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GwenEpiscopal Church Applauds Senate Passage of Indian Boarding School Truth and Healing Commission Bill
On December 20, the Senate passed S.1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2023. The Episcopal Church issued a statement applauding the...
Trump Issues Reformation Day Statement on Religious Liberty
President Donald Trump issued a statement on Saturday recognizing Reformation Day and its impact on religious liberty and the foundation of the United States. The White House statement...
Congress Weighs US-Israel Defense Technology Bill Pushed by Israel-Backed Lobby Groups
Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick, writing an opinion piece in The Guardian, say Congress is considering legislation that would embed Israel’s military deeply within the US military-industrial complex....
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, Fires Pastor After Congregation Vote
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, one of the District’s oldest and most diverse congregations, has dismissed its pastor over what a church spokeswoman and others described as differences...
Hegseth Creates Pentagon Office for Religious Affairs, Drawing Concern From Military Chaplains
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has created a new Office of Religious Affairs, and current and former military chaplains say they do not want it. Hegseth announced the office...
Columnist Criticizes Catholic Bishops’ Oval Office Prayer With Trump
A dozen Catholic bishops visited the Oval Office the week before Gustavo Arellano’s Oct. 31, 2026, column in the Los Angeles Times, where they stood around President Trump...
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, appeals court ends long dispute over Unification Church founder’s succession and Zug foundation fortune
A federal appeals court in the District of Columbia ended one of the longest disputes connected to the succession of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the...
Review Questions Anabaptist Pacifism in Pastor Nathan Scot Hosler’s Book on Peacemaking
A new book by Nathan Scot Hosler, co-pastor with his wife of Washington City Church of the Brethren on Capitol Hill, takes the work of theologian Stanley Hauerwas...
Church of the Brethren in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, to host interfaith prayer service marking 20th 9/11 anniversary
The Church of the Brethren’s Office of Peacebuilding and Policy is taking part in an Interfaith Prayer Service marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11. The service will be...
