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From ‘Judeo-Christian’ to ‘Potluck Nation,’ Eboo Patel pleads for religious pluralism
By Yonat Shimron — August 30, 2018
(RNS) — 'At a potluck, you don’t want everyone to bring mashed potatoes,' says the founder and president of the Interfaith Youth Core.
Indonesian president invokes ‘Pancasila’ to counter rising Islamism
By Nithin Coca — August 30, 2018
(RNS) — Pancasila, a set of founding principles including 'belief in the the One and Only God,' has historically demanded respect for the country's six formally recognized faiths.
New poll finds even religious Americans feel the good vibrations
By Yonat Shimron — August 29, 2018
(RNS) — Most Americans mix traditional faith with beliefs in psychics, reincarnation and spiritual energy they say can be found in mountains, trees and crystals.
Anti-Putin punk group Pussy Riot headlines UK Christian music festival
By Rosie Dawson — August 29, 2018
LONDON (RNS) — At Greenbelt, Britain's foremost Christian rock gathering, the Russian punk band's leader, Maria Alyokhina, claimed the band should be understood as a 'Christian gesture.'
When Christians sell out Christians for political power
By Don Golden and Shane Claiborne — August 29, 2018
(RNS) — The cost of a White House dinner celebrating evangelical Christian leadership may be silence on the plight of persecuted Christians and other religious minorities around the world.
The charge against Viganò must now be investigated
By Mark Silk — August 28, 2018
(RNS) — As papal nuncio, did Viganò put a stop to the investigation of then-archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, John Nienstedt, who had been credibly accused of sexual abuse?
White House honors evangelicals ‘for all the good work they do’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 28, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — President Trump reportedly reminded those attending of the gains under his administration and urged them to push their followers to vote in November.
Black bishop says Twitter suspended him for ‘hateful conduct’
By Adelle M. Banks — August 28, 2018
(RNS) — Bishop Talbert Swan, who said he had more than 70,000 followers, suspects the specific cause of the suspension is his use of a term considered racially insensitive by his detractors.
Catholic schools struggle to accommodate disabilities
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — August 28, 2018
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (RNS) — Disability practices aren’t uniform across Catholic schools, and families wanting a Catholic education for their disabled children face tough choices.
Doubts about Viganò’s accusations aside, Pope Francis needs a better response
By Thomas Reese — August 28, 2018
(RNS) — No proponent of transparency while U.S. nuncio, Archbishop Vigano now paints himself a born-again defender of the abused. The Vatican's only credible response is to say what it knew and when.
Pope Francis closes Ireland visit with appeals to divided Catholics
By Christine A. Scheller — August 27, 2018
DUBLIN (RNS) — For many, Pope Francis' visit to Ireland was clouded by the latest revelations of clergy sex abuse in the U.S. and Australia and Catholic bishops' attempts to cover them up.
Sen. John McCain: Known as a veteran but also a man of quiet faith
By Adelle M. Banks — August 27, 2018
(RNS) — The longtime Arizona Republican senator, a former prisoner of war who embraced patriotism loudly and religion quietly, died Saturday (Aug. 25) at the age of 81.
Why it’s so hard to hold priests accountable for sex abuse
By Carolyn M. Warner — August 27, 2018
(The Conversation) — Pope Francis has expressed sympathy with the victims of clergy sex abuse, but an important reason for crisis is the church’s Code of Canon law, which the pope alone can change.
Africa, home to growing number of Christians and Muslims, contends with atheists, too
By Yonat Shimron — August 27, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Across Africa, groups have emerged stressing science and critical thinking as a better way of understanding the natural world.
Pope on McCarrick claims: ‘I won’t say a word about it’
By Nicole Winfield — August 27, 2018
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis declined to confirm or deny claims that he knew about sexual misconduct allegations against the former archbishop of Washington but rehabilitated him anyway.
