White House
Mayor: ‘Without Jews Paris would not be city that it is’
By Oren Dorell — February 20, 2015
French citizens of all stripes are part of a "national community" that transcends religion, village and country of origin, she said. "We cannot accept this opposition or violence of one group over another within a national community in Paris."
Obama: Alleged war on Islam is ‘an ugly lie’
By David Jackson — February 20, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) National leaders must dispute claims that there is a clash of civilizations in the world, the president said during a second-day speech at the White House Summit on Confronting Violent Extremism.
Obama: No religion responsible for terrorism
By David Jackson — February 19, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) "No religion is responsible for terrorism — people are responsible for violence and terrorism," Obama told delegates at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism.
Civil rights groups to feds: Purge your anti-Muslim training materials
By Lauren Markoe — August 14, 2014
(RNS) Civil rights and religious groups are asking the Obama administration to rid federal agencies of anti-Muslim bias.
Someone tell the president: Iraqi Christians are dying (COMMENTARY)
By Kirsten Powers — August 13, 2014
(RNS) The disinterest in the suffering of Iraqi Christians has been a bipartisan travesty.
More than 100 religious, immigration activists arrested at White House
By Adelle M. Banks — July 31, 2014
(RNS) “I think standing outside the White House will make a difference,” said Sister Eileen Campbell of the Sisters of Mercy, joining others in an act of civil disobedience to protest deportations and seek relief for 11 million immigrants living illegally in the country.
PHOTOS: Groups rally for Meriam Ibrahim at White House
By Heather Adams — June 12, 2014
Protestors led by the Family Research Council rallied outside the White House in support of Meriam Ibrahim, a Christian woman in Sudan who was sentenced to death for marrying a Christian.
The pope and the president: What to look for in the Obama-Francis summit
By David Gibson — January 21, 2014
(RNS) What will the two leaders talk about? What issues will they avoid? With Pope Francis, anything is possible, but here are some initial ideas on how the summit could play out.
Photo Slideshow: 2013 Faith and the Obama White House
By Sally Morrow — December 27, 2013
President Obama and family are captured in photographs during moments of faith in 2013.
Aide shares the Bible devotionals he sent to President Obama each morning
By Adelle M. Banks — October 21, 2013
(RNS) Joshua DuBois continues to send devotional messages to President Obama every morning, even though he stepped down in February as director of Obama's Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
White House to home-schooling family: Sorry, no comment
By Kevin Eckstrom — August 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) The White House punts on a petition to allow a German home-schooling family to stay in the U.S., saying the administration can't comment on "a matter before the courts."
D.C. church recalls real butler as quiet man of steady faith
By Adelle M. Banks — August 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) “The attributes that made him a great butler made him a great usher,” said Denise Johnson, an usher at the predominantly black D.C. church where Eugene Allen was a member for six decades.
White House says it can’t list Westboro Baptist as ‘hate group’
By Corrie Mitchell — July 3, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Support for White House petitions to label anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church as a "hate group" was strongest in Kansas and Newtown, Conn., according to data provided by the White House.
Video: President Obama calls for end to mental illness stigma
By Sally Morrow — June 3, 2013
President Obama says he is convening a conference on mental illness to bring the issue “out of the shadows.” Obama spoke Monday (June 3) at the opening of the daylong White House conference, which included faith leaders, mental health advocates and members of Congress.
White House: Philly abortion trial is ‘unsettling’
By Aamer Madhani — April 16, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) "Certainly, the things that you hear and read about this case are unsettling," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said about the grizzly details emerging from the trial of Philadelphia abortion provider Kermit Gosnell.
