(The Conversation) — Over the past few months, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been locked in a court battle with Annunciation House, a network of shelters in the El Paso area that assists migrants with basic needs and legal...
HINCKLEY, Minn. (AP) — At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are gathering around singers seated at big, resonant drums to dance, celebrate and connect with their ancestral culture. “I grew up singing my...
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — African faith leaders are calling for debt forgiveness as the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee year approaches to help their countries tackle growing economic crises. “We urgently need a new debt jubilee to bring hope to humankind, and...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — More than 200 Christian leaders from an array of traditions have signed a letter calling for a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of hostages taken by Hamas, as well as a list of...
FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — After the fire that all but destroyed the historic chapel at First Baptist Dallas on Friday (July 19), senior pastor Robert Jeffress promised congregants that the church will rebuild. “It’s not the building, it’s what...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As the GOP pivots to an unpredictable general election season, it remains committed to framing the contest in the familiar tropes of the Christian right. The choice the nation faces, the party leaders assert, is between godly...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Hundreds of Jewish demonstrators descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday (July 23) to call on the U.S. to stop sending arms to Israel, insisting Israeli forces are perpetrating a genocide against the Palestinian people as a monthslong...
Epoch Times’ first entry into faith-based films hits theaters August 2nd LOS ANGELES — Epoch Times plans a nationwide theatrical rollout of celebrated Christian filmmaker Tim Chey’s The Firing Squad, a film based on the incredible true story of prisoners...
(RNS) — The Rev. Amos Brown, a longtime pastor of Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, was specific when he described Vice President Kamala Harris’ connection to his church. “She’s an old-timer” at the church, he told Religion News Service...
(RNS) — Catholics are becoming some of Christian nationalism’s most muscular champions. Most prominently, Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance is a recent Catholic convert tied to Catholic integralism, an ideology that seeks Christian influence over society. As RNS’ Jack...
