Spokane City Council votes to limit local immigration enforcement, drawing hundreds of community members to City Hall as immigrant advocates praise the move to protect residents.
American Atheists released its annual State of the Secular States report, which ranks states on religious equality. This year, Washington ranks high with Idaho low.
Healthcare leaders gathered virtually at WSU's Health Justice and Belonging Conference to discuss community-driven solutions toward healthcare equity in eastern Washington.
Despite 123.7 million Super Bowl viewers, most Americans don’t believe God cares about the game’s outcome. A recent Lifeway Research study shows only 13% think God is concerned.
This week's religion news roundup reports on a priest attack in Spokane's Lady of Lourdes, plans to remove the Monaghan statue from downtown, a water purification invention by Whitworth students and more.
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Donald Trump addresses the Faith and Freedom Coalition's "Road To Majority" conference in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2016. RNS photo by Cathy Lynn Grossman
WASHINGTON (RNS) The prospect of choosing between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for president is driving Veronica Mahaffy straight to prayer.
To this lifelong conservative Christian and Republican voter, he’s a “mocker” — the kind of arrogant, heedless man who’s condemned in the Bible — and he’s “corrupt.”
Trump did not change her mind with his address Friday (June 10) to 1,200 people including Mahaffy, a Pennsylvania retiree who came here for the three-day Road to Majority gathering of the Faith & Freedom Coalition and the Concerned Women for America.
Cathy Lynn Grossman is a senior national correspondent for Religion News Service, specializing in stories drawn from research and statistics on religion, spirituality and ethics, and manager for social media.
