Lauren Markoe
Lauren Markoe has been a national reporter for RNS since 2011. Previously she covered government and politics as a daily reporter at the Charlotte Observer and The State (Columbia, S.C.)
All Stories by Lauren Markoe
The Slingshot: Paige Patterson; Whitefish, Montana; Lutheran bishops
By Lauren Markoe — May 8, 2018
(RNS) — A Southern Baptist leader is called out for his remarks about abused women. How Whitefish, Mont., responded to white supremacists. In one weekend, the ELCA elevates its first two black women bishops.
Crash of small plane kills Jewish seminary’s president
By Lauren Markoe — May 7, 2018
(AP) — The seminary Rabbi Aaron Panken led is the leading institution for the training of rabbis in the Reform movement, the largest stream of Judaism in the U.S.
The Slingshot: Liberty U’s claim; Cardinal Pell’s trial, Sandy Hook’s rabbi
By Lauren Markoe — May 1, 2018
(RNS) — The president of Liberty University doesn't want to concede his school may not be the largest Christian University in America. The most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis will stand trial. Sandy Hook's rabbi runs for office on a gun control platform.
Ugandan faith leaders grapple with accepting Israel’s African refugees
By Lauren Markoe — April 30, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) – Some Ugandan faith leaders say their nation must accept African refugees facing deportation from Israel, while others counter that resettlement would place too heavy a burden on already overtaxed refugee resettlement efforts.
Cremation plan for late Kenyan politician stirs debate on faith and culture
By Lauren Markoe — April 24, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Many in this mostly Christian nation view the practice as contrary to their faith and African culture.
The Slingshot: Anti-Muslim crime; Hindu candidates; John Bolton
By Lauren Markoe — April 24, 2018
(RNS) — Anti-Muslim hate crimes spike. Hindu Democrats run for office. The national security advisor's Islamophobic ties.
Barbara Bush’s old-fashioned religion
By Lauren Markoe — April 18, 2018
(RNS) — Barbara Bush seemed to embody the virtues of womanhood promoted in 20th-century American Protestantism: loyalty, duty and family.
The Slingshot: Accused atheist; Muslim candidates; Captive pastor
By Lauren Markoe — April 17, 2018
A prominent atheist leader is fired over accusations of sexual and financial misconduct. Muslim Democrats are throwing their hats in the ring. The trial of a North Carolina pastor begins in Turkey.
On the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
By Lauren Markoe — April 16, 2018
(RNS) — Living in America, I escaped the Nazis in those horrendous years. But I am forever haunted by the knowledge that had I been born in Transylvania instead of Pennsylvania, I would likely have been one of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.
After priest is killed in Congo, clerics say they won’t be intimidated
By Lauren Markoe — April 13, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The killing of a parish priest in the Goma Diocese was the second murder of a Catholic priest by militias in the last three years.
At Auschwitz, thousands join the March of the Living to honor the dead
By Lauren Markoe — April 13, 2018
OSWIECIM, Poland (RNS) — This year a record 12,000 youths and adults from nearly 50 countries — one third of them non-Jews — took part in the march.
At Auschwitz, remembering the Holocaust after the passage of a contentious Polish law
By Lauren Markoe — April 11, 2018
KRAKOW, Poland (RNS) — Swirling around Thursday's annual march are questions about Poles' willingness to grapple with some of their forebears' participation in the Holocaust.
The Slingshot: Lynchburg dissidents; Navy Bible; Quaker podcast
By Lauren Markoe — April 10, 2018
Red Letter Christians pray and preach outside Liberty University. The Navy investigates a complaint over the public display of a Bible. And what is the sound of a Quaker podcast?
Diocese IDs priests, bishop, laypeople in abuse probe
By Lauren Markoe — April 6, 2018
(AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday (April 6) made public the names of 34 priests or other members of the clergy who faced credible allegations of sexual abuse or misconduct over the years.
Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance of Muslims
By Lauren Markoe — April 5, 2018
(AP) — 'Today's settlement sends a message to all law enforcement: Simply being Muslim is not a basis for surveillance,' said Farhana Khera, executive director of Muslim Advocates, a legal advocacy and educational organization.
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