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Sep 23, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | Rizki Fauzi
(RNS) — As a storm loomed over Springfield, Ohio, Sunday afternoon (Sept. 22), some 60 local clergy gathered outside the city’s Greater Grace Temple to welcome the Rev. William Barber II, who was invited to the city by faith leaders to push back against former President Trump and vice president-hopeful J.D. Vance’s campaign messages about Haitian immigrants in the city.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | Richa Karmarkar |Rizki Fauzi
NEW YORK (RNS) — Waving both the tri-color Indian flag and the American Stars and Stripes, more than 13,000 people gathered in Long Island on Sunday (Sept. 22) to see and hear Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praise the strength of the Indian American community, which, at an estimated 5 million people, is the largest Indian diaspora of any country.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | Thomas Reese |Rizki Fauzi
(RNS) — The second session of the Synod on Synodality will take place this October as a follow-up to the first session that occurred last October. Here are five things to look for as the synod delegates gather in Rome. First, how is the second session similar to the first session of the synod? The first session of the synod took place last October after a worldwide consultation process that asked people how they thought the church should respond to the challenges that faced it and the world.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | David Crary |Rizki Fauzi
(AP) — Just two years ago, leading anti-abortion activists were euphoric as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, thus ending the nationwide right to abortion. Now, with a presidential election fast approaching, their movement is disunited and worried. Within their own ranks, there is second-guessing and finger-pointing, plus trepidation that Election Day might provide new proof that their cause is broadly unpopular.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | Michael Naparstek |Rizki Fauzi
(The Conversation) — The recent launch of the video game “Black Myth: Wukong” has broken numerous records around the world for the number of users. The game is set in the world of the famous Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” where players battle gods and demons of traditional popular Chinese religion. In the first few weeks following its release on Aug. 19, 2024, “Black Myth: Wukong” had reportedly sold over 18 million copies, making it one of the fastest-selling games of all time.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | Jeffrey Salkin |Rizki Fauzi
(RNS) — Over the course of American history, there have been presidents who have made stupid and even hateful remarks about Jews. For example, President Harry Truman. When World War II and the Holocaust ended, Jews and others called for the creation of a Jewish state. Truman felt compassion for Jewish survivors. And yet, in private conversations with his wife and friends, he was known to have uttered antisemitic epithets and other malicious things about American Jews.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | Holly Meyer |Rizki Fauzi
(AP) — Some churches are launching new Christian schools on their campuses, seeking to give parents more education options that align with religious values. State school voucher programs are not the driving reason, but they are making the start-up process easier, pastors and Christian education experts say. In Florida, Ohio and other states, there is now a greater availability of taxpayer funding to pay for K-12 private school tuition.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | Tiffany Stanley |Curtis Yee |Rizki Fauzi
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Rev. Lee Scott publicly endorsed Kamala Harris for president during the Evangelicals for Harris Zoom call on Aug. 14, the Presbyterian pastor and farmer said he was taking a risk. “The easy thing for us to do this year would be to keep our heads down, go to the ballot box, keep our vote secret and go about our business,” Scott told the group, which garnered roughly 3,200 viewers according to organizers.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | Jeffrey Salkin |Rizki Fauzi
(RNS) — Because this is the season of confession, let me start with a confession. It is something that I have never shared with anyone before — so I know that I can trust you all to keep my secret. For a number of years, I suffered from anxiety when I crossed bridges. I do not know what it was about bridges. I do not know if it was the height or the potential shakiness in the wind. The Throgs Neck Bridge that connects the Bronx and Queens, New York? Yikes.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | Adelle M. Banks |Rizki Fauzi
(RNS) — The introduction to online worship services at Abyssinian Baptist Church still briefly features the church’s previous pastor, two months after a new leader entered the pulpit. It’s a show of respect for his late predecessor, said the Rev. Kevin R. Johnson, who is set to be formally installed the last Sunday of September at the Harlem, New York, church that marked its bicentennial in 2008. It’s also a sign of the congregation’s continuing grief nearly two years after the death of the Rev.
