Gina Ciliberto
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Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Online fundraiser supports LGBTQ staff fired from Catholic parishes, schools
Linda Karle-Nelson says that $5,000 isn't much, but it's enough to make a statement of support for LGBTQ people who have been fired from their... → Read More
What Does Catholic Sisters' Apology for Racism Mean?
“The question remains whether or not the Catholic Church can become a truly anti-racist institution,” Shannen Dee Williams said. → Read More
Why Did a Nevada Pastor Bless Goats?
When overgrowth put a church property at risk, 260 goats, and four dogs, came to help. → Read More
Will U.S. Christians Atone for Church Boarding Schools? Indigenous Leaders Are Skeptical
“It doesn’t seem like the church as an institution genuinely cares about the ongoing harm of its participation in colonialism, in imperialism, and in genocide," said Amber Starks, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. → Read More
When a Pipeline Is a Threat to Earth, Water, and Sacred Spaces
Why Ojibwe people and their allies, including faith leaders, are protesting plans for Line 3 pipeline. → Read More
Minnesota Churches Building Together in Year After Floyd's Murder
George Floyd's murder served as a catalyst for many churches to begin organizing and rallying within their buildings, with other churches, and with their community broadly. → Read More
Do the New CDC Guidelines Mean a Return to In-person Worship?
The CDC’s updated guidelines encourage the fully vaccinated to mostly return to normalcy, leaving church leaders torn between celebration and caution. → Read More
When Conspiracy Theories Come To Church
How to deprogram followers of Trumpism and other extremist cults. → Read More
Despite Hate From Evangelicals, Katharine Hayhoe Sees Climate Hope
Many people now recognize the climate crisis as a justice issue — not a niche concern. → Read More
A Love Letter to the Black Church
Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s new PBS documentary covers 400 years of the Black church in America. → Read More
TRANSCRIPT: The Prayer Offered at Biden's Inauguration By Rev. O'Donovan
"Be with us, Holy Mystery of Love, as we dream together." → Read More
Biden Promises Dramatic Change to Trump's Anti-Immigrant Agenda
And advocates are holding him to it. → Read More
Here's Where to Pray (Virtually) During Inauguration Week
As Jan. 20 nears, one thing is certain: The U.S. needs as many prayers as possible. → Read More
Biden’s Climate Agenda Is Ambitious, But Clergy and Activists Want More
“We have to end fracking. Biden knows it,” Rev. Fletcher Harper said. → Read More
Yelling At Your Family Won't Change Their Beliefs. Do This Instead
Here are research-based ways to have an effective conversation. → Read More
Yelling At Your Family Won't Change Their Beliefs. Do This Instead
Here are research-based ways to have an effective conversation. → Read More
Pastors Work to Stop Evangelicals’ Spread of ‘Dangerous’ Misinformation
“There are consequences when faith leaders give credence to these lies.” → Read More
Prayers, Please: Ways to Pray for Election Day
After you vote, while you wait in line to vote, or while you anxiously tune in as votes are tallied, here are places that you can pray on Election Day. → Read More
How Pastors in the Most Segregated Area in the U.S. Are Turning Out Black Voters
Despite voter suppression and rising COVID-19 cases, Milwaukee's Souls to the Polls persists. → Read More
New Survey Shows the ‘Only Topic That Most Americans Agree On’
One-third of Americans (33 percent) report no confidence at all that the election will be conducted fairly and accurately. → Read More