Melissa Rogers
10 years after shooting, Wisconsin Sikhs lead interfaith conversation on safety
By Silma Suba — August 5, 2022
(Interfaith America) — In the decade since the Oak Creek shooting, hate crimes against places of worship have been on the rise.
White House’s Melissa Rogers affirms religious diversity as interfaith group expands
By Adelle M. Banks — May 10, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘There’s so much that unites us if we are only willing to look for that unity and work side by side,’ Rogers said at the event launching Interfaith America.
Health experts, faith leaders and White House target the ‘movable’ on vaccines
By Adelle M. Banks — May 27, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We would not be where we are without your help and we won’t be able to cross the finish line without you,’ said White House official Melissa Rogers.
Biden White House officials hold first meeting with atheist, secular groups
By Adelle M. Banks — May 17, 2021
(RNS) — The May 14 meeting followed previous meetings representatives of the secular community had with the Obama administration in 2010 and 2013.
Fauci and Collins join interfaith leaders at cathedral vaccine ‘confidence event’
By Adelle M. Banks — March 17, 2021
(RNS) — A couple dozen religious leaders — of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths — received their shots from local health officials at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday.
Why we need to work with houses of worship on COVID-19 vaccinations
By Melissa Rogers — March 16, 2021
(RNS) — Faith-based organizations are familiar to many, and countless religious leaders are enthusiastic about helping Americans get vaccinated.
Biden needs to restore Obama rule for faith-based organizations
By Mark Silk — February 22, 2021
(RNS) — Given what's at stake for families, faith-based regulations about social service organizations should not take years to put in place.
Biden signals willingness to dialogue with bishops and other faith leaders
By Thomas Reese — February 17, 2021
(RNS) — Melissa Rogers, restored to the White House faith partnerships office, listens to all sides of a dispute.
Biden signs executive order reestablishing White House faith office
By Jack Jenkins and Adelle M. Banks — February 14, 2021
(RNS) — The order reappoints Melissa Rogers, who headed the office under President Barack Obama.
Biden should reestablish the faith-based office
By Chuck Currie — December 16, 2020
(RNS) — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have the opportunity to reengage with America’s diverse faith community.
Melissa Rogers, Christianity Today’s Ted Olsen hope for common ground in divided US
By Adelle M. Banks — January 24, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Author Melissa Rogers said ‘being opponents on one issue does not make us enemies; it makes us potential collaborators on something else.’
Little Sisters of the Poor return to court to fight birth control mandate
By Thomas Reese — January 23, 2020
(RNS) — In a rerun of a 2016 case, the Supreme Court shouldn't be required to settle what the parties ought to have settled themselves.
Melissa Rogers envisions a better way forward for faith in the public square
By Aysha Khan — December 3, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (RNS) — Prompted by what she sees as a new push toward rewriting church-state laws and historic hostility to religious minorities, Rogers’ new book seeks to define the relationship between the government and religion.
Conservative evangelicals revel in their ‘unprecedented’ presidential access
By Adelle M. Banks — July 19, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Meanwhile, most everyone else is kept at arm's length.
Still no sign of leader for White House faith partnership office
By Adelle M. Banks — March 31, 2017
(RNS) President Trump has yet to name the director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships nor an ambassador focused on religious freedom.
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