Religion News Service Archives

Nabeel Qureshi, who shared conversion from Islam to Christianity, dies at 34
- Church in the US, Obituary, Religion News Service
- September 18, 2017
Nabeel Qureshi was raised an Ahmadi Muslim by his parents, who immigrated to the United States from Pakistan. When he was an adult, a Christian friend challenged him to study Islam with a critical eye, the same way he had studied Christianity. After several years of investigation, and what he described as dreams and visions, he became a Christian.
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Interfaith coalition says ‘no principled basis’ for Trump’s travel ban
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- September 15, 2017
An interfaith group is arguing that Trump’s March 6 executive order imposing a travel ban from six countries is “anathema” to the core tenet of religious tolerance that they share. They say the order “selectively targeted” six Muslim-majority nations cited in State Department reports on terrorism but excluded at least two Christian-majority nations — Venezuela and the Philippines — that meet the same criteria applied to the Muslim countries.
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Chainsaw-wielding nun just ‘wanted to help out’ after Hurricane Irma
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- September 14, 2017
Sister Margaret Ann, principal of Miami’s Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School, saw chainsaws sitting in a school closet, and, after Hurricane Irma left a path of destruction through the city, thought “they didn’t belong there. They needed to be used.”
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‘Neo-Protestant’ challenge seen in France’s political upheaval

French Protestants make up only two percent of the population of France. Lutherans and Calvinists, respected by the Catholic majority as hardworking and honest, are in numerical decline while immigration is boosting the evangelical ranks. A leading French intellectual says this is changing the political culture of the country.

‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows

A new study, “America’s Changing Religious Identity,” shows Americans are also continuing to move away from organized religion altogether, as atheists, agnostics and those who say they do not identify with any particular religion — the group known as the “nones” — hold steady at about one-quarter (24 percent) of the population.

Catholic faith moves Houston’s ‘Mattress Mack’ to shelter Hurricane Harvey victims

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, motivated by his Catholic faith, dispatched trucks to rescue Harvey flooding victims and opened his stores as shelters to hundreds of evacuees and Texas Army National Guard troops. He said Houstonians are acting the way Pope John Paul II had inspired people to act. “They’re loving each other. That’s the way it ought to be all the time.”