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Jack Jenkins is a national reporter for Religion News Service.

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Harris-Walz campaign hires Jen Butler, longtime activist, to lead faith outreach

Vice President Kamala Harris has hired Jen Butler, a Presbyterian minister and well-known liberal religious advocate, as the new head of faith outreach for the Harris-Walz campaign, charging the ex...
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Five faith facts about Harris pick Tim Walz, a ‘Minnesota Lutheran’

Frenzied speculation over Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s pick for her vice presidential running mate came to an end Tuesday, with the current vice president reportedly choosing Min...
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Amos Brown, pastor to Kamala Harris, known for civil rights, reparations activism

Amos Brown, a longtime pastor of Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, was specific when he described Vice President Kamala Harris’s connection to his church....
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More than 200 Christian leaders sign letter calling for ceasefire in Gaza

More than 200 Christian leaders from an array of traditions have signed a letter calling for a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of hostages taken by Hamas, as well as a ...
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Five faith facts about Trump's VP pick, JD Vance

On the first day of the Republican National Convention, former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance will be his running mate as he seeks reelection....
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Clergy, parents file suit against Lousiana Ten Commandments law

A group of public school parents, including some clergy, have filed a lawsuit against Louisiana’s new law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools, arguing the statute unfair...
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Conservative faith leaders praise Johnson for House’s approval of foreign aid

Conservative religious leaders who had been imploring Speaker Mike Johnson to back assistance for Ukraine and Israel in fighting their wars celebrated the House’s passage of foreign aid packages Sa...
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Environmental faith groups laud Pope Francis's new climate exhortation

Catholic organizations and other faith-based groups pushing for global action on climate change are celebrating Pope Francis’s new apostolic exhortation on the environment, a sequel of sorts to his...
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Expelled Tennessee lawmakers find support among clergy

The last time Tennessee legislators tried to make the Bible the state’s official book, a pastor warned them to be careful what...
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State lawmakers push for priests to report abuse learned about in confessional

Catholic leaders are pushing back against efforts to alter state laws that exempt clergy from reporting child abuse they hear ...

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LCMS president calls for excommunicating White nationalists

The president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has called for the excommunication of unrepentant White supremacists in th...
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After Roe, 50th March for Life a turning point for abortion protests

Frank Pavone, an anti-abortion activist who was until recently a Catholic priest, addressed a small crowd outside a Planned Pa...
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William Barber launches new center at Yale, will retire from church

Yale Divinity School is launching a new Center for Public Theology and Public Policy, an advocacy-focused body to be led by pr...
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Diverse coalition of faith leaders advocate for expanded child tax credit

Faith leaders joined members of Congress on Capitol Hill Thursday to voice support for the expansion of the child tax credit, ...
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MacKenzie Scott gives $15 million to Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service

Novelist and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has awarded Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service $15 million in donation funds...

In new ad, DeSantis paves way to replace Trump as 'anointed one'

In an advertisement unveiled November 4 on the Twit...

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