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Who is ISIS-K, the group officials blame for the Kabul airport bombings?
A horrific terrorist attack at the Kabul airport on August 26 killed at least 12 US service members and more than 60 Afghans attempting to flee the country....
Former Trump ambassador launches international religious freedom conference
Sam Brownback, former US ambassador for international religious freedom in the Trump administration, helped launch a conference on international religious freedom in Washington, DC, on July 13, bri...
Mary Novak to lead Network lobby
Catholic social justice lobby Network has chosen Georgetown University law professor Mary Novak to take over the group after longtime leader Simone Campbell retires.
...Capitol violence brewed from nationalism, conspiracies, and Jesus
Moments before the assault on the US Capitol began on January 6, a mass of Trump supporters gathered at a northwest entrance....
Top German Catholic official says church should be more inclusive
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German national conference of Catholic prelates, called for a more inclusive church on December 29, suggesting that the Catholic hierarchy could shift its p...
As chaos hits Capitol, people of faith respond
On the morning of January 6, a small, interfaith prayer circle surrounded a Black Lives Matter sign, created to replace similar banners repeatedly stolen and destroyed by the far-right Proud Boys i...
Proud Boys burn BLM signs at DC churches
People reportedly affiliated with the hate group Proud Boys tore down Black Lives Matter signs belonging to churches in Washington, DC, on December 12, setting at least one aflame.
...Nuns on the Bus founder Simone Campbell announces retirement
Simone Campbell, the Roman Catholic sister made famous by her Nuns on the Bus tours and her support for the Affordable Care Act, announced on October 20 that she will step down early next year a...
Agents with the US Border Patrol raided a faith-based humanitarian aid camp for undocumented immigrants near the US-Mexico border on the evening of October 5—the second action taken against the cam...
Mike Pence replaces Jesus with patriotic imagery in RNC speech
Speaking before a crowd at Fort McHenry National Monument in Baltimore on August 26, Vice President Mike Pence, a self-described “born-again, evangelical Catholic,” sprinkled his address to the Re...
Aaron Keyak tapped to lead Jewish outreach for Biden campaign
Former vice president Joe Biden’s campaign team has hired Aaron Keyak, former head of the National Jewish Democratic Council, to oversee Jewish outreach.
...Faith leaders are speaking out against the federal government’s decision to begin executing federal prisoners, decrying the Trump administration’s decision to end a nearly two-decade-long moratoriu...
Faith groups react to Supreme Court ruling against Trump on DACA
Faith groups are applauding the US Supreme Court’s decision temporarily halting the Trump administration’s efforts to rescind an Obama-era program granting legal protection to hundreds of thousands...
Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from church
In the early evening on June 1, President Donald Trump stood before the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church in downtown Washington and held aloft a Bible for cameras.
...Cameron Strang returns to Relevant after sabbatical, 'spiritual abuse' accusations
Cameron Strang, the founder of the evangelical Christian media company Relevant, has returned as CEO more than six months after criticism of his leadership and allegations of “spiritual ab...
As religious groups nationwide began taking dramatic steps to halt COVID-19, even canceling Sunday services, the initial response from some evangelical leaders who advise President Donald Trump was...
Eugene Cho to lead Bread for the World
Bread for the World, a prominent Christian advocacy group dedicated to ending hunger, has elected Seattle pastor and author Eugene Cho as its new president.
...Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has announced an interfaith advisory council and forthcoming endorsements from more than 100 religious leaders from across the country.
...The Mormon world was rocked on December 16 when news broke that a whistleblower had accused the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of misleading members regarding more than $100 billion re...
Mexican immigrant José Gómez elected head of US Catholic bishops group
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has elected as its new president Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles, a naturalized US citizen who emigrated from Mexico and is outspoken on immigration issue...
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