Religion
Will Trump’s latest indictment hurt him with evangelical Christians? Probably not.
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As president and since, Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to blunt the impact of scandals and prosecutions by leaning into...
Surviving persecution and a civil war, Maya spirituality finds new footing
A Maya altar is prepared for a ceremony. Photo courtesy of Javier Mendez (RNS) — Like many Indigenous people in the lands colonized...
Falwell Jr. sues Liberty University, alleging trademark infringement
(RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr., the former president of Liberty University, is suing the school, arguing administrators are committing trademark infringement by using...
Vivek Ramaswamy and the Christian language of Hinduism
(RNS) — Like many Republican presidential candidates, Vivek Ramaswamy has been outspoken about the role of faith and society. An enthusiastic second-generation Indian...
Emmett Till memorialized in monument that includes Chicago church
(RNS) — For the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., it was the moment he had long awaited and once could not have envisioned. The...
At the Catholic Church’s worldwide synod, the deacons are missing
(RNS) — You may have heard that the Catholic Church is holding a worldwide Synod on Synodality, aimed at getting everybody together to...
White Texas couple leads ‘Let’s Talk Race’ class to educate churchgoers
(RNS) — For Shelley Park, it was the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson by a Texas police officer that transformed her from a...
The Rev. Steve Pieters, who changed minds about AIDS, dies at 70
(RNS) — The Rev. Stephen Pieters, a minister and HIV/AIDS activist best known for his exceptional interview with televangelist Tammy Faye Messner in...
In Sweden, they burn Torahs
No, I said to myself. I must be reading this newspaper article wrong. I wasn’t. Here it is. ”“Israel protests as Sweden...
California’s compromise ‘caste’ bill promotes democracy in more ways than one
(RNS) — If ever Otto von Bismarck’s maxim “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable, the art of the next best”...
