by News Feed Editor | Jul 25, 2024 | Religion
AP — In under 48 hours, the head of the staunchly conservative public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention rankled fellow Baptists by applauding President Joe Biden’s “selfless act” of withdrawing his candidacy for re-election. Then, his agency reported he...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 24, 2024 | Religion
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Thousands of people protested and several were arrested in and around the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday (July 24), with many voicing frustration and outrage at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addressed a joint session of Congress.The...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 24, 2024 | Religion
(RNS) — A standard feature in any biography of Kamala Harris is the fact her parents — one a Hindu from India, the other a Baptist from Jamaica — met at the University of California, Berkeley, where they were both students in the 1960s.In this sense the vice president...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 24, 2024 | Religion
(RNS) — When Tia Levings married at 19 years old, she achieved what her Baptist church had endorsed as her life’s highest calling: becoming a Christian wife.But as her husband embraced the teachings of the Christian patriarchy movement, she became governed by a list...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 24, 2024 | Religion
HINCKLEY, Minn. (AP) — At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are gathering around singers seated at big, resonant drums to dance, celebrate and connect with their ancestral culture.“I grew up singing my...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 24, 2024 | Religion
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — African faith leaders are calling for debt forgiveness as the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee year approaches to help their countries tackle growing economic crises.“We urgently need a new debt jubilee to bring hope to humankind, and to bring the planet...
