RNS and Interfaith America are pleased to announce the Religion Journalism Fellowship is returning for its fifth year! For more information, and to apply for the 2025-26 fellowship, visit religionnews.com/2025/06/17/a...

After a decade of controversy, a long-awaited clergy psychedelic study is finally published: religionnews.com/2025/06/02/a...

While corporate DEI initiatives are disappearing, many efforts focusing on religious diversity and inclusion have actually improved, according to a new report: religionnews.com/2025/05/20/r...

So remember how I said earlier this week the priest who was defrocked after making a Nazi-like salute was temporarily re-frocked? Well, according to the great @kathrynpost.bsky.social, it didn’t last long: he’s…been defrocked (technically, de-licensed) again. religionnews.com/2025/05/15/c...

@rns.org spoke to historian @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social about her experience as a pastor’s wife, the medieval Christian women who pastored women and men, and the connection between pastor’s wives and women’s ordination in this Q&A about her forthcoming book: religionnews.com/2025/03/07/s...

"In ‘Becoming the Pastor’s Wife,’ Barr argues that the white, evangelical model for pastors’ wives is a product of culture, not Scripture." Check out the interview with @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social at @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy about her upcoming book. religionnews.com/2025/03/07/s...

A positive religion story to end your week: The Christian Mental Health Initiative, a nonprofit founded by Christian psychiatrist Dr. Atasha Jordan, brings free mental health first aid trainings to churches. religionnews.com/2025/02/06/a...

In light of Justin Welby’s resignation, I took a look at The Episcopal Church, The Anglican Church in North America and the Anglican Church of Canada’s response to abuse in recent years, and spoke to experts about what’s needed to make churches safer: religionnews.com/2025/02/04/a...

The Anglican Catholic Church has defrocked priest Calvin Robinson for his apparent imitation of the Elon Musk salute. Robinson has defended the gesture as an “attempt at dry wit.” More about Robinson's dismissal and his religious background here: religionnews.com/2025/01/30/a...

With federal funds stopped, local faith groups plan to redouble private efforts to settle refugees. “This work doesn’t change just because any president was elected,” Rabbi Daniel Fellman told me. Grateful to team up with Fiona André on this @rns.org story: religionnews.com/2025/01/29/w...

BREAKING: Christian ministry leader Joyce Meyer is pausing her programming with Daystar Television Network, citing an ongoing controversy over alleged abuse coverup at the network.

For the Buddhists of Soka Gakkai International-USA, disrupting the natural environment is a matter of religious freedom, they argue in a new lawsuit: religionnews.com/2025/01/03/b...

This year, churches across the US are observing the winter solstice via climate activism festivals, community labyrinth walks and spiritual, interfaith celebrations: religionnews.com/2024/12/20/w...

Episcopal Bishop Prince Singh, who continues to deny the claims against him, will be suspended from ministry for at least three more years. Singh's son called the outcome "a tragic conclusion to what has been a deeply painful and retraumatizing process." religionnews.com/2024/12/13/e...

A proposed Ohio bill would require public schools to allow off campus religious instruction from groups like the Christian group LifeWise Academy and the Satanic Temple during the school day at parents' discretion. Full story @RNS: religionnews.com/2024/12/13/o...

Faith leaders (including Pope Francis!), activists, and lawmakers are urging President Biden to commute the death sentences of those on death row before the end of his term, arguing the Catholic president has a moral — and even religious — obligation to do so. religionnews.com/2024/12/11/f...

Some crowdsourcing: I'm on the lookout for nonreligious folks who sing in churches/church choirs around Christmastime. If that's you, and you're open to possibly being featured in an @rns.org story, please reach out! My DMs are open :)

“What was the most damaging was how they used faith, theology, Scripture, to silence victims, to shame victims, to scare victims. The victims were being revictimized, while the offenders were being forgiven & restored.” - @bozlaw.bsky.social 10 years later & too little has changed at Bob Jones U.

"I don’t know that in this life, I will ever be completely free of how much BJU adversely influenced my view of God." Important reporting by @kathrynpost.bsky.social:

This month marks a decade since GRACE issued its 300-page report about mishandling of abuse disclosures at Bob Jones University. Abuse survivors continue to call the school to prioritize student safety and healing over correction. religionnews.com/2024/12/05/1...

Jewish and Christian organizations are ramping up their efforts to resettle as many refugees as possible before Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, when the work may end.

Tony Campolo- whose powerful preaching and sense of humor inspired young Christians that their faith could transform the world, has died religionnews.com/2024/11/19/t...

Before “Wicked” was a Blockbuster film and a hit Broadway musical, it was a 1995 novel rife with dark twists and a whole lot of religion. @RNS spoke with author Gregory Maguire for this Q&A on spirituality in Oz: religionnews.com/2024/11/19/q...

Spent a couple days last week talking to preachers in TN - who voted for Trump - but were not looking for a savior or Christian power religionnews.com/2024/11/15/i...

In the new Broadway musical “Tammy Faye,” theatergoers can watch as Jerry Falwell Sr. grips his mic for his big solo number, Billy Graham spins into a dance break and Pentecostal televangelist Tammy Faye belts an 11 o’clock number: religionnews.com/2024/11/15/i...

I asked Trump’s evangelical advisors and other pastors in his orbit what they want from a second Trump term. Of note: While some dismissed the idea of a national abortion ban, one close Trump ally was more precise, saying such a ban would *need exceptions.* religionnews.com/2024/11/13/w...

Last week I wrote about Imam Wisam Sharieff, founder of Quran Revolution and former instructor with the AlMaghrib Institute, who has been arrested following an FBI criminal complaint that accused him of conspiracy to produce child pornography: religionnews.com/2024/11/06/i...