Since 2000, when George W. Bush established a permanent liaison in the White House for outreach and coordination with religious groups, no administration has gone without a faith-based adviser. For Bush and Barack Obama, the adviser’s role was to coordinate…
Biden victory kindles hope for warmer US-Vatican relations
While Pope Francis and the Vatican will likely wait for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration before commenting on the result of the fractured elections in the United States, the former vice president is already being received as a promising ally for…
Christian churches mirror country’s political division
The messages in Christian houses of worship on the first weekend since the election were as divided as the country’s electorate, with religious leaders mostly calling for peace and unification even as some bemoaned the result and others celebrated.
Study finds that queer Christians quit the church twice as much as others
Taylor Valci was 7 the first time she spoke in tongues. The daughter of a Pentecostal pastor in California’s Bay Area, she grew up watching “Veggie Tales” and attending Missionettes, the Assemblies of God version of Girl Scouts.
Vatican to release McCarrick report Tuesday, spans 1930-2017
The Vatican on Tuesday will release its long-awaited report into what it knew about ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s sexual misconduct during his rise through the church hierarchy, setting up a remarkable moment in the Vatican’s long reckoning with clergy sexual abuse…
Pro-Life Women Surge in Congress
Pro-life legislators in the US House of Representatives made major gains on Tuesday with the election of 13 new pro-life women and the reelection of the House’s 11 incumbent pro-life women.
Exit polls show few changes in the religious vote
Polling predictions frustrated and mystified voters on election night, as they did four years ago, when now-President Donald Trump far exceeded the prognosticators’ expectations.
Nearly 2,000 Catholic nuns sign letter demanding Trump ‘count the votes’
Nearly 2,000 nuns have signed a letter addressed to President Donald Trump suggesting he abandon calls to halt vote tallies in various states and instead “count the votes.”
A cemetery is desecrated, shaking Michigan’s Jewish community on Election Day
Gayle Kirshenbaum planned to spend Election Day calling potential voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania and urging them to vote.