Arthur Waskow, pioneering social justice rabbi, dies
(RNS) — Rabbi Arthur Waskow, an iconic social justice activist considered the forefather of postwar American Jewish progressivism, died Monday (Oct. 20),...
They couldn’t help Gazans. So they wrote a book they...
(RNS) — Palestinian Christians living in Israel and the West Bank may not have suffered the calamities inflicted on Gaza these past...
National Catholic Reporter names Michael O’Loughlin Executive Editor
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — National Catholic Reporter (NCR), an independent, nonprofit Catholic news organization founded in 1964, today announced the appointment of...
Is there religious revival among Gen Z?
PITTSBURGH (RNS) — It’s 9 p.m. on Oct. 13, a Monday, on the University of Pittsburgh’s campus. There are two NFL games...
Israel resumes ceasefire in Gaza and says aid deliveries will...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza’s fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying...
Pope gives Venezuela reason to celebrate by canonizing its beloved...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV canonized Venezuela’s beloved “doctor of the poor” Sunday before tens of thousands of people, offering...
A father returns from Israeli detention to find Gaza and...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Amid the joy of being released after 20 months of suffering in Israeli prisons, Mohammed Abu...
Conservative young priests are the future of the American church
(RNS) — For decades, older priests have complained about conservative younger priests who have been coming out of seminaries in recent years,...
What is Diwali, the Indian festival of lights?
(RNS) — Monday (Oct. 20) marks Diwali, the “festival of lights” celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists across India,...
Morris Chapman, longtime SBC Executive Committee leader, dead at 84
(RNS) — Morris Chapman, a longtime leader of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, died Monday. He was 84. “In a world...