- April 24, 2026
Pope Leo leaves Africa with a message of justice and peace that now faces a test
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV departed Equatorial Guinea on Thursday afternoon (April 23), concluding an 11-day tour of four African nations that
The deconstruction narrative has a rage problem. Taylor Tomlinson has the antidote.
(RNS) — In 2006, the Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor published “Leaving Church,” a memoir of such quiet, luminous precision that it felt less like a
A rural college uses ancient Islamic archives to reconnect students to African legacy
(RNS) — In a former segregated school in rural Virginia, an Islamic college has been reconnecting its mostly African American Muslim students with a legacy
Church-state separation is a ‘lie,’ says Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission chair
(RNS) — The leader of President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission said that church and state separation is a falsehood at the group’s final meeting,
Catholic sisters sue for exemption to LGBTQ+ rights law in NY nursing homes
(RNS) — A community of Catholic sisters who provide skilled nursing care for poor, terminally ill cancer patients is suing New York state health leaders
Pentagon-Vatican meeting latest flash point in Trump’s clash with religious leaders
WASHINGTON (RNS) — On Wednesday (April 8), Vice President JD Vance stood in front of Air Force Two in Budapest and was confronted with the
After court battles, clergy visit ICE detainees in Illinois and Minnesota
(RNS) — Shortly after the Rev. Paul Joseph Keller, two fellow Catholic priests and a nun were ushered into the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Conversion therapy is soul-crushing — and it doesn’t work
(RNS) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 31) struck down Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, siding with a therapist who argued her First Amendment rights
Christian nationalists are panicking because religious progressives are thriving
(RNS) — Christian nationalists are sounding a bit panicked these days. I can’t say I am surprised. On Saturday (March 28), 8 million Americans of
Looksmaxxing, Catholicism and the new discipline of the body
(RNS) — Braden Peters, a streamer who goes by Clavicular, posted a recent video last week announcing he would broadcast his life 24 hours a