President Trump
His RNC prayer was neutral, but Franklin Graham says the choice for president is not
By Yonat Shimron — August 28, 2020
(RNS) — Graham said the choice in November is clear: Democrats will steer the country toward the socialism of Venezuela or Cuba.
President Trump kept his promises. That’s why, as a Catholic, I want four more years
By Teresa S. Collett — August 24, 2020
(RNS) — As a Catholic who embraces the Church’s teaching on the innate value of every human life, the primacy of faith, the dignity of work, the importance of public order and the need for mercy to temper justice, I am very comfortable supporting the reelection of our president.
Trump’s limp response to Uighur persecution
By Mark Silk — July 14, 2020
(RNS) — The greatest abuse of religious liberty in the world today should incur a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Poll: The ‘Trump bump’ is over, especially among white Christians
By Yonat Shimron — May 1, 2020
(RNS) — Among white evangelicals, Trump’s favorability ratings fell to 66% from a high of 77% in March when the coronavirus first began spreading across the country.
Why some keep believing when Trumpian prophecy fails
By Mark Silk — March 23, 2020
(RNS) — Empirical evidence to the contrary doesn’t matter to true believers..
Trump poses a challenge for the US religious freedom commission
By Mark Silk — February 28, 2020
(RNS) — Trump supporters on the panel can't seem to muster criticism for the president's strongman allies.
Paula White’s sermon comment about ‘satanic pregnancies’ goes viral
By Bob Smietana — January 26, 2020
(RNS) — After a sermon clip about ‘satanic pregnancies’ went viral on social media, presidential adviser Paula White tweeted that she was simply referencing a Bible verse. She said her words were taken out of context.
At services this Rosh Hashana, a familiar social justice refrain
By Yonat Shimron — September 30, 2019
(RNS) — Over the past year, American Jews have called for shutting down Immigration and Customs Enforcement camps, addressing white nationalism, protecting abortion rights and scores of other liberal agenda items.
Letter: Nationalism is anathema to Christian faith
By Yonat Shimron — August 19, 2019
(RNS) — The letter in the magazine Commonweal was a direct response to a letter in the conservative journal First Things that embraced the new nationalism.
Have we no decency? A response to President Trump
By Mariann Edgar Budde — July 31, 2019
(RNS) — When does silence become complicity? What will it take for us all to say, with one voice, that we have had enough? The question is less about the president's sense of decency, but of ours.
The Trump Aversion Gap
By Mark Silk — June 6, 2019
Trump approvers who won't be voting for him in 2020.
Why a Boston church is stamping Harriet Tubman on all its $20 bills
By Aysha Khan — June 3, 2019
BOSTON (RNS) — Since May, the Jamaica Plain church has been stamping all $20 bills from its offering plates with abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s face. It is, the church's pastor said, a 'worthy replacement.'
Franklin Graham ‘burdened’ to pray for a president he says is under attack
By Yonat Shimron — May 31, 2019
(RNS) — Graham's call for 'special day of prayer for the president' on Sunday (June 2) has been joined by a who's who of evangelical leaders.
Who is Fethullah Gulen? And why is the US talking about extraditing him to Turkey?
By Claire Sadar — January 4, 2019
(RNS) — For more than two years, the U.S. and Turkey have been at odds over the fate of Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish Muslim leader living in the hills of Pennsylvania.
White House expands birth control exemptions for employers with religious objections
By Adelle M. Banks — November 7, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The mother provincial of Little Sisters of the Poor, one of the religious groups that has opposed the mandate, welcomed the administration’s new regulations.
