(The Conversation) — Soon after taking office for a second time, President Donald Trump pardoned anti-abortion activists who had blockaded and restricted access to the entrance of a reproductive health clinic in Washington, D.C., in October 2020. These protesters were...
(RNS) — For Muslims, the monthlong fast of Ramadan is an occasion to deepen one’s knowledge of Islam and congregate with loved ones to break fast at sunset. But for Muslims who are incarcerated, it can be a month of...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A week after his last respiratory crisis, doctors say Pope Francis continues to show signs of improvement and is currently out of medical danger. “The improvements recorded in the previous days have been further confirmed, as...
(RNS) — The planet Mars has played an outsize role in human imagination since we first looked up at the stars. The fact that this red dot and other planets wandered the sky made them distinct from the stars that...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As Pope Francis remains hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italian prisoners are praying for his recovery, Catholic chaplains said, noting the pope’s longtime focus on addressing the needs of incarcerated people. The Rev. Raffaele...
(RNS) — Theologians, preachers and best-selling authors have long tried to explain why bad things happen to good people. But there’s a second question that doesn’t get as much attention. What happens when a good person does something that seems...
(RNS) — “There are some things you simply cannot unsee.” “It was like watching an automobile accident. You don’t want to watch, and yet you can’t turn away.” “A national embarrassment … the worst moment in American diplomacy in historical...
(RNS) — In a meeting at the White House on Wednesday (March 5), white evangelical Christians, who have for decades enjoyed billions in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development for their overseas missions, were told by Trump administration...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve a fragile ceasefire, according to officials from the U.S. humanitarian...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday in a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children. The conservative-led court is taking up the case amid actions by President Donald Trump targeting...
