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US faith groups resolve to protect migrants, refugees after Trump win

RNS Former President Donald Trump’s election to a second term prompted faith groups that work with migrants and refugees to reaffirm their commitment to continue their work on Wednesday, after Trump campaigned on blocking migration and carrying out record deportations. “Given President-elect Trump’s record on immigration and promises to suspend refugee resettlement, restrict asylum protections, […]

Rev Alvin Herring, head of US group Faith in Action, to retire

Rev Alvin Herring.

Washington DC, US RNS Rev Alvin Herring announced on Tuesday that he will step down next year as head of the US congregation-based organising network Faith in Action, leaving the group he has helmed for five years. “I think this is a good moment to step aside and give younger leaders a chance to lead, […]

Advocating for Haitians, US faith groups pressure Biden to end Trump-era measure

US Mexico border U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials

RNS Rev Myrlande DesRosiers likens what has happened to Haiti in the past few months to Biblical plagues: the mounting death toll of COVID-19, the assassination of the Haitian President and a massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake in August that left thousands dead on the island nation and reduced homes to rubble. And this month, a fourth catastrophe: […]

Faith groups among those granted money from US billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

US Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee Minnesota and MacKenzie Scott

RNS A number of faith-based groups were among the nearly 300 recipients of $US2.7 billion in grants announced Tuesday by billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to organizsations addressing a range of social issues. Scott, who was formerly married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, wrote in a Medium post that she and her husband, Dan Jewett, worked with researchers, […]

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions speech interrupted by Methodist, Baptist clergy

Sessions Speech

RNS Attorney General Jeff Sessions was only moments into a speech on religious liberty Monday before he was interrupted by two ministers who called on him to “repent” for his role in enforcing Trump administration policy. Sessions was speaking about “The Future of Religious Liberty” at a meeting in Boston hosted by the Boston Lawyers […]