Though President Donald Trump’s gains with Hispanic Christians were a crucial part of his winning coalition in the 2024 election, those gains are showing signs of eroding. religionnews.com/2025/11/24/l...

With the recent return of all living hostages, a question has emerged: What should be done with these deeply valued symbols and rituals that have played a role in the lives of Israeli and diaspora Jews over more than two years? religionnews.com/2025/11/24/w...

Schools that sign the compact would agree to a five-year freeze on tuition and agree to reform or abolish “institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas.” religionnews.com/2025/11/24/a...

OPINION: The Hebrew word for “turkey” can be translated as “thanksgiving.” And it has nothing to do with the fact that the bird is traditionally part of American Thanksgiving feasts. religionnews.com/2025/11/24/t...

School kidnappings have come to define insecurity in Africa’s most populous nation, and analysts say it’s often because armed gangs see schools as “strategic” targets to draw more attention. religionnews.com/2025/11/24/w...

Appearing before a congressional panel, Grace Jin Drexel said her father was charged along with 17 other leaders of Zion Church. They were detained in October in one of China’s largest crackdowns on a single church in decades. religionnews.com/2025/11/24/c...

Israel’s prime minister met with security officials to discuss a rising tide of Israeli settler violence, as fresh allegations surfaced of Israeli settlers hurling rocks at passing Palestinian vehicles in the West Bank village of Huwara. religionnews.com/2025/11/24/n...

Leo amended the 2023 law to remove a reference that had said the president of the Vatican City State administration must be a cardinal. religionnews.com/2025/11/24/p...

Catholic Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi has called for justice for the victims, warning that there can be no peace without it. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/i...

A State Department official said that plans involve much more than just the potential use of military force, describing an expansive approach that includes diplomatic tools, such as potential sanctions. religionnews.com/2025/11/24/u...

Catholic media leaders and scholars are left to explain what his rise says about the church’s shrinking authority online. Christian “Groypers,” or supporters of Fuentes, weigh in on the debate. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/n...

OPINION: The far greater benefit would come in helping thousands of clergy to remain in their jobs. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/b...

The study group on polygamy has completed its draft and handed it to the Vatican’s doctrine office for expert review. religionnews.com/2025/11/18/v...

A group of Chicago-area Catholic priests, nuns and advocates filed a lawsuit claiming the government is encroaching on their religious freedom by barring them from providing religious rites and services to immigrant detainees. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/c...

OPINION: Updating a document issued in 2009, Kairos Palestine II demands international protection, accountability and reparations. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/p...

The letter focused on an ongoing legal case concerning a provision to the United States tax code that bars nonprofits from being involved in political campaigns. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/e...

As many as 500 people, a mix of clergy and other volunteers, have appeared at the training sessions on how to counter ICE. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...

Part of a little-used fund in the Diocese of New Jersey established 100 years ago to support medical care for children will now help Palestinian youth in Gaza. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/e...

The Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg opened Thursday, nearly a year after it was the scene of a horrific car-ramming attack that left six people dead. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/c...

The delegation asked that the U.S. stop funding efforts that directly contribute to persecution of religious groups. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/o...

Rutgers has long been at the helm of Hindu activism in America. religionnews.com/2025/11/17/r...

His policies may end up making America less Christian. That’s in large part because younger white Americans are one of the least religious groups in the country — while nonwhite Americans and immigrants are among the most religious. religionnews.com/2025/11/18/w...

Marouf's lawyers argued the government’s decision to consider his involvement with HLF over 20 years ago material support for terrorism sets “a dangerous precedent, opening the floodgates to punish entire communities for lawful, good-faith humanitarian activity.”

After the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Blitz,” a mass deportation effort in and around Chicago, religious leaders joined the resistance, gathering at the Broadview ICE detention center on a daily basis. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...

Prosecutors said the group’s violent solicitations — promoted through Telegram channels and outlined a manifesto called the “Hater’s Handbook” — appear to have inspired multiple real-life killings, including a school shooting in Nashville earlier this year. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/n...

“2024 marked a 20-year high for Bible sales in the U.S., and 2025 is on track to surpass these levels, underscoring the growing interest in religious content among U.S. consumers," Brenna Connor, an industry analyst at Circana BookScan, told RNS. religionnews.com/2025/11/17/b...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many American mothers began to question the institutions they had once trusted to uphold their lives. Into that vacuum stepped conservative Christian women influencers. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/f...

OPINION: In our polarized republic, the U.S. Catholic bishops have a solemn duty not to fall into idolatrous support for either the progressive blue camp or the conservative red camp. religionnews.com/2025/11/17/t...

The funding announcement earlier this month came after some former task force members expressed doubts over the diocese’s commitment to deliver on its promise and uncertainty about its ability to secure funding before its late 2026 deadline. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/v...

OPINION: Pete Hegseth has been calling concern with climate change a “religion” for a while. He’s far from alone. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/4...

Across the U.K., some have turned to history, folklore and nature — and megalithic stones — as sources of spiritual nourishment. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/h...

ICE and other Department of Homeland Security officials have yet to raid a church building. But immigration agents have arrested immigrants on or near church property in at least a dozen instances so far this year. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/v...

While there are fewer protests on campuses, student activists say that the pro-Palestine student movement is still strong. religionnews.com/2025/11/18/p...

Catholic colleges and universities are at a crossroads – Can they stay rooted in Catholic identity as campuses grow more diverse? Join RNS on Thursday, Dec. 4 for a timely conversation. Register now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The symbol on Mexico's flag is a divine sign in an ancient legend, according to which the god Huitzilopochtli asked a group called the Mexica to leave their homeland in search of a place to establish a new city. religionnews.com/2025/11/17/w...

“This attempt to punish the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization simply because Governor Abbott disagrees with its views is not only contrary to the United States Constitution, but finds no support in any Texas law,” lawyers wrote. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/m...

In the rush to navigate the Republican-led mandate that took effect in September, the rollout has forced some administrators, teachers and school boards to confront hard choices. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/b...

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Pope Leo will commemorate the 1,700th anniversary with Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/1...

Outspoken Catholic and evangelical Christian women are engaging with gusto in ongoing political and social debates, even as their faiths maintain longstanding rules against women serving as priests or senior pastors. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/a...

OPINION: Is there a cost to standing too close to power that has blood on its hands? Is there a point at which access becomes complicity? religionnews.com/2025/11/21/w...

In his first “digital visit” to the U.S., Pope Leo praised AI’s potential but said it “cannot judge right and wrong” or replace “the unique gift you are to the world.” He urged teens to let tech serve their lives, not the other way around. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/a...

OPINION: By allowing clergy who have opted out of the Social Security system to opt back in, the legislation will ensure that these crucial workers can continue to help the rest of us. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/b...

OPINION: Books like Rabbi Angela Buchdahl's and Rabbi Wendy Zierler's challenge us to transform the Jewish tradition into one that is fully inclusive and respectful of the lived vision and values of half its adherents. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/i...

Religious advocates allege detainees in the facility are being mistreated and that the advocates have repeatedly attempted to offer Communion and pastoral care to those inside. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/c...

Fuentes’ proximity to power, and his ability to reach millions of young people, raises difficult questions for Catholic institutions and other Catholic media. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/n...

Leila Stillman-Utterback assumed she had a certain privilege working with Palestinians in the West Bank. She was, after all, an American Jew. She was wrong. religionnews.com/2025/11/11/i...

As of September, Bible sales were up 11% this year over 2024, part of a continuing boom in Bible sales. religionnews.com/2025/11/17/b...

Study Group 5 says its upcoming report on women in the church will include material on history, theology, and “tensions on clericalism and chauvinism.” It has also submitted findings on the female diaconate to the Second Commission. religionnews.com/2025/11/18/v...

The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey is giving $1 million to the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East to help it provide medical care for Palestinian children and families in Gaza and the West Bank. religionnews.com/2025/11/21/e...