RNS Morning Report: Where has Trump spiritual adviser Paula White gone?

Top Stories Where has Trump spiritual adviser Paula White gone? (RNS) — The onetime organizer of the former president’s evangelical Christian advisory board has been relatively muted in her public support in the 2024 election season.   Sudanese Anglican cathedral is now a graveyard for civil war victims, archbishop says (RNS) — The Sudanese civil war is the world’s largest displacement crisis today.   Grief over Gaza and qualms over US election add up to anguish for many Palestinian Americans (AP) — “Without stopping U.S. financial support and military support to Israel, this will not stop,” said Ghada Elnajjar who in 2020 campaigned for Biden. “I’m a U.S. citizen. I’m a taxpayer ... and I feel betrayed and neglected.”   In a noisy world, this temple hopes a new Buddha and meditation garden can bring peace (RNS) — Bhante Sujatha, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk leading a temple in Woodstock, Illinois, hopes a new outdoor, interfaith meditation space will be a sanctuary in a world of noise. RNS Opinion Immigrants, pets and the sin of slander in an age of social media (RNS) — No one is going to eat Rover.   Medieval theology has an old take on a new problem − AI responsibility (The Conversation) — Autonomous AI is still designed by people − so who or what is really responsible for its actions? For centuries, theologians have posed similar questions about mankind and God. ICYMI In East Timor, Pope Francis met a church on the rise (RNS) — Catholicism may be in decline in the West, but in East Timor, thousands gathered to catch a glimpse of the pope from the end of the world.   Evangelicals rally behind statement that hopes to combat polarization with revival (RNS) — ‘I see this statement as a very important call to teaching,’ said Richard Mouw, a theologian and former president of Fuller Theological Seminary, who signed a statement urging evangelicals to reject ‘political idolatry.’ In Other News Rare and ornate 14th-century Bible sells at auction for £5.3m Why more Americans are identifying with spirituality   Talk to Us We want your feedback on the RNS Morning Report — what you think we're doing right and what we should be doing differently. Send us an email at Comments@ReligionNews.com Subscribe to other RNS Newsletters. Forward this email to a friend. View the archive of past newsletters. RNS is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today at religionnews.com/donate. If you prefer to mail a donation, please address to: Religion News Foundation, PO Box 1808, Columbia, MO 65205. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend