“We are here tonight because we believe that Jan. 6 can be a day when Americans come together and resist toxic partisanship,” Jeanné Lewis, CEO of Faith in Public Life, said during her opening remarks Tuesday. religionnews.com/2026/01/08/i...

"For me, faith has an important role here, and it is as basic as that question that the lawyer asked Jesus: 'And who is my neighbor?'" said Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock about U.S. “spiritual crisis." religionnews.com/2026/01/08/w...

In his first major act as pope, Leo gathered cardinals in Rome, emphasizing shared leadership and consultation rather than solitary decision-making. religionnews.com/2026/01/08/p...

The Japanese tea ceremony is deeply rooted in the ideals of Zen Buddhism, but the current matcha hype has little to do with it. Green tea has become part of the on-the-go coffee culture. On social media, a centuries-old spiritual practice is compressed into a 15-second reel.

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The Episcopal Church condemned the use of military force “aimed at disrupting a non-imminent, uncertain military threat.” It also called on Congress to investigate the operation, which it said “marks a striking and unprecedented escalation of conflict.” religionnews.com/2026/01/07/l...

Over 80 faith leaders sent President Donald Trump a letter urging him to build on his legacy as "a stalwart defender of peace and international religious freedom." religionnews.com/2026/01/02/c...

At least two pastors were among those shoved, shot at with pepper rounds and exposed to pepper spray while protesting the actions of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Wednesday, as protesters demonstrated after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman who had been observing them.

The official said that Syria's main aim in the talks is to reactivate a 1974 agreement that established a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone in southern Syria and to secure the withdrawal of Israeli forces, which seized control of that buffer zone more than a year ago. religionnews.com/2026/01/06/s...

OPINION: These stories invert the myth of the deserving youth who succeeds in America by dint of good character, hard work and a powerful, kindly patron. Here, instead, success requires a flawed character and an abandonment of religion. religionnews.com/2026/01/05/m...

The Church of the Epiphany’s new pipe organ was hand-built in Utah before being delivered by a semitrailer to the church on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. religionnews.com/2026/01/06/n...

“Many people in tech have this idea that what they’re building is ‘the savior,’ which makes them a god, and we need to address that," said ACTS 17 co-founder Michelle Stephens. "We need to have Jesus at the center of what they’re building.” religionnews.com/2026/01/02/t...

OPINION: What I’ll remember from Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration. religionnews.com/2026/01/02/t...

Like the Franks, Eva Schloss’ family spent two years in hiding to avoid capture after the Nazis occupied the Netherlands. They were eventually betrayed, arrested and sent to the Auschwitz death camp. religionnews.com/2026/01/06/h...

The very first, unofficial Sai Center, named for guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba, opened in Caracas in the 1970s. Now, there are almost 30 centers or groups connected to the guru across the country. religionnews.com/2026/01/06/s...

“It is better to look for ways of dialogue — even pressure, economic pressure,” Pope Leo said in early December, “but seeking another way to bring about change, if that is what they decide to do in the United States.” religionnews.com/2026/01/03/r...

From rumors of revival, to religious resistance to ICE, to the inauguration of New York City’s first Muslim mayor, 2026 promises to be an interesting year for religion reporting. religionnews.com/2025/12/31/r...

Most of Mamdani’s predecessors were sworn in on a Bible, although the oath to uphold the federal, state and city constitutions does not require the use of any religious text. religionnews.com/2026/01/03/z...

Israel’s decision to deny registrations to 37 aid groups comes at a perilous time for Palestinians in the occupied territories and especially in Gaza. religionnews.com/2026/01/02/i...

OPINION: This is what predators and abusive systems count on. Some people are in survivor mode already, and some are put into survivor mode by slowly being made dependent on the ecosystem they're put in. religionnews.com/2026/01/06/w...

OPINION: Hyphenating Judaism into Christianity sometimes implies a kind of supersessionism — Judaism is relevant only for giving the world the Hebrew Bible and Jesus, thereby setting the stage for Christianity. religionnews.com/2026/01/07/t...

“God is using Donald Trump to liberate Venezuela from the 27-year-old chains of oppression,” said the Rev. José Durán, a Venezuelan immigrant in Michigan. religionnews.com/2026/01/07/e...

The U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday (Jan. 3) may have ended one crisis for the Holy See and opened another. religionnews.com/2026/01/07/v...

Israel’s decision to deny registrations to 37 aid groups comes at a perilous time for Palestinians in the occupied territories and especially in Gaza. religionnews.com/2026/01/02/i...

OPINION: In looking at the Curia, it is important to distinguish between what is unique to the church and what is comparable to secular organizations. religionnews.com/2026/01/02/t...

This week's photo selection includes Orthodox Christmas, feast of the epiphany and more. religionnews.com/2026/01/07/p...

OPINION: Our nation hardly needs to normalize white male megalomania even more than it already has, Timothée Chalamet’s dramatic virtuosity notwithstanding. religionnews.com/2025/12/31/t...

“The good of the beloved Venezuelan people must prevail over every other consideration,” the pope said. religionnews.com/2026/01/03/r...

In November, over 80 leaders sent Trump a letter urging him to build on his legacy as “a stalwart defender of peace and international religious freedom.” religionnews.com/2026/01/02/c...

Throughout 2025, numerous news outlets highlighted a growing embrace of evangelicalism in the Bay Area. religionnews.com/2026/01/02/t...

OPINION: When he said in his inaugural address on Jan. 1 that he wanted to replace “the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism,” it made me think about what Judaism teaches on those worldviews. religionnews.com/2026/01/05/w...

For Seyfried, who has said she is not religious, Lee’s story isn’t about the existence of God or about religious visions and miracles. religionnews.com/2025/12/22/a...

Yancey, who has been married for 55 years, said he has withdrawn from writing, speaking and social media and entered a counseling program to deal with the damage caused from an 8-year-long affair with a married woman. religionnews.com/2026/01/07/p...

Christian Nightmares routinely goes viral by reposting unedited sermons, political speeches and worship moments. religionnews.com/2025/12/24/c...

Yogiando, which is a made-up word to mean “doing yoga,” became a hub of solace where Spanish-speakers could share their anxieties about anything from immigration to family to their jobs with one another. religionnews.com/2025/12/23/f...

Here are a few of the faith voices and activists who may make news in the year to come. religionnews.com/2025/12/31/a...

Americans United for Separation of Church and State had asked the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for permission to defend the Johnson Amendment, an IRS rule that bars nonprofits from taking sides in political campaigns. religionnews.com/2026/01/05/j...

OPINION: I accompanied a team of medical students, including my daughter, who provide health care to the homeless. What I saw was an ancient practice of dignifying people made in the image of God. religionnews.com/2026/01/05/t...

“By being silent, we are maintaining the spotlight on the portraits we are holding,” E.Y. Zipris, a doctoral student and adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College, said. “The focus is on the fate of these students.” religionnews.com/2026/01/05/w...

There are some unusual dynamics that could make 2026 an especially difficult year to predict religious trends. religionnews.com/2025/12/31/r...

Vatican officials say the 2025 Jubilee drew 33.8 million pilgrims from 185 countries, testing Rome’s logistics as the Church navigated the death of Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV. religionnews.com/2026/01/05/j...

Officials from Syria and Israel are set to resume U.S.-mediated talks in Paris in hopes of reaching a security agreement to defuse tensions between the two countries, officials said Monday. religionnews.com/2026/01/06/s...

As Maduro hails from a Catholic-majority nation and was born Catholic, one might assume his faith fits neatly into that box. But a number of prominent Venezuelan politicians including Maduro are devotees of the late Indian guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba. religionnews.com/2026/01/06/s...

Two groups with decidedly differing views of the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol marked the fifth anniversary of the day’s events today, both appealing to what they argued were divine truths. religionnews.com/2026/01/06/t...

To Church of the Epiphany's rector, the new, handcrafted organ represents more than a commitment to quality music; it’s emblematic of the final phase of a multiyear, $70 million effort to relocate and rebuild the Episcopal congregation, an investment in community as much as sound.

OPINION: There may be only one real predator in the tank. But the whole system is set up to keep the predator satisfied. religionnews.com/2026/01/06/w...

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96. religionnews.com/2026/01/06/h...

Noelle Cook arrived in DC on Jan. 6 to photograph the Stop the Steal rally, expecting to gather some images for a project in women’s and gender studies. She ended up chronicling an insurrection — and, more unexpectedly, growing close to some of the women who breached the U.S. Capitol that day.

OPINION: The foreign policy of President Donald Trump combines the worst of isolationism with the worst of interventionism in a uniquely disastrous way.

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