Interfaith rally supports Ketanji Brown Jackson in front of Supreme Court
Washington DC, USRNS Leaders of a range of faiths stood before the Supreme Court and declared their support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the historic nominee for associate justice, to take a seat within its chambers. Those who stood before the high court’s steps on Wednesday represented the position of some 2,000 people who have […]
Faith groups among those granted money from US billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
RNS A number of faith-based groups were among the nearly 300 recipients of $US2.7 billion in grants announced Tuesday by billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to organizsations addressing a range of social issues. Scott, who was formerly married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, wrote in a Medium post that she and her husband, Dan Jewett, worked with researchers, […]
“Souls to the Polls”: US faith leaders push back against proposed voting restrictions
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on reaction to moves in the US state of Georgia that could curtail Sunday “Souls to the Polls” activities…
In a moment of turmoil, US Catholic bishops meet virtually
AP Catholic bishops of the United States open a national meeting Monday under dramatic circumstances. A pandemic has compelled them to meet virtually from their far-flung dioceses. A hard-fought presidential election has caused sharp divisions in their own ranks. And six days before the meeting, the Vatican released a revelatory report detailing how clerics in […]
Essay: As political violence rises, we need peacemakers at the polls
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev Jennifer Butler, CEO of Faith in Public Life, says Christians have an important duty in the upcoming US election – preventing violence against people regarded as political adversaries…
In the US, nuns, other Catholics, arrested protesting treatment of immigrant children
Washington, DCRNS Police arrested dozens of protesters, including many Roman Catholic nuns, at a rally Thursday opposing the Trump administration’s treatment of immigrant children along the Southern border, treatment that organisers of the demonstration said amounted to atrocities. Officials with the advocacy groups Faith in Public Life and Faith in Action reported that 70 people […]