Best of RNS
Mennonites seek to come to terms with Nazi collaboration
By Ben Goossen — March 16, 2017
FILADELFIA, Paraguay (RNS) Since the end of the Second World War, Mennonite-Nazi collaboration has largely been ignored, forgotten or intentionally repressed by adherents of this Christian denomination that was founded in 16th-century Europe on principles of nonviolence and nonparticipation in politics.
Bears Ears National Monument, sacred to native tribes, faces a challenge to its status
By Lauren Markoe — March 10, 2017
(RNS) Could Donald Trump become the first president to rescind a national monument?
Claims of sex orgies, prostitution and porn videos shake Catholic Church in Italy
By Josephine McKenna — March 9, 2017
ROME (RNS) The accusations have sent shock waves all the way to the Vatican and challenged the high standards that Pope Francis has demanded of clergy.
3 Muslim Americans on their lives today: Facing new obstacles
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 9, 2017
(RNS) 'Muslims have always dealt with feeling misunderstood, but this is altogether something different,' said 24-year-old Nadia Dreid.
New planets raise old questions
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 6, 2017
(RNS) The discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby dwarf star, Trappist-1, is raising lots of questions with religious implications.
Married lesbian Baptist co-pastors say all are ‘beloved’
By Adelle M. Banks — March 2, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Maria Swearingen and Sally Sarratt have been encouraged by the cheers from progressives and aren't focusing on the criticism from conservative Christians.
Christians in the pew and pulpit diverge over Trump policies on refugees
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 23, 2017
(RNS) The divide between the people in the pews and those in the pulpit and other leadership positions isn’t new, but it has been notable throughout Trump’s campaign and in the first month of his presidency – especially among white Protestant Christians.
Can a controversial Latin American theology speak to Catholics today?
By Yonat Shimron — February 10, 2017
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (RNS) By distancing the movement from radical left agendas of the past, theologians today are carving room for new applications of liberationist thought.
Trump vows to let churches engage in politics
By Jerome Socolovsky — February 2, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) The promise, a mainstay of his campaign, was made in remarks upholding religious liberty as an American value.
Trump statement on Holocaust remembrance does not mention Jews
By David Gibson — January 27, 2017
(RNS) Trump's words break from the traditional language followed by the president's Democratic and Republican predecessors, and upset some Jewish leaders.
Pope Francis calls on media to end ‘constant focus on bad news’
By Josephine McKenna — January 24, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In a powerfully worded message, the pope said he wanted to encourage media professionals to engage in 'constructive forms of communication.'
With Trump at prayer service, clergy speak of compassion, diversity
By Adelle M. Banks — January 21, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) The president, a Presbyterian, folded his arms at times and sat silently for the most part during the 70-minute service.
Trump sworn in amid protests and a large assortment of clergy
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 20, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) The new president took the oath on two Bibles and then pledged to wipe out "radical Islamic terrorism" in a dark speech cheered by supporters and protested by foes.
Prosperity, heresy and Trump: Inauguration pastor Paula White answers her critics
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 19, 2017
(RNS) Paula White has been called the president-elect's "God whisperer" -- as well as a heretic and prosperity gospel charlatan. She responds in this interview.
An unexpected president and the ‘hand of God’
By RNS staff — January 18, 2017
In our 'Hand of God' series, RNS takes a closer look at the widespread belief that God intervenes in our nation’s political process.
