(The Conversation) — On the morning of Aug. 3, 2014, the Islamic State group launched a ruthless and swift campaign in Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq. The target was Yezidis: a monotheistic religious group whose members have long been persecuted. As...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called on it to end, and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation...
INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — “My standards are so high that me and Jesus go after the same men,” Mari Pablo told the crowd in a packed ballroom at the National Eucharistic Congress. No less than three men Pable had dated, she...
In a time when fundamental democratic norms are increasingly contested and targeted, religious identities and freedoms are threatened by increasing hate crimes, conspiracy theories, and misinformation. Amy Spitalnick of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs is working to put...
A fire all but destroyed the historic church sanctuary at First Baptist Dallas, sending smoke billowing over the city but causing no deaths or injuries, Dallas firefighters said. The fire in the Texas Historic Landmark, a Victorian-style red brick church...
PARIS (RNS) — A week before France is set to welcome the world for the Olympics and Paralympics Summer Games of 2024, Amnesty International published a damning report on the host country’s decision to bar its athletes from wearing a...
INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — A mile from the main events of the National Eucharistic Congress on Thursday (July 18) afternoon, Catholic after Catholic knelt on the hot surface of an overflow parking lot of Holy Rosary Catholic Church as they received...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Wading into a furious debate over the future of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, a group of activists and religious leaders has published a letter saying Democrats should respect the “democratic process” and suggesting that if Biden...
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Five weeks after young Kenyans poured into the streets under the banner of “Gen Z,” forcing changes in the government, they have also called Christian churches to account for how denominations relate with politicians. Rejecting a...
(RNS) — It happened 30 years ago — the terrorist attack on the AMIA building in Buenos Aires. When the terrorists drove their explosive-laden truck into the communal center ofArgentine Jewry, they succeeded in killing 85 people and injuring hundreds...
