Meet Imran Siddiqui, the first Asian American vice president of the ELCA
United StatesRNS When Imran Siddiqui’s name was put forward for vice president of the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States, he figured, why not fill out the paperwork? He didn’t expect to make it far in the process. After all, every one of the more than 800 voting members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church […]
Philippines’ Duterte accepts 2022 vice presidential nomination
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday accepted his party’s nomination to run for vice president in next year’s election, forging ahead with a plan criticised by rivals as a cynical move to maintain his political power. The mercurial leader, 76, is barred by the constitution from seeking a second term and his interest in […]
Relatives of Philippine drug war victims alarmed by Duterte’s talk of staying on
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters Philippine activists and the families of victims in a drug war that has killed thousands view with dread the possibility of President Rodrigo Duterte staying on as vice-president for six more years after his time in the top job ends next year. The constitution bars a re-election bid by Duterte, 76, but […]
Madam president? Most Americans think a woman could reach the White House by 2030
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation More than 90 per cent of Americans think the United States could have its first woman president within a decade, a poll showed on Monday, as Vice-President Kamala Harris is increasingly tipped as favourite for the Democratic Party nomination in 2024. A Gallup poll conducted in 74 countries showed Americans were the most likely to […]
Kamala Harris breaks barriers as America’s next Vice President
Washington DC, USReuters Kamala Harris made history on Saturday with her election as Joe Biden’s vice president, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to win the second highest US office. Harris, 56, is widely seen as an obvious candidate for the Democratic Party nomination in 2024 should Biden, who will […]
Explainer: What happens to the US presidential election if a candidate dies or becomes incapacitated?
Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was going into isolation. Trump has mild symptoms, according to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. But the diagnosis, less than five weeks before the 3rd November election, has raised questions about what happens if a presidential candidate […]
Five faith facts about US Vice President Mike Pence: A ‘born-again, evangelical Catholic’
RNS Vice President Mike Pence has described himself as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order“. That has made Pence pretty popular with conservative evangelical Christians – not just as vice president, but also as a US congressman and governor of Indiana before that. Vice President Mike Pence speaking on 24th Apri, 2019. […]
Five faith facts about Biden’s VP choice Kamala Harris – a Black Baptist with Hindu family
RNS Few, if any, vice presidential candidates have had as much exposure to the world’s religions as Kamala Harris, the 55-year-old senator from California whom Joe Biden just picked as his running mate. Harris’ ethnic, racial and cultural biography represents a slice of the US population that is becoming ascendant but that has never been […]
US EVANGELICALS: “WHO’S DOING CHRISTIANITY RIGHT?” HOW THE VICE PRESIDENT’S UPCOMING VISIT TO TAYLOR UNIVERSITY IS HIGHLIGHTING DIVIDES
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on why an invitation for US Vice President Mike Pence to deliver a commencement address at Taylor University has exposed rifts among Christian students…