Global Christian organisations join other faith groups in calling for solidarity with refugees as figures show 70 million people now displaced
Global Christian bodies and NGOs are among 25 faith groups which have signed a statement calling for solidarity with refugees and underlining their commitment to address xenophobia. Issued on World Refugee Day on Thursday, the statement – the signatories of which included the World Council of Churches, World Evangelical Alliance, Anglican Communion and NGOs like […]
AFTER PRISON: HOW ONE US-BASED RELIGIOUS COALITION WELCOMES THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED HOME
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from North Carollina…
News Special – Trump’s State of the Union garners mixed reactions among faith groups
RNS Religious leaders and people of faith offered mixed reactions to President Trump’s Statue of the Union address on Tuesday evening, which was billed as a unifying message but which some say maintains a polarised status quo in Washington. Standing before Congress, Supreme Court justices, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other dignitaries, the President […]
People of faith urge Trump to admit more refugees
RNS With a decision looming on how many refugees to admit into the country, and rumors swirling that the number could drop dramatically from this year’s historic low, people of faith are coming together to ask the US Trump administration to instead allow tens of thousands more to enter the United States. Representatives of some […]
US faith groups condemn citizenship question on census
RNS Citing both moral imperatives and concerns about accuracy, religious groups are speaking out against a new citizenship question slated to be included in the 2020 US census. The US Department of Commerce, which oversees the census, announced Monday it would accept a request made in December by the Department of Justice to include a question about […]
PROTEST: URGED BY THEIR YOUTH, FAITH GROUPS FLOCK TO MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, looks at how Christians and people of other faiths were among those who attended the mass protest against gun violence in the US last weekend…