Rev. Winnie Varghese Assumes the Pulpit at St. John the...
This week on The State of Belief, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is joined by the Very Rev. Winnie Varghese, the...
Pope Leo XIV and Patriarch Bartholomew sign document urging progress...
ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople met at the patriarchal seat in the ancient Phanar...
Pope Leo tours Istanbul’s Blue Mosque in a quiet step...
ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV removed his shoes and entered Istanbul’s Blue Mosque for a moment of silent reflection on...
At Nicaea, Pope Leo calls Christians to rise to unity...
ISTANBUL (RNS) — The Ancient Basilica of Neophytos lay buried beneath the surface of Lake İznik, in Turkey, for more than 1,200...
Pope Leo bolsters tiny Christian flock in Turkey ahead of...
ISTANBUL (RNS) — On his second day in Turkey, Pope Leo XIV encouraged the small Christian community in the country ahead of...
Ohio’s Charlie Kirk education bill has a great preamble. It...
(RNS) — In case you missed it, last week the Ohio House passed “The Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act,” which aims “to permit...
He brought 19 guests to the Maha Kumbh. They share...
(RNS) — The Maha Kumbh Mela of 2025 — the Hindu festival marking a full orbital revolution of Jupiter around the sun,...
West Virginia parents can cite religious beliefs to opt out...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia officials suspended a school vaccination mandate Wednesday after a judge ruled that parents can cite religious...
The chaos of Charlotte and the call to radical neighborliness
(RNS) — We have been living through unbelievable days in Charlotte, North Carolina. I have seen masked, armed Border Patrol agents patrolling...
Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza as first...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Wednesday, a day after Hamas returned the...