JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas-led militants released eight hostages on Thursday after more than 15 months in captivity, including an Israeli soldier, bringing to 15 the number of captives freed since the start of a ceasefire in Gaza more than a...
KDEC Minstries impacts youth, evangelisim, and MEA churches Kasr el Dobara Evangelical Church (KDEC), the largest evangelical church in Egypt and the Arab world, will be attending the 2025 International Christian Media Convention in Dallas, Texas, bringing an outstanding and unique...
(The Conversation) — Pope Francis has proclaimed a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, which began on Dec. 24, 2024, and will continue through Jan. 6, 2026. But what is a Jubilee, and what is this year’s about? Biblical roots...
LOS ANGELES / WASHINGTON — January 25, 2025. Women from the Middle East see a new door open to advance the peace process and multi-faith collaboration. One initiative that has emerged in response to recent conflict is the Abraham Women’s...
Cutoff for entering is Friday, January 31 The deadline is almost here for entries in the Religion Communicators Council 2025 Wilbur Awards. All individuals, groups, and organizations working in the secular (non-religious) media are encouraged to submit their work by...
ALTADENA, Calif. (RNS) — The Rev. George Van Alstine recalls having to evacuate his Pasadena home as flames from the Eaton fire drew closer. He’d been assured his nearby parish, Altadena Baptist Church, was still standing. But by the following...
PITTSBURGH (RNS) — The Jewish community here is haunted by the specter of the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting, when a gunman killed 11 worshippers in deranged retribution against HIAS, a Jewish refugee aid agency, for bringing “invaders that...
(RNS) — At a U.S. Senate committee hearing Thursday (Jan. 30), former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, will face questions about her career, from her dramatic departure from the Democratic Party in...
(RNS) — I recently watched a war movie in which the threat of “friendly fire” hung over soldiers on the front lines. Those behind the lines would lob shells that took out people on their side, decimating and demoralizing the...
“Suddenly there was pushing in the crowd, and we got trapped. A lot of us fell down and the crowd went uncontrolled,” the Press Trust of India news agency quoted pilgrim Sarojini as saying. “There was no chance for escape,...
