US presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren announces new campaign interfaith advisory council
RNS Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has unveiled a new religion-related campaign initiative, announcing an interfaith advisory council and forthcoming endorsements from more than 100 religious leaders from across the country. “I’m proud to announce a committed group of faith leaders that will lead my campaign’s Interfaith Advisory Council,” Warren, a United Methodist and US […]
Kidnapped Christian student killed in north-east Nigeria
Abuja, NigeriaMorning Star News Islamic State-affiliated terrorists have executed a Christian university student kidnapped earlier this month in north-east Nigeria. In a video that Site Intelligence Group reported was released on the Islamic State’s Amaq news website, a boy of indeterminate age with a pistol shoots and kills Ropvil Daciya Dalep, a member of the […]
Enslaved then undercompensated: double blow for India’s trafficked
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Less than one per cent of India’s trafficking survivors win victim compensation, stymied by low awareness of the scheme and the high burden of proof it takes to succeed, new research shows. According to a survey by five lawyers in collaboration with anti-trafficking charity Sanjog, India awarded compensation to less than […]
THE INTERVIEW: DANIEL DEITRICH AND THE ‘HYMN FOR THE 81%’
In an interview first published on Religion News Service, SHANE CLAIBORNE, activist, author and co-director of Red Letter Christians, speaks with church worship leader Daniel Deitrich, about his controversial new song…
US President Donald Trump addresses March for Life, where religion and politics mix
Washington, DCRNS US President Trump delivered a speech before a sprawling crowd gathered on the National Mall for this year’s anti-abortion March for Life demonstration, making him the first president ever to offer an in-person address to the conservative-leaning gathering where religion and politics are known to mix. “All of us here understand an eternal […]