Opening of Iowa mosque becomes a celebration of refugees’ resilience... (RNS) — When the Muslim Bosnian community around Des Moines, Iowa, opened the doors of its new mosque Friday (Sept. 26), the...
Justice for Indigenous boarding school survivors isn’t partisan. Congress must... (RNS) — Growing up, I learned a certain version of our country’s history. At my Catholic school in the Midwest, I was...
When it comes to Palestinian statehood, many British Jews recoil LONDON (RNS) — At a rally on Downing Street in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza this summer, two British rabbis got...
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Patricia Crowther, pioneering Wiccan priestess, is dead at 97 (RNS) — Patricia Crowther, a Wiccan high priestess often described as the United Kingdom’s oldest witch, died in her home in Sheffield,...
In ‘The Promised Land,’ Moses’ desert trek is reimagined as... (RNS) — When actor Wasim No’mani was cast as Moses in the new YouTube comedy show “The Promised Land,” it was, for...
We think we know the Michigan shooter’s motive. We still... (RNS) — On Sunday (Sept. 28), a congregation outside Flint, Michigan, gathered in church to pray. That same morning, one of their...
Bishop Chau talks Latino Catholics, inclusion (RNS) — Pedro Bismarck Chau was 16 years old when he fled military conscription by the Nicaraguan Sandinista government into a civil...
Photos of the Week: Mormon church shooting vigil, living goddess (RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes a vigil after a mass shooting at a Mormon church in Michigan, a newly appointed...
Vatican enlists Schwarzenegger to bring muscle to Catholic Church’s climate... VATICAN CITY (RNS) — To mark the the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si’” (Blessed Be), the...