(RNS) — On Aug. 29, the chief of the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Mohan Bhagwat, headlined the stage at Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “Universal Oneness Celebration.” The RSS was founded in...
(RNS) — Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference president, sent a letter on Tuesday (Sept. 8), urging President Donald Trump to cease the deportation of “large numbers” of Haitian immigrants. Citing...
Source: YouTubeSummaryNEW YORK (RNS) — When American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Gadi Capela recalled running to the trading floor of the financial firm where he worked near Rockefeller Center....
(RNS) — I was 27 years old, living in New York City and early in my career as a Quaker peace advocate, when the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, shook our country and the world. Days later, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) — where I began my...
HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese lawyer who defended a prominent underground church in Beijing fled to Taiwan and is seeking help for resettlement abroad, following mounting pressure from Chinese authorities on her firm and her colleagues. Ruth Wang, partner at VDoor...
