Essay: Anti-immigrant pastors may be drawing attention – but faith leaders, including some evangelicals, are central to the movement to protect migrant rights
In an article first published on The Conversation, BRAD CHRISTERSON, ALEXIA SALVATIERRA and ROBERT CHAO ROMERO – co-authors of ‘God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants’, look at the role faith leaders are playing in protecting migrant rights in the US…
US immigration system “bombshell”: A green card processing change means US could lose thousands of faith leaders from abroad
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on how changes in processing US green card applications are impacting faith leaders…
As Maui rescue continues, families and faith leaders cling to hope but tackle reality of loss
AP For scores of families in Hawaii still hoping to reunite with loved ones, it was not yet time to give up – even as the staggering death toll continued to grow, and even as authorities predicted that more remains would be found within the ashes left behind by a wildfire that gutted the once-bustling town of […]
In the US, Tyre Nichols police beating video prompts faith leaders to react with grief, goals
United StatesRNS Religious leaders reacted swiftly – with legislative appeals and collective grief – to the release of video footage of police officers beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died days after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. An image of Tyre Nichols and the words “JUSTICE FOR TYRE NICHOLS” are projected onto a […]
US faith leaders urge lawmakers to pass expanded child tax credit
Washington DC, US RNS Faith leaders joined members of US Congress on Capitol Hill on Thursday to voice support for the expansion of the child tax credit, urging lawmakers to reinstate a broader version of the anti-poverty benefit before the end of the year. “For many of us, this is a season of miracles – […]
In the US, faith leaders react to guilty verdicts in Ahmaud Arbery murder
RNS Religious groups and faith leaders across the country said the verdict in the Ahmaud Arbery case – that found all three white men charged in his death guilty of murder – is a sign of progress, even as they mourned Arbery’s death and said the church must continue to work toward justice and racial […]
Vaccine hesitancy declines among faith groups in the US, spurred partly by religious appeals – survey
RNS A new survey finds vaccine hesitancy has fallen among Americans overall and among all religious subgroups in just three months, with many who once balked saying they embraced inoculation against COVID-19 at the urging of faith leaders. Many stalwart subsets of “vaccine refusers”, however, have barely budged, raising concerns as to whether they will […]
In Minnesota and beyond, faith leaders hope Chauvin verdict lifts racial justice work
AP Faith leaders in Minnesota and across the United States expressed hope that their advocacy work for racial justice will gain momentum from the guilty verdict rendered against Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of killing George Floyd. “It’s very encouraging for our overall work around racial justice to see the system, in this […]
Clinton Foundation adapts a faith-led effort to fight opioids to encourage vaccinations
RNS For nearly a decade, the Clinton Foundation has been assembling a grassroots network of clergy of different faiths to counter the opioid crisis based on the notion that priests, ministers, rabbis and imams are the best messengers of both information and hope. Some 150 priests, ministers, rabbis and imams in Houston, Jacksonville, Little Rock […]
US faith leaders call for elimination of Senate filibuster
AP A coalition of faith leaders and activists on Monday demanded the elimination of the Senate filibuster, wading into a crucial debate in Washington with a 50-50 Senate and President Joe Biden eyeing ambitious legislation on expanding voting rights, stemming gun violence and other proposals that face opposition from Republicans. Led by prominent progressive pastor […]