Barack Obama
Funerals held for slain police
By RNS staff — July 14, 2016
DALLAS -- Thousands of police officers joined by ordinary citizens attended funerals for three of the policemen shot dead in a racially motivated ambush attack last week that intensified America's long-running debate on race and justice.
After recent shootings, white churches take stock on race
By Lauren Markoe — July 14, 2016
(RNS) The latest incidents of shootings by and of police have left some clergy thinking that if they haven't spoken out on racial injustice before, the time is now.
Barack Obama, Lincolnesque theologian
By Mark Silk — July 13, 2016
His speech in Dallas bears comparison with Lincoln's Second Inaugural.
Obama in Dallas: ‘Joy comes in the morning’
By Kimberly Winston — July 12, 2016
(RNS) The president's remarks sometimes echoed the cadences and shape of a church sermon.
Elie Wiesel’s death prompts outpouring of tributes
By Lauren Markoe — July 3, 2016
(RNS) Leaders from around the world and from different faiths join the Jewish world in mourning the Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and author.
Obama meets victims, renews call for gun control
By RNS staff — June 16, 2016
Obama renewed his call for gun control legislation after a series of emotional private meetings in Orlando with the families of victims.
The minister who taught Donald Trump to ‘think positive’
By Mitch Horowitz — June 3, 2016
(RNS) The decades-old critique of Norman Vincent Peale has never gotten it quite right.
In a red state, the culture war shifts
By Bobby Ross Jr. — May 27, 2016
EDMOND, Okla. (RNS) In a state where appeals to traditional values have long resonated with voters, the public is angry and willing to boot incumbents over underfunded schools, crumbling infrastructure and failing health and prison systems.
Obama at last prayer breakfast: ‘We heal hatred with love’
By Adelle M. Banks — March 30, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) As he usually does, he used the occasion to speak openly about his faith within the context of world events.
In Bernie Sanders’ deeply religious message, an echo of the Founding Fathers (COMMENTARY)
By John Fea — March 23, 2016
(RNS) The founders knew from their study of history that a republic is only successful when its members are willing to take care of one another.
Scalia mourned by thousands at Supreme Court
By Lauren Markoe — February 19, 2016
(RNS) Braving freezing temperatures, those who came to pay their respects admired Scalia for his jurisprudence, his faith, and -- for some -- simply the office he held.
Justice Scalia’s funeral set for Saturday
By Richard Wolf — February 16, 2016
He will lie in repose Friday at the U.S. Supreme Court before the funeral at the nation's largest Roman Catholic Church.
Obama: ‘La libertad religiosa nos hace fuertes’
By Barack Obama — February 12, 2016
(RNS) Cuando cualquier parte de nuestra familia americana es empujada a sentirse aislada y estigmatizada, se desgarra el tejido mismo de nuestra nación.
President Obama: Religious freedom keeps us strong (RNS EXCLUSIVE – COMMENTARY)
By Barack Obama — February 6, 2016
(RNS) An attack on one faith is an attack on all our faiths, and when any religious group is targeted, we all have a responsibility to speak up.
Ten things I am learning from the presidential campaign
By David P. Gushee — February 4, 2016
A broken system, social backlash, political correctness, and other observations from the campaign.
