JERUSALEM (RNS) — Israelis observed the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre with somber ceremonies for the victims, prayers for the welfare of the country’s 101 remaining hostages and safety for soldiers at a time when the country...
GORELOVKA, Georgia (AP) — A 10-year-old boy proudly stands beside his father and listens to the monotone chanting of elderly women clad in embroidered headscarves and long colorful skirts. It is Ilya’s first time attending a night prayer meeting in...
Thousands mobilize from hard-to-reach nations for ‘FINISH Oceania’ in Fiji, October 8-10 ORLANDO, Fla. — In pursuit of completing the Great Commission by 2030, the Global Church Network (GCN) will host the FINISH Oceania Summit from October 8-10 in Suva,...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As both presidential campaigns have stepped up efforts to win over voters in western swing states who belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a top church official urged members on Saturday...
(RNS) — Everyone knows the song “American Pie,” with that one line: “The day the music died.” I remember the day my music died — the music of unfettered enthusiasm for Israel’s security and for the American Jewish future. Or,...
(RNS) — The two wings of the Christian nationalist movement, white evangelical Christians and conservative Catholics, are united in their opposition to abortion and contraception, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights and children’s rights. They share more however: Having definitively lost the...
(RNS) — Often the prelude to a cataclysm is a single moment — a shot is fired at Fort Sumter or in Sarajevo. At other times the cataclysm itself unleashes waves of consequence, and it is impossible to know where...
(The Conversation) — Hank Greenberg might be the best baseball player you’ve never heard of.Greenberg was the first baseman for the Detroit Tigers during the 1930s and 1940s. His career was relatively short – 13 years – and interrupted by...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new...
Tom Hobson’s new book Fun with Biblical Words (Wipf and Stock, 2024) puts Bible readers in the driver’s seat by giving them what they need to know about more than sixty Bible words to help them make their own decisions...
