Christianity
Pastor Rick Warren apologizes for children’s Sunday school video loaded with Asian culture stereotypes
By Alejandra Molina — February 1, 2021
(RNS) — The video has been removed, but Michelle Ami Reyes, vice president for the Asian American Christian Collaborative, on Twitter described the video as using Asian culture 'as a prop for slapstick humor.'
At Amanda Gorman’s Black Catholic LA parish, ‘it’s like everybody here is a freedom fighter’
By Alejandra Molina — January 28, 2021
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Poet Amanda Gorman sang in the youth choir, did her sacraments and recited her poetry at an Afrocentric Catholic church in South Central Los Angeles.
Black Lives Matter banner outside University Christian Church in San Diego defaced
By Alejandra Molina — January 25, 2021
(RNS) — Senior Minister Caleb Lines said it’s not the vandalism that he finds heartbreaking: ‘It’s that some people truly don’t believe that Black lives matter or that the lives of LGBTQ+ people have value.’
What four strangers of different faiths learned while living together during a pandemic
By Alejandra Molina — January 12, 2021
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Hadar Cohen, Ala’ Khan, Maya Mansour and Jonathan Simcosky were chosen as fellows for an interfaith experiment known as the Abrahamic House. They come from different faiths: Baha’i, Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
If you’re religious and supported President Trump
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 11, 2021
(RNS) — Can you simultaneously believe in God and the president?
Indoor worship is now allowed in LA County, but some parishes and dioceses are waiting
By Alejandra Molina — December 24, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — ‘Rushing too quickly to in-person and indoor worship does not exhibit care for our families and those who are most vulnerable in our community,’ said one pastor.
As California’s hospitals fill, Kirk Cameron hosts another unmasked Christmas caroling event
By Alejandra Molina — December 23, 2020
(RNS) — The event took place at the parking lot of a mall with largely unmasked crowds of people singing in close proximity to one another.
How a podcast is helping this Catholic and gay Latino man break the stigma
By Alejandra Molina — December 18, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Eder Díaz Santillan hosts the Spanish-language podcast 'De Pueblo, Católico & Gay,' where he openly discusses his identity as a Latino and gay Catholic man.
As COVID-19 surges, Catholics find new, socially distanced ways to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe
By Alejandra Molina — December 10, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Perhaps this year it is Our Lady who will come to our home,’ said the Very Rev. Esequiel Sanchez, rector of the Roman Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Latino Protestants more conservative, supportive of Trump than Latino Catholics, poll finds
By Alejandra Molina — December 1, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Religion is the largest demographic divider among Hispanic Americans,’ notes the Public Religion Research Institute analysis.
Sean Feucht protest worries Los Angeles homeless advocates
By Alejandra Molina — November 27, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Feucht has not been reached for comment, but city officials told Religion News Service on Wednesday (Nov. 25) that no permits had been issued to secure the event.
As hurricanes belt Honduras, Christian aid group fights not just water but corruption
By Alejandra Molina — November 20, 2020
(RNS) — As Honduras also grapples with the economic impacts of COVID-19, the Association for a More Just Society expects that the aftermath of the storms will send residents further into poverty.
Closed for months by COVID-19, church reopens to provide respite on Election Day
By Alejandra Molina — November 4, 2020
PASADENA, Calif. (RNS) — The leadership at All Saints, a church with a long history of progressive activism, decided that opening the building to the public and parishioners was ‘a way for them to be in community.’
Black skeptics find meaning in uplifting their community through social justice
By Alejandra Molina — October 15, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Black nonbelievers have for years been working to redefine what it means to be atheist, a word too often linked to white spaces mostly concerned with creationism and the separation of church and state.
Jesuits urge California governor to protect jobs of hospitality workers during COVID-19
By Alejandra Molina — September 29, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — A bill, known as AB 3216, benefits laid-off workers in hotels, private clubs, event centers or airports, or who provide services to office, retail or other commercial buildings. Gov. Gavin Newsom has until Sept. 30 to sign the bill.
