US faith leaders, labour advocates push for White House meeting on poverty
Washington DC, USRNS Faith-led advocacy group the Poor People’s Campaign is pushing for a broad-based meeting with US President Joe Biden to discuss poverty, arguing the White House has not adequately responded to requests for a summit despite the president endorsing the group while running for office and speaking at their events. Speaking at National […]
Christian leaders press US lawmakers to extend child tax credit for poor families
Washington DC, USRNS A campaign backed by a broad coalition of Christian leaders will urge Congress to extend the child tax credit to low-income families, hoping to broaden access to the popular financial assistance program after lawmakers allowed an expanded version to expire last year. Beginning with an advertisement in Politico Magazine that will run […]
US report details church-state collusion on Native schools
AP A new US Interior Department report on the legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans underscores how closely the US Government collaborated with churches to Christianise them as part of a project to sever them from their culture, their identities and ultimately their land. The role of churches forms a secondary part of the Federal Indian Boarding […]
Woman named sexton of historic Boston church for first time
Boston, USAP The thousands of tourists who visit Boston’s Old North Church in the US probably won’t see much of Chelsea Millsap on their trip, even though she may just have the most important job at the historic site. Millsap, 32, who can trace her ancestry to the Pilgrims, is the first woman named sexton […]
Church schools: First Pope, now US churches face boarding school reckoning
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, reports on how US churches are preparing for the handing down of a report looking at the loss of life and the enduring traumas of the US boarding school system…
In the US, Episcopal Bishop Curry says “more to do” as poll shows Christians viewed as hypocrites
RNS Ask a Christian to describe other Christians and the answers likely will be “giving,” “compassionate,” “loving” and “respectful”. Ask a non-Christian, on the other hand, and the more likely descriptors you’ll get for Christians are “hypocritical”, “judgmental” and “self-righteous.” Non-Christians are also far more likely to say Christians do not represent the teachings of […]
As Russian threat escalates, prominent US faith leaders hold peace vigil for Ukraine
RNS More than a dozen faith leaders offered prayers for a peaceful resolution to the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine during an online vigil Wednesday hosted by the Episcopal Church and the Friends Committee on National Legislation. “There are people and children of God whose lives and freedom are threatened and so we pray,” […]
Vaccine mandates: Many US faith leaders wary of religious exemptions for vaccine
DAVID CRARY and PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, report on how Christian leaders and those of other faiths are responding to vaccine exemption requests…
Building a new community: South Sudanese refugees are making a home, and a church, in Central New York
JESSICA MUNDIE, writing for Religion News Service, meets a congregation of South Sudanese refugees in the heart of New York City…
Catholic, Protestant groups support commission on US Indian boarding school policy
RNS A number of Catholic groups and Protestant denominations are calling for the United States to establish a Truth and Healing Commission to reckon with the country’s history of boarding schools that separated thousands of Indigenous children from their families and cultures during the 19 and 20 centuries. Their support comes as the Catholic Church […]