Melania Trump

After sermon criticizing wives’ weight, pastor resigns as moderator of General Baptist meeting

By Adelle M. Banks — March 2, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Why is it so many times that women after they get married let themselves go?’ a General Baptist minister asked in February.

How to show compassion for a president who lacks it himself

By Simran Jeet Singh — October 2, 2020
(RNS) — Many of us want to feel compassion even for a man who rarely exhibits it but feel sincerely challenged to sympathize for someone we hold responsible for profound human suffering.

Faith leaders offer prayers as President Trump tests positive for COVID-19

By Bob Smietana, Jack Jenkins, and Adelle M. Banks — October 2, 2020
(RNS) — Social media turned into a prayer forum for the president and first lady as news spread that they had contracted the novel coronavirus.

Trumps pay tribute at synagogue where 11 were fatally shot

By The Associated Press — October 30, 2018
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Trump stepped into the role of national consoler, a title he wears uncomfortably, with his visit to the Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

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.

Melania Trump’s pagan Christmas decorations and the problem of fake news

By Jana Riess — November 30, 2017
The manufactured furor over Melania Trump's White House Christmas decorations shows how willing we are to believe fake news. And the president makes us this way.

Is Melania’s marriage valid in the eyes of her church?

By Mark Silk — May 30, 2017
(RNS) Not if her husband didn't get his previous marriages annulled.

A pastor’s encounter with the ‘demonic’ at Trump’s Florida rally

By Lauren Markoe — February 22, 2017
(RNS) It began to go bad very quickly, when first lady Melania Trump read the Lord's Prayer to the crowd.

Let the first lady pray! (COMMENTARY)

By Greg Laurie — February 22, 2017
(RNS) This past weekend, Melania Trump walked up to the presidential podium, thanked the crowd and, with her husband by her side, said something I can’t remember any first lady or president doing in recent memory: the Lord's Prayer.

Laid-off journalist prayed before noticing Melania Trump’s alleged plagiarism

By Adelle M. Banks — August 9, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) Jarrett Hill attributes his discovery to 'nothing but the grace of God.'
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