Politics
Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — August 30, 2024
(RNS) — Beyond the religiously unaffiliated, which represent slightly less than 2 in 10 (17.8%) residents, the largest religious group in the county was Black Protestants, who make up 10% of the population.
I’m a Catholic sister. Project 2025 does not reflect my values.
By Eilis McCulloh — August 30, 2024
(RNS) — A few observations from the perspective of the Gospel of Matthew.
Bangladesh’s Hindu-Buddhist-Christian council pushes for secular state
By Rishabh Jain — August 29, 2024
(RNS) — Amid a government shake-up and rising violence against minorities, an interfaith council is pushing for the country to remove Islam as the state religion.
Why I’m voting third party
By Karen Swallow Prior — August 29, 2024
(RNS) — Voting is an investment in the long-term future of the nation, not only something that will benefit us in our own lifetimes.
Harris-Walz campaign hires the Rev. Jen Butler, longtime activist, to lead faith outreach
By Jack Jenkins — August 28, 2024
(RNS) — A familiar face among Washington’s faith-based activists, Butler said she brings ‘a broad set of relationships that I think can help, very quickly, pull a broad coalition together’ in a foreshortened Harris campaign.
Israeli Cabinet minister draws rebuke for saying he would build a synagogue at holy site
By Michele Chabin — August 28, 2024
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The far-right minister’s latest remarks have sparked outrage from Muslim authorities, concern from the U.S. State Department, and Israeli assurances that the ‘status quo’ will remain.
Platforming religion: The Dems’ and GOP’s official positions compared
By Mark Silk — August 28, 2024
(RNS) — What the parties have to say — and not say — on the subject as the 2024 campaign heads into the homestretch.
Brazilians march for Eshu, an Afro-Brazilian deity, to protest Christian intolerance
By Eduardo Campos Lima — August 27, 2024
SÃO PAULO, Brazil (RNS) — A march in honor of the orisha Eshu drew some 150,000 people in São Paulo recently, considered a rebuke to the rise of evangelical Christians’ political power.
Remembering the Peekskill riots, a caution for the right and left
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 27, 2024
(RNS) — Decades before Charlottesville, there was Peekskill. You can still hear its echoes.
The Democrats need to be done with death
By Shane Claiborne — August 27, 2024
(RNS) — In a surprise move, the Democrats quietly removed abolishing the death penalty from the party platform.
Anti-Trump evangelical Christians make the case for Harris
By Katherine Stewart — August 26, 2024
CHICAGO (RNS) — A group of mostly progressive evangelical political strategists are trying to help religious conservatives see Harris as the more biblically faithful of the two candidates.
The UN’s ‘memories’ of antisemitic terrorism are painfully faulty
By Avi Shafran — August 26, 2024
(RNS) — A tribute to the victims of terrorism at the world body's New York headquarters fails to mention attacks on Jews.
Harris promises a new way forward. Would that the pope would do the same.
By Phyllis Zagano — August 26, 2024
(RNS) — The Democratic convention brought more hope, especially to women, than Pope Francis.
Pope Francis condemns Ukraine’s ban on Russian Orthodox Church
By Claire Giangravé — August 26, 2024
(RNS) – 'Churches are not to be touched!' Pope Francis said after Ukraine approved a law banning churches tied to Russia.
In Chicago, ‘Little Palestine’ adds its voice to roar of the Democratic convention
By Reina Coulibaly — August 23, 2024
CHICAGO (RNS) — With the DNC happening in their backyard, many residents came straight from work or school to participate in the protests.
