faith and politics
Arizona candidate’s claim that he’s a military chaplain draws investigation
By Joseph Hammond — July 14, 2021
(RNS) — A military source told RNS on the condition of anonymity that Stovall was not promoted to a full chaplain at the last chaplain board in June.
Politicizing Biden’s faith is pastoral malpractice
By John Gehring — May 5, 2021
(RNS) — Deploying Communion as a bludgeon to selectively sanction elected officials on a single issue is not the answer.
As COVID-19 swamps India, decision to allow Kumbh Mela’s crowds is scrutinized
By Bhavya Dore — May 3, 2021
MUMBAI (RNS) — As COVID-19 infections rise, the local and national governments' decision to allow the Kumbh Mela is being scrutinized as a sign of the BJP-led government favoring Hindu beliefs over safety.
US Catholic bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion
By David Crary — April 28, 2021
(AP) — At issue is a document coming from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Doctrine clarifying the church’s stance on an issue that has repeatedly vexed the bishops.
Joe Biden may unify the country. Don’t ask him to unify Catholics.
By Kenneth L. Woodward — April 19, 2021
(RNS) — Faggioli's book pits Pope Francis’ 'global left' and Biden’s 'liberal America' against conservative Catholics.
President Biden: ‘Let us recommit ourselves to the lessons of Easter’
By Joe Biden — April 2, 2021
(RNS) — We know that the crisis is not yet over, but as Easter heralds the return of spring, we see signs of hope all around us.
Seeking unity, Biden should look to Nelson Mandela
By Eboo Patel — January 22, 2021
(RNS) — The new president should craft a strategy that welcomes the willing from the other side back into the circle of decency.
Applause for Oklahoma’s day of prayer and fasting
By Brad Hirschfield — December 3, 2020
(RNS) — Whether or not Gov. Kevin Stitt means to include nonbelievers in his state, this proclamation is worthy of applause.
Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up
By Elana Schor and Ben Nadler — November 29, 2020
(RNS) — The GOP has resurfaced excerpts from a Democratic candidate's sermons to assail him as insufficiently supportive of the military as well as anti-Israel.
The 2020 election’s most crucial faith group is one you’ve never heard of
By Ryan Burge — October 15, 2020
(RNS) — The ‘nothing in particulars,’ a subset of the famous nones, have grown to become 20% of the U.S. over the past decade, even as their political allegiances have shifted dramatically.
How to make our politics better: Pray first, says a Jesuit guide
By Thomas Reese — October 14, 2020
(RNS) — The kind of prayer recommended by a new pamphlet on civic engagement is the kind that helps us listen, detached from our own preconceptions and prejudices.
Why is it so hard for atheists to get voted in to Congress?
By Phil Zuckerman — October 6, 2020
(The Conversation) — Americans are more willing to elect a president who has never held office or who had extramarital affairs than for an atheist.
‘Humanists for Biden-Harris’ to mobilize nonreligious vote
By Jack Jenkins — September 28, 2020
(RNS) — The group hopes to reach atheists, agnostics and other religiously unaffiliated voters who make up the largest belief group in the Democratic Party.
Is Judge Barrett’s ‘kingdom of God’ different from Obama’s?
By Charles C. Camosy — September 22, 2020
(RNS) — Almost no one suggests today that Ginsburg, King and Obama were acting as theocrats when they invoked their faith in the pursuit of public policy.
Jesus isn’t on the ballot. That doesn’t mean Christians can opt out.
By Shane Claiborne — September 8, 2020
(RNS) — There are those who will opt out because they refuse to choose between the ‘lesser of two evils.’ But opting out has consequences too, for other people whom Christ told us to protect.
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