Florida
Ahead of midterms, faith plays central role in Republican efforts to win Latino votes
By Alejandra Molina — October 31, 2022
(RNS) — Pew Research Center data looking at 2022 midterm election preferences of Latinos shows that some of the sharpest differences in candidate choice are by religion.
It’s not fear. It’s faith.
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 6, 2022
(RNS) — Yes, I am scared. But I have something else in my pocket. So do you.
Amid Ian’s wounds, Jews see healing, renewal in Yom Kippur
By Bobby Caina Calvan and Mike Schneider — October 5, 2022
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Throughout southwest Florida, Jews planned to hold worship services for Yom Kippur, although many were doing so with plans drastically modified by the devastating storm.
Southern governors sending migrants north face a crisis of faith
By Jonathan Merritt — September 16, 2022
(RNS) — It’s getting harder for a politician to adhere to Christian morals and get elected president.
31 UMC churches in NC demand immediate exit from denomination, threaten lawsuit
By Yonat Shimron and Emily McFarlan Miller — August 18, 2022
(RNS) — Legal action or the threat of legal action represents a new strategy on behalf of churches wanting an immediate exit from the United Methodist Church.
US rabbi reviving Jewish roots in her family’s Italian town
By Frances D'emilio — July 20, 2022
SERRASTRETTA, Italy (AP) — Ordained at the Rabbinical Seminary International in New York, she served at a synagogue in Florida for a few years before moving to Italy, where she first worked as a rabbi in Milan from 2004-2005.
Why LGBTQ pride is a Jewish issue
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 20, 2022
(RNS) — The intersectionality of Jews and gays has a particular power and poignancy.
Synagogue challenges Florida abortion law over religion
By Curt Anderson — June 14, 2022
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The lawsuit filed by the Congregation L'Dor Va-Dor of Boynton Beach contends the law that takes effect July 1 violates Jewish teachings.
DeSantis can’t unwrite Disney’s history of ‘saying gay’
By Brandon Ambrosino — May 18, 2022
(RNS) — I don’t need Disney to publicly condemn DeSantis’ politics so I am able to feel valued as a gay man. I feel that way every time I set foot on Disney property.
Florida churches among first to begin exit from UMC to new, conservative denomination
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 5, 2022
(RNS) — The departure of any church or clergy from the denomination is not instantaneous, but must first go through its annual conferences.
Southern Baptists may cheer DeSantis’ war on Disney but don’t expect a boycott
By Yonat Shimron — April 27, 2022
(RNS) — Younger Southern Baptist pastors, while holding the same traditional positions on gender roles, are not as eager to jump headlong into the culture wars.
US official latest to comment on NBA owner’s dismissal of Uyghur genocide
By Joseph Hammond — January 19, 2022
(RNS) — Nury Turkel, an official with USCIRF, has condemned recent statements from Palihapitiya, a billionaire venture capitalist and a small stakeholder in the Golden State Warriors’ NBA franchise.
House of Intuition founders want you to tap into your ‘inner magic’
By Alejandra Molina — January 14, 2022
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — In 'Your Intuition Led You Here,' Alex Naranjo and Marlene Vargas advise readers on how to find their own inner magic.
Florida death row chaplain given Guardian of Life Award from Pontifical Academy
By Jessica Mundie — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — For more than two decades, Dale Recinella had been offering pastoral care and religious education to inmates in solitary confinement at Florida State Prison, which houses the second-largest death row population in the United States.
We are Surfside, Florida
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 25, 2021
(RNS) — Prayers come in the form of deeds. So do miracles. Let's hope.
