NCC President Replies to Bush

It is commendable for President Bush to apologize for the mistakes made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. We welcome his pledge to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We celebrate his promise to address the injustices that were so profoundly exposed by the...

NCC Leader Criticizes Planners of ‘Justice Sunday’

The head of the leading ecumenical organization in the United States on Tuesday decried a campaign labeling opponents of President Bush’s judicial nominees as being against “people of faith.” Bob Edgar, general secretary of the National Council of...

NCC Head Blasts Magazine for ‘Smear’

National Council of Churches General Secretary Bob Edgar criticized a column in U.S. News & World Report critical of his organization as “journalistic malpractice.” An Oct. 18 column in the magazine included the “reliably leftist” NCC in...

NCC Offers Guide for Reflecting on ‘The Passion’

One of the nation’s leading ecumenical organizations is now offering a reflection guide for Mel Gibson’s upcoming movie, “The Passion of the Christ.” The National Council of Churches, based in New York, announced Friday that its Interfaith...