Amid Surge of Campus Protests, Chaplains Find Reason for Hope in Their Students
The chaplains at Ivy League and other top schools say the students have learned about the concerns of other faiths, while finding ways to express their own.
Union Theological Seminary Votes to Divest From Companies Profiting From Gaza War
Union, a private, ecumenical school that serves as Columbia University’s faculty of theology but maintains a separate endowment, is the first U.S. institute of higher education known to divest from the war in Gaza.
Arizona Pro-Palestinian Protesters Sue, Argue Authorities Violated Their Religious Freedom
‘We were doing nothing but standing on that piece of property, singing, chanting, praying in the road when we were dragged off,’ said the Rev. Seth Wispelwey.
Christian Nationalist Activists Lead Pro-Israel Rally at Columbia University
The rally was a sign of political evangelicalism’s increasing interest in campus politics writ large and the pro-Palestinian campus protests in particular.
The Ninth Fort
This issue of A Public Witness reflects on Genocide Awareness Month and how we can’t stop atrocities if we refuse to see them.
Dozens of Christians Arrested After Shutting Down Senate Lunch in Protest of Gaza Famine
The protest, organized by Christians for a Free Palestine, followed a Communion service held on Capitol grounds.
Pope Overcomes Health Concerns to Preside Over Easter Mass and Appeal for Peace in Gaza and Ukraine
The pontiff, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, has been battling respiratory problems all winter.
Pastor-Turned-Congressman Wants to Nuke Gaza
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, a Republican from Michigan who used to serve as a Baptist pastor, suggested at a town hall during Holy Week that the Gaza Strip should be nuked.
In Jerusalem, Palestinian Christians Observe Scaled-Down Good Friday Celebrations
'Usually people are joyful today and kids are excited. But when you compare children here who have water and food and a family to what’s happening in Gaza, how can you be happy?' said Fayaz Dakkak, a Palestinian storeowner.
More Than 140 Global Christian Leaders Call for Gaza Cease-Fire in Holy Week Letter
‘We repent of the ways we have not stood alongside our Palestinian siblings in faithful witness in the midst of their grief, agony, and sorrow,’ the leaders wrote.