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Why I decline to sign ‘prophetic’ declarations
By Richard Mouw — December 7, 2017
(RNS) — I talked a lot about being 'prophetic' in my early days of social activism, but I don’t use that word much these days.
Black clergy call for churches to foster healing in the aftermath of Charlottesville
By Adelle M. Banks — August 18, 2017
(RNS) — 'Our youth and young adults especially need a place to process this assault on their being and the very soul of this nation,' they said.
Archbishop of Canterbury to express remorse over Reformation violence
By Yonat Shimron — January 17, 2017
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The statement will urge believers to ask for forgiveness for atrocities that happened on both sides during the Reformation and for greater unity between the Catholic and Protestant churches today.
Orthodox rabbis’ statement calls Christianity part of God’s plan
By Lauren Markoe — December 8, 2015
(RNS) Most Orthodox rabbis won't sign on, but it's notable that even some Orthodox rabbis want to place Christianity in a Jewish theological perspective.
Eastern Catholic patriarchs denounce Islamic State’s ‘crimes against humanity’
By Josephine McKenna — August 29, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Meeting outside the Lebanese capital Beirut, the patriarchs called on the international community to stop the “criminal actions” of the Islamic State militants and urged Islamic institutions to forcefully condemn the extremist group.
Ferguson letter from black clergy becomes interracial call for justice
By Adelle M. Banks — August 22, 2014
(RNS) The statement calls on African-American churches to memorialize Michael Brown and to elect politicians who "represent the preservation of life in ethnic communities."
Mormon Church: Justifications for black priesthood ban rooted in racism
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — December 10, 2013
(RNS) The new statement says the LDS Church “disavows the theories advanced in the past ... [and that ] church leaders today unequivocally condemn all racism, past and present, in any form.”
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