National Religious Campaign Against Torture Action Fund

09/11/2021

by Rosemarie PacePax Christi New York Love your enemies; do good to those who persecute you.Forgive not seven times, but seventy times seven times.You who live by the sword will die by the sword. M…

10/28/2020

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06/26/2018

We continue to say: . No Hate. No Fear.

Today the Supreme Court issued a decision upholding the Trump Administration's third travel ban.

By a 5-4 vote, the court reversed a series of lower-court rulings and saying the rule banning nearly all travelers from five mainly Muslim countries was within the president's authority.

06/26/2018

No hate. No fear.

05/17/2018

ACTION ALERT: Call your Senators to oppose the nomination of Gina Haspel as CIA Director. Dial the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 to be connected to your Senators' offices and say something like:

“Hello, I’m a constituent from __________. I’m calling to ask the Senator to oppose Gina Haspel’s nomination to be CIA Director. I don’t think that the Senate should confirm as Director of the CIA someone who supervised torture or destroyed evidence.”

Your Senators need to hear from you, even as the Senate Intelligence Committee has moved forward her nomination in a 10-5 vote.

05/09/2018

"Refusing to say that torture is immoral, after being asked repeatedly in her Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, is all you need to know to conclude that Gina Haspel is uniquely disqualified to serve as our next CIA Director." ~ Rev. Ron Stief

Nominee for CIA Director, Gina Haspel, testifies at Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on May 9, 2018.

05/09/2018

ACTION ALERT: Call your Senators to oppose the nomination of Gina Haspel as CIA Director. Dial the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 to be connected to your Senators' offices and say something like:

“Hello, I’m a constituent from __________. I’m calling to ask the Senator to oppose Gina Haspel’s nomination to be CIA Director. I don’t think that the Senate should confirm as Director of the CIA someone who supervised torture or destroyed evidence.”

05/08/2018

"'Catholic social teaching is clearly against the practice of torture because it violates human dignity, and it is certainly not in accord with Jesus' way of reconciliation and love of enemies,' Eli McCarthy, director of justice and peace for the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, told NCR."

Several Catholic groups have opposed President Trump's nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, saying Gina Haspel's role in overseeing torture disqualifies her, according to &...

05/04/2018

Some thoughts on religious freedom.

05/04/2018

Gina Haspel headed a CIA torture site and helped destroy videotaped evidence of torture. Call your Senators and ask them to vote NO on Haspel for CIA Director - (202) 224-3121

The C.I.A. is making an unusually public push to ensure President Trump’s nominee for director, Gina Haspel, is confirmed.