The role was created in 1998 and is charged with helping the U.S. government promote global religious freedom.

The impact of the Trump foreign aid reductions, if enacted, “would be swift, devastating, and felt for years to come, imperiling millions of lives and the course of global development, stability, and partnership.”

Republican proposals “exclude too many people, including immigrants,” Bishop Frank J. Dewane said in a statement.

When I heard President Trump’s address to the Boy Scout Jamboree last night, I was appalled.

When in Rome, the Gingriches will be able to oil the wheels of diplomacy at the United States’ ambassadorial residence, a spacious house with a large terrace overlooking beautifully landscaped gardens on Janiculum Hill.

While religious conservatives are getting such intimate contact with Donald Trump that they can literally “lay hands” on him, other faith leaders are being kept at arm’s length.