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Faith leaders praise Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdicts, acknowledge work ahead
By RNS staff — April 20, 2021
(RNS) — Religious leaders and faith-based organizations reacted swiftly to the verdicts.
Religious leaders decry, question death of Ahmaud Arbery after video surfaces
By Adelle M. Banks — May 8, 2020
(RNS) — Here’s a sampling of 10 voices who, across racial and ideological lines, reacted to the video and demanded justice for Arbery’s death.
Religious leaders react to mass shootings, call for action from Trump, Congress
By Adelle M. Banks — August 5, 2019
(RNS) — 'We ask God in heaven to ease the anguish of those who suffer and we vow to act with urgent resolve,' President Trump said in remarks at the White House.
Religious leaders recall George H.W. Bush’s priorities: friendship, faith, family
By Adelle M. Banks — December 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Here's a sampling of reaction to the death of the 41st president and longtime Episcopalian.
With Kavanaugh allegations, religious leaders remain divided on court nomination
By Adelle M. Banks — September 20, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Since allegations surfaced of a sexual assault during his Catholic school days, officials in a range of religion-related roles are no less divided about whether he should join the nation’s highest court.
Faith leaders on Kavanaugh: Defender or destroyer of religious liberty?
By Adelle M. Banks — July 10, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As debates over faith and culture continue, secularists worry Kavanaugh could be a 'disaster' for the principle of church-state separation, while some conservatives think he will be a staunch defender of religious liberties.
Graham recalled as fearless preacher, media pioneer
By Adelle M. Banks — February 21, 2018
(RNS) — One commenter recalled how his preaching was described as 'holding the Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other.'
Mass shooting at Texas church prompts strong words from religious leaders
By Adelle M. Banks — November 6, 2017
(RNS) — As the nation reels from another mass shooting, religious leaders were quick to react to the latest tragedy.
After Las Vegas mass shooting, calls for prayer, action on gun control
By Adelle M. Banks — October 2, 2017
(RNS) — In the tragedy's wake, when so many grasp for words, religious leaders speak.
Religious leaders respond to Trump’s transgender military ban
By Adelle M. Banks — July 26, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Cheers and condemnations greeted the president's tweet.
Does it matter to me that McCain and I now share a diagnosis? Maybe.
By Jeffrey Weiss — July 20, 2017
(RNS) — 'I hope that his experiences are public enough that it helps many people understand this awful illness,' writes Jeffrey Weiss.
Religious leaders react to Trump’s orders on visitors and refugees
By Lauren Markoe — January 29, 2017
(RNS) The ban 'traumatizes refugees, most of whom are women and children, keeps families separated and punishes people who are themselves fleeing the terror we as a nation are rightly fighting to end,' said World Relief President Scott Arbeiter.
Shimon Peres’ death moves religious leaders
By Lauren Markoe — September 28, 2016
(RNS) Jewish, Christian and other religious leaders react to the death of the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Reaction to the death of Phyllis Schlafly
By Lauren Markoe — September 6, 2016
(RNS) Fans -- and a few who rejected her politics -- remember her.
Elie Wiesel’s death prompts outpouring of tributes
By Lauren Markoe — July 3, 2016
(RNS) Leaders from around the world and from different faiths join the Jewish world in mourning the Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and author.
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