John Kerry
Why a visit by Israel’s national security minister to Al-Aqsa Mosque caused a firestorm
By Daoud Kuttab — January 6, 2023
(RNS) — Israel must decide whether its future will be as a modern democracy or a theocracy.
When Madeleine Albright ‘became’ Jewish
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 24, 2022
(RNS) — A great American, a great immigrant, a great Jew.
EcoSikh joins interfaith effort ahead of COP26
By Joseph Hammond — October 28, 2021
(RNS) — EcoSikh, which draws on Sikh ethics, beliefs and the example of Sikh gurus to confront the world’'s environmental challenges, described the COP26 event as a ‘last ray of hope as the earth faces an unprecedented ecological crisis.’
Six suggestions for the Catholic bishops’ document on the Eucharist
By Thomas Reese — September 7, 2021
(RNS) — The U.S. bishops’ document on the Eucharist could be helpful — if they do it right.
US bishops set collision course with Vatican over plan to press Biden not to take Communion
By Steven P. Millies — June 16, 2021
(The Conversation) — A debate over whether President Biden's views on abortion disqualify him from taking Communion serves to expose a rift between US bishops and the pope, and is a threat to the church itself.
At Vatican, Kerry appeals to pope’s ‘moral authority’ to combat climate change
By Claire Giangravé — May 17, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — President Joe Biden's special envoy for climate issues praised the pontiff for his leadership and advocacy for the environment, noting Francis has ‘been ahead of the curve’ when it comes to pressing the importance of caring for creation.
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.
Four Catholic solutions to toxic politics
By Thomas Reese — January 9, 2020
(RNS) — As the largest church with an equal number of Republicans and Democrats, Catholics have a special obligation to try something before it is too late.
Israel, threatened by religion
By Mark Silk — January 2, 2017
In the form of the religious Zionists of the settler movement.
US-based Turkish cleric says he’d accept extradition
By Jerome Socolovsky — July 17, 2016
ISTANBUL -- Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States is willing to help Turkey as it tries to identify those involved in the coup attempt.
US says Islamic State committed genocide against Christians
By Reuters — March 17, 2016
WASHINGTON -- The State Department says the designation by Secretary John Kerry does not create a legal obligation for the United States.
Kerry to Netanyahu: Time for all to end inflammatory rhetoric
By Reuters — October 22, 2015
The U.S. secretary of state told the Israeli prime minister, "It is absolutely critical to end all incitement, to end all violence and to find a road forward..."
Kerry cites need for clarity to help end Israeli-Palestinian violence
By Reuters — October 19, 2015
MADRID (Reuters) The unrest, the most serious in years, has been stirred in part by anger over what Palestinians see as increased Jewish encroachment on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Palestinians set fire to Jewish shrine; Israeli soldier stabbed
By Reuters — October 16, 2015
Jerusalem (Reuters) The recent unrest that has engulfed Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, the most serious in years, has claimed the lives of 32 Palestinians and seven Israelis.
State Department religious freedom report focuses on terror groups
By Lauren Markoe — October 14, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) Nonstate actors, said Secretary of State John Kerry, are "the principal persecutors and preventers of religious tolerance and practice."
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