- July 11, 2026
Muslim advocacy group fights for trust after Texas brands it a terrorist group
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — It was just past 9 p.m. on June 22, during the Texas State Board of Education meeting, when Shaimaa Zayan, operations
Sanskrit prayers and dosas: Inside one of the oldest Hindu temples in the US
FLUSHING, N.Y. (RNS) — Temple bells echoed through the sanctuary as priests chanted Sanskrit prayers before black granite deities draped in silk and fresh flowers.
Why is it so hard to sing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner?’
(RNS) — The temptation is to follow “The Star-Spangled Banner,” our national anthem, with an immediate declaration of “Play ball!” But in honor of the
PCUSA, American Academy of Religion call Gaza war a genocide
(RNS) — The largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States voted Tuesday evening (June 30) to recognize Israel’s war in Gaza as a genocide, two
How LGBTQ-affirming churches are confronting religious trauma
(RNS and Uncloseted) — Jacob May remembers sitting across from his pastor at 22-years-old in 2014 at a Chipotle in rural Virginia defending his gay
Asbury seminary delisted by UMC over same-sex marriage
(RNS) — Asbury Theological Seminary, a 103-year-old Kentucky evangelical seminary, is no longer approved as a school for United Methodist candidates for ordained ministry, the
Haitian immigrants revived a church. Now the pews are empty.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — On a Sunday in March, the Rev. Canon Andy Moore looked out at the empty back-left pews at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church,
With Cuba in crisis, faith groups work to influence policy, deliver aid
(RNS) — In the face of an accelerating U.S. pressure campaign, deteriorating public utilities and economic inefficiency, Cuba’s communist government on Thursday (June 18) announced
Catholic rally celebrating nation’s founding offers a vision of America’s future
(RNS) — There’s Christian nationalism, and then there’s Catholic Christian nationalism. Perhaps no event has fully captured the latter until this past weekend, when more
What Democracy and Religion Look Like Across America
A backbone of the work we are able to do in the pro-democracy faith movement is the network of local Interfaith Alliance affiliates spread