win the Muslim vote by a landslide. A UN agency snubs Jewish claims to the Temple Mount. The Jesuits elect a Venezuelan Father General.
The Slingshot: Christians for Trump. Christians against Trump. Comic-book theology.
By David Gibson — October 13, 2016
Eric Metaxas stands by Trump, as does Mike Pence. Liberty students not so much. Evangelical women? Larycia Hawkins profile, new euthanasia frontier, and “Oilfield Prayer Day.” A new comic-book series asks: Where do we go when we die?
The Slingshot: Yom Kippur confession, Ashura march, evangelical magazines v. Trump
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 12, 2016
(RNS) Mark Silk offers an election year take on the most important prayer of Yom Kippur. Michigan Muslims march ‘in the footsteps of Hussain, to publicly express their opposition to oppression in all its forms.’ Two major evangelical magazines denounce Trump.
