Michael Voris, the founder of Church Militant, repeatedly refers to Gregory as “the African Queen” throughout the video.
Jack Jenkins - Religion News Service
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Democrats lost white Christians. Can they win them back?
While Democrats have been able to eke out victories in previous elections by relying on ever-winnowing slivers of the religious vote, the exodus of white Christians from their ranks may be harder to ignore this year.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Trump takes jabs at political opponents during National Prayer Breakfast
When the president arrived Thursday morning (Feb. 6), he stood before the applauding crowd and held aloft a newspaper emblazoned with a headline announcing his acquittal by the U.S. Senate from impeachment charges.
Posted inFaith, News
Arizona court accepts religious liberty defense of immigrant rights activists
Activists in the case argued they were working with the group No More Deaths/No Más Muertes, an official ministry of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson, and thus were acting on their religious beliefs to save immigrant lives.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Christianity Today editor says Trump should be removed from office
The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents,” he wrote.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Senators oppose Trump refugee cuts on religious freedom grounds
“At a time when we are facing the ‘highest levels of displacement on record,’ according to the United Nations Refugee Agency, we urge you to increase the refugee resettlement cap and to admit as many refugees as possible within that cap,” the letter reads.
Posted inFaith, News
Trump aims to protect persecuted Christians, but some aren’t sure he’s helping
An increasingly vocal band of advocates and experts says the Trump administration’s policies have failed to address many of the challenges faced by Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities abroad
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Can a parishioner consent to a relationship with their priest? New scandal raises question
New questions about how Catholic leaders deal with sexual misconduct arose on June 4 after a Texas woman claimed in a news report that church officials in Houston allowed a priest with whom she had a sexual relationship to continue in ministry at a parish two hours away.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
California lawmakers threaten to violate seal of confession to find abusers
On May 31, the California state senate passed a bill requiring priests to report anything they heard in the sacrament of confession from priests or colleagues relating to sex abuse. The bill passed with a 30-4 vote, with 4 senators not voting at all. Catholic clergy and survivor groups have clashed on the bill, the clergy against it, survivor groups all for “increased transparency.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
The Vatican and Catholic colleges are weighing-in on the emerging AI ethics debate
The Marquette students are part of a growing movement of tech sector professionals, religious leaders and Silicon Valley workers wrestling with profound questions about whether future technologies will be used for good or evil.