JERUSALEM (AP) — Two weeks after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect, aid is flooding into the Gaza Strip, bringing relief to a territory suffering from hunger, mass displacement and devastation following 15 months of war. But Palestinians...
(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes Shiite pilgrims in Iraq, Lunar New Year celebrations and more. The post Photos of the Week: Lunar New Year; Shiite pilgrims appeared first on RNS. Source link...
(RNS) — A year ago, a 6-year-old girl named Hind Rajab sat in a car surrounded by the bodies of her family members, trapped in the wreckage of an Israeli strike in Gaza. For hours, she pleaded for help over...
This week, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush reflects on the courage of Episcopal Bishop Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde, who spoke faithfully on behalf of the victims of the incoming administration’s policies at the inagural prayer service, attended by the...
(The Conversation) — The concept of Christian nationalism has taken center stage in many Americans’ minds as either the greatest threat to democracy or its only savior. Political scientist Eric McDaniel defines Christian nationalism as the belief that the United...
(RNS) — Everyone is talking about the geo-politics of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas — of Trump and Netanyahu and Hamas and Gaza and Qatar. They will speak of how the agreement is an act of cooperation between...
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — President-elect Donald Trump has never visited Africa and is known to have made disparaging remarks about the continent. But as Christian leaders look to his inauguration this Monday (Jan. 20), they see areas of common cause....
Ravi Ragbir has accompanied thousands of immigrants in New York City at their check-ins with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal agency known as ICE that oversees undocumented immigration. Soon he must face his own fateful appointment with ICE....
(RNS) — Last Friday, Najeeba Syeed attended Jumma prayers at the Masjid Al-Taqwa, a congregation she’d prayed for years at while living in Southern California. Less than a week later, Syeed, a theology professor and interfaith leader, learned that Al-Taqwa,...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Scores of lawmakers and other dignitaries huddled together in the U.S. Capitol rotunda on Tuesday evening (Jan. 7) for a memorial service honoring Jimmy Carter, heaping praise on the late Democratic president before he lies in state...
