#Clergycongregations

(RNS) — As the U.S. embraces aggressive anti-immigrant policies, Clarkston, Georgia, is now a test of how to best protect the diverse community of refugees.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates cheered this week when a Vatican working group released a report featuring the testimony of two gay, married Catholics who spoke openly about their sexuality, faith and how the Catholic Church’s negative…

(RNS) — 'We need accountability. We need to set goals, track registrations, follow up to ensure that those who register actually vote,' a Church of God in Christ bishop said at an 'emergency’ meeting.

(RNS) — If the United Methodist Church wants to reach younger, more ethnically diverse people, it must focus on densely populated urban areas, suggests researcher Lovett Weems Jr.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The trip comes as Trump has criticized Leo for his stances on the Middle East and elsewhere and as the president has drawn pushback for posting a social media image likening himself to Jesus Christ.

(The Conversation) — Pope Leo is following the teachings of Francis on human dignity and applying them to ongoing international crises, argues a scholar of global Catholicism.

(RNS) — Scholar Lerone Martin reveals little-known pieces of history in ‘Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.’

(RNS) — When faith communities teach colorblindness, they are teaching their congregants to be silent in the face of devastating decisions like this latest Supreme Court ruling.

(RNS) — ‘We still have defendants who are fighting, and we have more work to do, but this is a major step forward in this litigation,’ said lawyers involved in the case.

(RNS) — The Faith250 initiative has 209 Christian, Jewish and Muslim congregations signed up to study 'America’s sacred texts' in a mission to stem the country’s democratic backsliding.