Category - United States

Aid agency laments record number of Americans going hungry

agency reporter — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:42:49 +0000

ore than one in seven of American households suffered from food insecurity in 2008, according to the most recent data on hunger released by the US Department of Agriculture yesterday.

Campaigners urge Obama to live up to Nobel ideals

staff writers — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:44:59 +0100

The US President Barack Obama has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation”. Campaigners welcomed the news but urged Obama to live up to the Prize.

US churches welcome Obama's global message to Muslims

agency reporter — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:13:48 +0100

Senior staff of the National Council of Churches USA have praised President Obama's address to the Muslims throughout the world yesterday, renewing the Council's commitment to friendship and dialogue with Muslim people of faith.

Major treatise on religious liberty published online in the USA

staff writers — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:00:28 +0100

The First Amendment Center in the USA has placed online the once unavailable five-volume treatise of the late Rev Dean M. Kelley, the internationally known National Council of Churches USA executive for religious liberty.

Asian churches call for US military withdrawal from Afghanistan

agency reporter — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:30:13 +0100

While the US the United States is trying to rally NATO behind its South Asian strategy, Asian churches have called "for the withdrawal of US-led international combat troops from Afghanistan".

Survey identifies political differences among US Protestant clergy

agency reporter — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:16:20 +0000

A survey by Public Religion Research released March 6 shows that mainline Protestant clergy are much more likely to identify themselves as liberal and Democrat than conservative or Republican.

Southern Baptists and Catholics join US church decline trend

agency reporter — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:12:38 +0000

A reported decline in US Catholic and Southern Baptist membership raises eyebrows because they have grown dependably over the years, but now join the majority of mainline churches reporting a gradual decline.

New Orthodox Church in America head faces need for change

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:20:23 +0000

Metropolitan Jonah, the new head of the Orthodox Church in America, says he "laughs off" any comparison made between himself and US President Barack Obama as a reformer and agent of change.

US churches continue to seek unity in social justice and witness

Episcopal News Service — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:32:30 +0000

The US National Council of Churches' assembly focused on being global good neighbours, including immigration reform, the meaning of Christian unity in a pluralistic era, and obstacles to unity, racial justice and interfaith dialogue.

The next US President and the Middle East

Timothy Seidel — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:20:30 +0100

The geopolitical dynamics and instability in the Middle East makes that region an important element of any US president’s foreign policy, says Timothy Seidel. But the major parties are still trading in stereotypes, not solutions.