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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.
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Faith leaders denounce Trump administration’s renewal of federal death penalty
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.
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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...
Trump supporters Jeffress and Falwell change tune on COVID-19 threat
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.
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Elizabeth Warren launches interfaith initiative, hopes to appeal to faith communities
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has announced an interfaith advisory council and forthcoming endorsements from more than 100 religious leaders from across the country.
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LDS Church unlikely to face action from IRS for use of donations
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...
Paula White to head Trump's faith office
Paula White, a Pentecostal preacher and longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, has been tapped to head the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative, a successor to previous administrations...
Democrat Sarah Riggs Amico goes after religious voters in Georgia
Mixtures of religion and politics aren’t exactly unusual in Georgia, a state situated squarely in the heart of the Bible Belt, where asking someone where they go to church is a common icebreaker....
Cameron Strang takes leave of absence from Relevant
The founder and CEO of Relevant magazine is “stepping away” from the evangelical Christian publication after several former staffers raised concerns about his past behavior, which they des...
Hispanic evangelical group offers churches’ help in housing migrant children
The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference is launching a campaign to offer aid to immigrant children held in detention centers at the border.
US Catholic bishops revise policies for abuse cases, but laity input not required
Victims’ advocates say stronger measures are needed.
Two leaders of faith-based immigrant rights group charge ICE with violating their rights
Kaji Douša and Ravi Ragbir of the New Sanctuary Coalition point to recent reports as evidence that they are being targeted for being outspoken advocates for immigrants.
Faith-based refugee aid groups struggle to stay open
Over the past two years, the nation’s refugee resettlement system has been slowly dismantled.
Vatican’s global summit on protecting children lays out principles for reform
Soon after the Vatican summit, in which a Nigerian leader spoke of the need to change how the church responds to abuse, secular courts announced convictions of two cardinals.
Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of Muslim minority group, visits faithful in U.S.
Globally, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community includes 10 to 20 million people with a message of “love for all, hatred for none.”
A battle over identity of school roils faculty at Catholic University
Earlier this summer, an informal body called the Faculty Assembly took an unofficial vote of no confidence in its president and provost.