Politics
Catholic bishops: Don’t let Boston attacks derail immigration reform
(RNS) Leading U.S. Catholic bishops on Monday (April 22) denounced efforts to use the Boston Marathon bombings to derail the push for immigration reform, saying it is wrong to brand all immigrants as dangerous and that a revamped system would in fact make Americans safer.
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Muslim leaders: We stand against terrorism
WASHINGTON (RNS) American Muslim leaders said they stand against terrorism committed in the name of Islam, trying to distance themselves from the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings who were identified as Muslims with ties to Chechnya.
"We will never allow ourselves to be...
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Russia’s Chechnya: A breeding ground for terror
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MOSCOW (RNS) Chechnya, the Russian republic believed to be connected to the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects, has been the scene of terro...
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Evangelicals see promise in immigration proposal
WASHINGTON (RNS) A coalition of evangelical leaders who hope to shape national immigration reform is expressing cautious optimism about a bill a bipartisan group of senators introduced in Congress.
Richard Land, the public policy director for the Southern Baptist Convention, sa...
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Obama praises Boston for overcoming the ‘face of evil’
(RNS) President Barack Obama praised Bostonians for their actions "in the face of evil" during an interfaith memorial service on Thursday (April 18) for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.
"You've shown us, Boston, that in the face of evil, Americans will lift up what's goo...
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Mosque arsonist Randolph Linn sentenced to 20 years
TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) An Indiana truck driver and former Marine was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.4 million for setting fire to a Toledo-area mosque, a crime that the judge likened to Monday's Boston Marathon bombings as "assaults on the American spirit."
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COMMENTARY: How to respond to a marathon massacre
(RNS) "How do you defend against terrorists?" asked a colleague, as we processed news reports of two bomb explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
The answer, truth be told, is you probably don't defend against terrorism. Like a deadbolt on a residential door, yo...
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Tax or fee? Pastors push back against city’s ‘annual registration fee’
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (RNS) After the city's director of emergency services delivered an opening...
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Poll says Muslim Brotherhood has soured Americans on Egypt
(RNS) The Islamic political party known as the Muslim Brotherhood has soured American attitudes towards Egypt, arguably America's most important Arab ally, since its candidate Mohamed Morsi won presidential elections there in June 2012.
That's according to a poll released Frida...
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Immigration reform becomes personal for evangelicals
(RNS) For Southern Baptist Pastor David Uth, immigration reform became a priority after a family in his Orlando, Fla., megachurch faced deportation.
Bishop Ricardo McClin says it was time to speak up when members of a Church of God congregation he oversaw stopped worshipping in...
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