Evangelicals Call for Nuclear Cutbacks

WASHINGTON (RNS) The National Association of Evangelicals on Tuesday (Nov. 8) called for greater precautions with nuclear weapons and a renewed effort toward disarmament. “The rules have changed in the past 25 years,” NAE President Leith Anderson said. “Nuclear...

Religious Leaders Lobby Congress for Foreign Aid

WASHINGTON (RNS) As Congress prepares for a high-stakes battle over federal spending, religious leaders are lobbying senators to preserve foreign aid as a moral obligation. “We’re talking about lives—great numbers of lives that are saved with minimal input on our...

Catholics Urge Civility in Politics

WASHINGTON (RNS) Responding to fresh controversy over Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith, a group of Catholic elder statesmen on Wednesday (Nov. 2) called for more civility in politics, saying Catholics have been subjected to similar scrutiny. Speaking as “Catholic citizens...

Bishops Warn Congress on Threats to Freedom

WASHINGTON (RNS) U.S. Catholic bishops dispatched their new point man on religious freedom to warn Congress on Wednesday (Oct. 26) that religious people risk being labeled as “bigots” without greater conscience protections. Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Conn.,...