Tag: Barack Obama
Tutu was presented with top honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 from then-President Barack Obama.
Desmond Tutu, archbishop, activist and apartheid foe, is dead at 90
by: Adelle M. Banks Dec 26, 2021 (RNS) — Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu, the man who became synonymous with South Africa’s nonviolent struggle against apartheid, died Sunday (Dec.Read More
Obama, Bush and former President Bill Clinton — along with former first ladies...
Former US presidents, religious leaders launch organization to aid Afghan evacuee
by: Emily McFarlan Miller Sept. 14, 2021 (RNS) — Three former presidents and first ladies have joined with religious leaders, faith-based refugee resettlement agencies and others to support a newRead More
Obama says he didn’t view his political path as a call from God.
Five faith facts about former President Barack Obama’s new book: ‘A Promised Land’
by: Adelle M. Banks Nov. 18, 2020 (RNS) — Former President Barack Obama’s new book, “A Promised Land,” only mentions four pages in its index under the category “faith and.”Read More
The basis for this conventional wisdom is what came to be known in the early 2000s as the God gap.
Opinion: Do the Democrats have a religion problem?
by: Mark Silk Oct. 31, 2019 (RNS) — For the past couple of decades, the question, “Do the Democrats have a religion problem?” has seemed to answer itself. Of courseRead More
Trump beat Clinton by 25 points among rural white Catholics in Pennsylvania.
Opinion: Why Joe Biden, blue-collar Catholic icon, may not be enough for the Dems to win
by: Ryan Burge Oct. 22, 2019 (RNS) — It’s long been established that Donald Trump is supported by a tremendous share of white evangelical Protestants, and a poll from JulyRead More