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Three Jewish questions on refugee children
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 20, 2018
When was the last time that every religion agreed on something?
On the anniversary of Sandy Hook, a mother’s gratitude for her child’s faith
By Sophfronia Scott — December 13, 2017
NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) — He has few words for the magnitude of what happened but I knew he had to work his own grief, and the way he did so would determine the way in which he walked through the world — whether he could live in faith and not fear.
United Church of Christ resolution decries Israel’s treatment of underage prisoners
By Lauren Markoe — July 3, 2017
(RNS) The resolution, which passed Sunday at the church's general synod in Baltimore, also calls on the U.S. to withhold military assistance.
Karen Handel and the spurious Christian case against LGBT adoption
By Jonathan Merritt — June 23, 2017
Does the Christian faith call believers to oppose LGBT couples from adopting children?
Pope answers kids’ tough questions in first book for children
By Reuters — February 28, 2016
VATICAN CITY — The book, called "Dear Pope Francis," answers such questions as "What did God do before the world was made?"
Catholic Church under fire for rehabilitating convicted Indian priest
By Rosie Scammell — February 17, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul was found guilty of abusing a girl between 2004 and 2005 while working as a priest in Minnesota.
By taking in migrant children, Jewish camps are putting religion into action (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 5, 2016
(RNS) We should be cheering these Jewish leaders who are walking the walk and talking the talk, the biblical walk and talk, that is.
For hungry kids, school days mean meals again (COMMENTARY)
By Mary Catherine Hinds — August 25, 2015
(RNS) This morning as I flipped pancakes to fill my children’s bellies before we headed out the door, I thought of some other mothers and fathers who were undoubtedly rejoicing for other reasons.
Former Buddhist monk creates home for 85 abandoned children
By Kimberly Winston — August 17, 2015
(RNS) A new HBO documentary tells the story of Lobsang Phuntsok, who gave up being a Buddhist teacher in the U.S to start a remote orphanage.
TONY CAMPOLO: Why Christians should vote for Hillary
By Tony Campolo — April 13, 2015
The former spiritual advisor to President Bill Clinton says he supports Hillary even though he is pro-life. He lays out why he thinks other Christians should too.
Parents who do not vaccinate their children should go to jail (COMMENTARY)
By Alex Berezow — January 28, 2015
(RNS) Anti-vaccine parents are turning their children into little walking time bombs. They ought to be charged for endangering their children and others.
In new atheist children’s book, belief is for the dogs
By Chris Stedman — October 13, 2014
New children's book "Me & Dog" is certainly unusual—but, by comparing belief in God to the relationship between a dog and his owner, is it unfair to believers? Author Gene Weingarten speaks with RNS.
Religious leaders petition Congress to support immigrant children
By Heather Adams — July 10, 2014
(RNS) At a teleconference Thursday (July 10), faith leaders asked Congress for emergency funds to help children who have entered the United States without lawful immigration papers and without a parent or guardian.
World Vision, recovering from gay policy shift, tries to shore up its evangelical base
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 26, 2014
(RNS) The $1 billion relief agency has struggled since an earlier about-face on same-sex marriage, but recent moves signal a shift toward shoring up its evangelical base.
Pope Francis tells couples not to substitute dogs and cats for children
By Josephine McKenna — June 2, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis strongly criticized those couples who choose not to have children, saying they had been influenced by a culture of “well-being” that says life is better without kids.
