- June 17, 2026
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
US Catholic bishops to vote on updating child sexual abuse guidelines
(RNS) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops plans to vote Thursday (June 11) on revisions to its cornerstone document addressing the sexual abuse of
Pope Leo tells secular Spain not to leave Catholic faith in the ‘museum of the past’
MADRID (RNS) – Over 1.2 million people gathered at Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid on Sunday (June 7) to catch a glimpse of Pope Leo
Defense Department to drop atheists, pagans, 175 others from list of military faiths
(RNS) — The Department of Defense is substantially reducing the number of religions it officially recognizes, reportedly excluding atheists, pagans, humanists and New Age faiths,
Kate Bowler on unexpected joy, even in the midst of pain
(RNS) — Kate Bowler spent the past decade bashing the American cult of positivity and the pursuit of optimal happiness. Her experience battling stage 4
A Mormon father and his gay son, LDS pop culture icons, choose to ‘stay in the room’
(RNS) — When Jeff McLean was a little baby in the early 1980s, silver-screen icon Jimmy Stewart held him in his arms. And on one
The anti-Muslim rhetoric that inspired teen gunmen has been increasing for years
(RNS) — That the teenage gunmen in the shooting deaths of three Muslim Americans at the Islamic Center of San Diego shared white supremacy ties
Vanita Gupta on Public Trust and the Role of Law in Our Democracy
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In Los Angeles, a sister offers shelter and mercy to immigrants convicted of crimes
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Sister Teresa Groth calls herself a “pardoned sinner” who seeks to be “an instrument of mercy in the hands of God”