Faith leaders ask Biden to mark Mother’s Day with prayer day against gun violence
United StatesRNS More than 550 faith leaders have asked President Joe Biden to declare Mother’s Day an occasion for Americans to pray for an end to gun violence. “While some may throw up their arms and say that this is a battle too large to win, we, an interfaith coalition, made up of Christians, Jews, […]
Nearly 1,000 US faith leaders call for Christmas cease-fire in Ukraine
United StatesRNS Nearly 1,000 US faith leaders are calling for a Christmas cease-fire in Ukraine 10 months after Russia invaded its neighbour. The leaders, who represent a broad range of faiths, said they hoped a temporary truce could lead to the negotiation of permanent peace. “As people of faith and conscience, believing in the sanctity […]
US Christian leaders ask Kirill to speak out, “reconsider” comments on Ukraine
Washington DC, USRNS More than 100 US Christian leaders, including the leaders of multiple denominations, sent a letter to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Friday, asking him to use his influence to help stop the invasion of Ukraine and “prayerfully reconsider the support you have given to this war.” The letter was […]
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…
Voting rights demonstration leads to faith leaders’ arrests outside White House
Washington DC, US RNS An interfaith assortment of faith leaders and actors were arrested outside the White House on Tuesday as they demanded in prayers and speeches that President Joe Biden and lawmakers in Congress do more to advocate for voting rights legislation. Rev Jamal Bryant, a prominent Georgia pastor who had asked God in […]