After Cuts, Trump Administration Gives $2B to Christian Groups for Global Aid
The funding for humanitarian assistance abroad does not appear to include any U.S. based non-Christian groups in the aftermath of USAID's shutdown.
‘We Garden on Our Knees’: Kew Theology & Gardening Project Explores Faith, Nature, and Climate
In a corner of west London, an Anglican church is using its proximity to one of the most famous botanical gardens in the world, Kew Gardens, as a reason for a new venture linking theology and nature.
Nuclear Weapons as ‘God’s Grace and Mercy’?
This issue of A Public Witness looks at how the head of the Russian Orthodox Church nukes God’s grace and mercy before considering how it serves as a warning about militaristic Christian Nationalism more broadly.
Archbishop Mullally Ends Africa Tour With Calls for Healing From Church’s Role in Slavery
The trip marked Mullally's first visit to Africa and highlighted the Church of England's controversial reparations fund to address its historic links to slavery.
South African Faith Leaders Respond to Prolonged Anti-Migrant Violence
Churches are calling for restraint, humanitarian support, and law and order as xenophobic unrest deepens.
Reeling From Venezuela’s Earthquakes, Churches Rush to Inspect Buildings, Distribute Supplies
Despite the fact that many Venezuelan faith leaders have been impacted themselves by the ongoing disaster, they’ve sprung into action to provide food, psychological support, and other basic needs to the large population of victims.
As Reports of Anti-Christian Incidents in Israel Increase, Advocates Press Police to Act
‘For three years, the police saw me as a nudnikit (pest),’ said Yisca Harani, founder of the Religious Freedom Data Center, which tracks and aims to prevent incidents targeting Christians in Israel. ‘After the incident with the nun, I feel they are taking me a
With Cuba in Crisis, Faith Groups Work To Influence Policy, Deliver Aid
A group including leaders from the World Council of Churches, the Anglican Communion, the World Methodist Council, and the PCUSA recently paid a solidarity visit to Cuba, aimed at highlighting Cuban suffering and condemning U.S. sanctions.
‘They Have Already Suffered Enough’: Central African Clergy Respond to US Deportation
Faith leaders say they would welcome migrants deported from the United States but question the decision to send vulnerable people without ties to a nation still healing from years of sectarian violence.
Trump’s Meeting With Orthodox Christian Patriarch Sows Confusion
The Greek Orthodox leader expects to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this month.