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A group of volunteers with Islamic Relief USA take a selfie with Delores J. Porter,whose house was submerged in water after Hurricane Matthew flooded the town of Princeville. RNS photo by Yonat Shimron
Need to know: Friday, August 25, 2017
In the South, a new helping hand: Muslim disaster relief teams
At a time when the far right often cites the inability of Muslims to assimilate, these young volunteers are providing emergency aid, labor and comfort to people suffering the effects of natural disasters.
Pope Francis says Vatican II liturgical reform is ‘irreversible’
The pontiff sought to put an end to various attempts to roll back the reform of the liturgy.
My weekend at the Falwells’ South Beach flophouse
Liberty University presents itself as a temple of virtue. But its founding family’s secret Miami hostel is a cesspool of vice, writes Brandon Ambrosino.
D. James Kennedy Ministries sues watchdog group over hate map
The suit alleges that the ministry’s inclusion on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of hate groups amounts to defamation as well as a trademark violation, misrepresenting the ministry in order to drum up fundraising support.
Former KKK member, now a Catholic priest, went public after journalist’s inquiry
It was not images from the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., that spurred a Virginia priest to come forward this month and confess he was once a Ku Klux Klan member.
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Christian groups respond to growing Sudanese refugee crisis
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Christian agencies and churches are stepping up and coordinating their efforts to respond to the South Sudanese refugee crisis, as the number of people fleeing across the border into northern Uganda reaches 1 million.
Rabbis to forgo annual High Holy Days call with president over Charlottesville remarks
Citing President Donald Trump’s comments on the violence earlier this month in Charlottesville, Va., a consortium of American Jewish leaders cancelled an annual High Holy Days phone call to the Oval Office.
Did the solar eclipse create an image of the cross in the heavens? Nope.
After this week’s total solar eclipse, an image showing the sun’s rays forming a cross in the darkened sky made the rounds on social media.
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Why the rabbis ‘dissed’ Trump
(RNS) — If rabbis are angry with Trump, blame the Bible.
Evangelical Trump adviser: Why I won’t bail on the White House
(RNS) — 'I wouldn’t back down for the same reason I wouldn’t have left President Obama or Secretary Clinton had they asked me to be an adviser, even though I largely disagreed with their policies,' writes the Rev. Johnnie Moore. (COMMENTARY)
Post-Charlottesville, evangelicals sticking with Trump
As are his Jewish supporters.
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