Dr. Abigail Favale delivers an unlikely conversion story in new book SAN FRANCISCO — Critically acclaimed author Dr. Abigail Favale opens up about her unlikely path to converting to Catholicism from a radical feminist standpoint in her book INTO THE...
(RNS) — Jason Shelton has made a deep scholarly dive into the world of the Black church. But not everything in his new book, “The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion,” was learned at the University...
For more than a year, religious organizations have lobbied Congress and the Biden administration to fix a sudden procedural change in how the government processes green cards for religious workers, which threatens the ability of thousands of them to continue...
The rescue from Gaza of hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi, who belongs to the Bedouin community in Israel, has put the focus on a minority group that has largely existed on the margins of Israeli society and has had a complicated...
Top tier offers exclusive access to talent, events, curated content, news, and more, only on Great American Pure Flix Premium NEW YORK — Great American Media today announced the launch of Pure Flix Premium, an enhanced tier of the country’s fastest-growing...
With October Pastor Appreciation Month right around the corner, many churches are gearing up to bless their pastor. The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has an Easy as 1-2-3 Bless Your Pastor program to help churches with ideas on how...
(RNS) — I write these words on Sunday morning (Sept. 1). It was a sleepless night. At around 11:30 p.m., the phone had started buzzing on my night table. It was a text from a friend: “They murdered Hersh.” Five...
(RNS — In sanctuaries across the United States on Sunday morning (Sept. 1), unionized workers will stand behind pulpits and contend that God is on the side of the labor movement. They believe this because the Bible tells them so....
As book bans and religious censorship again become increasingly prevalent, America is witnessing an alarming repetition of patterns from our history. Brenda Wineapple‘s most recent book, Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation, is a...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — At the age of 87, Pope Francis will embark on an 11-day trip to Southeast Asia that will test both his physical health and the core messages of his pontificate, focusing on the poor, the environment...
