(RNS) — More than 50 faith, civil rights and other organizations launched a joint initiative to oppose the death penalty in the United States as the groups’ leaders say they have been alarmed by increases in its use over the...
BEIRUT (RNS) — At a meeting with a head of the one of the Christian faith’s earliest communities, Pope Leo XIV addressed young Christians on Monday (Dec. 1), urging them to stay in their country despite the recurring challenges and...
(RNS) — The Maha Kumbh Mela of 2025 — the Hindu festival marking a full orbital revolution of Jupiter around the sun, occurring once every 144 years — drew an estimated 660 million pilgrims to Prayagraj, India, from around the...
(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes a pre-Advent feast and a Nepalese festival remembering departed family members. The post Photos of the Week: Pre-Advent feast, Nepalese festival appeared first on RNS. Source link...
This week on The State of Belief, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is joined by Dr. Maria J. Stephan, co-lead and chief organizer at the Horizons Project. In the conversation, we get her expert take on the pressing issues of...
(RNS) — We’re almost a year into the second Trump administration, and it’s hard to keep up with the escalating spiral of violence: against immigrants, student activists, even random fishermen in the Caribbean. It’s especially hard to wrap one’s head...
The latest episode of The State of Belief features the esteemed historian and author, Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer. With host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, he goes in-depth with his latest book, America’s Best Idea: The Separation of Church and State,...
(RNS) — Attorneys for Ya’akub Ira Vijandre, a Filipino artist being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Georgia, are challenging his detention in court, arguing he is being “punished for his faith, his speech and his political beliefs.”...
(RNS) — British journalist and political analyst Sami Hamdi will be released from federal custody after accepting an offer today to voluntarily leave the country. Hamdi traveled to the U.S. on a valid visa, but it was revoked without cause...
(RNS) — A second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against the leader of the Anglican Church in North America after an Oct. 23 report in The Washington Post in which a former church employee detailed his...
