Wednesday, April 30, 2025

RNS Morning Report - In a conclave of strangers, cardinals are starting to get to know one another

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In a conclave of strangers, cardinals are starting to get to know one another

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Those gathering to elect a successor to Pope Francis say the first step to reaching a two-thirds majority is to get to know one another.
 

White evangelicals remain Trump’s staunchest supporters, Pew study finds

(RNS) — While a majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s job performance, his evangelical supporters remain on his side, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
 

African Catholic leaders hope for a new pope who will be a voice for continent

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its poor and the marginalized.
 

‘It’s not a theocracy,’ says leader on White House, faith partnerships over the years

(RNS) — The White House faith-based office ‘put in the consciousness of the federal government how important faith-based and secular organizations are in what they do for society,’ Stanley Carlson-Thies said.
 

Disgraced Cardinal Becciu agrees to obey Francis’ wishes and leave conclave

(RNS) — Becciu was sentenced to nearly five years in prison after a Vatican criminal court found him guilty of fraud and embezzlement.

 

RNS Opinion

Deporting students won’t stop antisemitism

(RNS) — Focusing on defending Jews exclusively is not only wrong, it is dangerous.
 

The fundamentalist strain in American Catholicism

(RNS) — It’s not just traditionalism.

 

ICYMI

550 US rabbis sign letter condemning Trump’s antisemitism policy

(RNS) — The letter comes after a poll found that most American Jews oppose the way President Donald Trump is handling antisemitism.
 

Rev. William Barber arrested in Capitol Rotunda after praying against Republican-led budget

(RNS) — While arrests of protesters at the Capitol is not unusual, the response to Barber’s prayer was unusually dramatic: After issuing verbal warnings, dozens of officers expelled everyone in the Rotunda — including credentialed press.

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