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Uighurs under China Suppression, Governor Orders Churches Closed, Bibles Ballooned Into North Korea, Vatican Issues Sex Abuse Reporting Guide, The Talmud and the Cancel Culture, Changes…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jul 20, 2020
Issues
Myanmar Leader Rejects Genocide Charge A 2017 crackdown in Myanmar against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority allegedly included mass killings, rapes and arson and resulted in…
WRN Editorial Staff
Dec 16, 2019
Lutheranism
Pledge to help immigrants Close to 3.5 million Christians, represented by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), have voted to become America’s first “sanctuary church…
Catholicism
They also met with a relief agency, government officials and refugee family members A Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh was visited by two cardinals[/tweetit] who hail…
Religion News
Human Rights First coalition Members of faith-based groups, the Senate, and other human rights groups sent a strong message urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to…
Islam
Asma Uddin’s upcoming book ‘When Islam Is Not a Religion: Inside America’s Fight for Religious Freedom’ An anti-Islamic sentiment has been pervasive in the United States…
Religion News
Organizations espousing hate have increased following the popularity of extremism. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) said on February 20 the population of active U.S. hate…
Christianity
Jeffress compared Trump’s wall to the Book of Nehemiah. Megachurch evangelical pastor and vociferous supporter of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Robert Jeffress, defended the security…
Catholicism
Pope Francis celebrated his birthday with sick immigrant children at a free health clinic. Pope Francis had some cake with kids the day before his 82nd…
Catholicism
Trump may be using the migrants to succeed in the midterm elections. In the midst of a Pentagon announcement that thousands of U.S. military personnel will…
Islam
Report shows Anti-Muslim campaigning is “a losing strategy.” A 51-page long report by Muslim Advocates revealed a number of candidates, nearly all of them Republicans, have…
Christianity
Pastor Barber has been arrested 15 times. Unlike other winners of the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Reverend William J. Barber II was…