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400 Christian leaders urge resistance to Trump administration on Ash Wednesday

400 Christian leaders urge resistance to Trump administration on Ash Wednesday

by News Feed Editor | Feb 18, 2026 | Religion

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A group of nearly 400 prominent Christian leaders called President Donald Trump’s administration “cruel and oppressive” and accused the government of being corrupted by an aberrant form of Christianity, in an Ash Wednesday (Feb. 18) statement.  The...
Cardinal Tobin leads Ash Wednesday Masses inside New Jersey ICE facility

Cardinal Tobin leads Ash Wednesday Masses inside New Jersey ICE facility

by News Feed Editor | Feb 18, 2026 | Religion

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) — Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, entered the Delaney Hall Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility Wednesday morning (Feb. 18) to celebrate an Ash Wednesday Mass for detainees. Newark Auxiliary Bishops...
Belgium summons U.S. ambassador over tweet accusing kingdom of antisemitism

Belgium summons U.S. ambassador over tweet accusing kingdom of antisemitism

by News Feed Editor | Feb 18, 2026 | Religion

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium summoned the U.S. ambassador on Tuesday over a social media post where he accused the country of antisemitic prosecution of Jewish Belgians, the kingdom’s foreign minister said. “Labeling Belgium as antisemitic is not just wrong, it’s dangerous...
New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras, the indulgent conclusion of Carnival season

New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras, the indulgent conclusion of Carnival season

by News Feed Editor | Feb 18, 2026 | Religion

NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — People leaned out of wrought iron balconies, hollering the iconic phrase “Throw me something, Mister” as a massive Mardi Gras parade rolled down New Orleans’ historic St. Charles Avenue on Tuesday. Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, marks...
A Dictator Was Seized. The Pope Spoke. Everyone Else Paused.

A Dictator Was Seized. The Pope Spoke. Everyone Else Paused.

by News Feed Editor | Feb 17, 2026 | Religion

What religious silence reveals when power moves faster than conscience (RNS) — Religious leaders stayed quiet after the United States seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him to New York to face drug charges — a dramatic move that scrambled political...
For its 400th anniversary, St. Peter’s Basilica embraces AI and structural surveillance

For its 400th anniversary, St. Peter’s Basilica embraces AI and structural surveillance

by News Feed Editor | Feb 17, 2026 | Religion

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the 15th century, the basilica that Emperor Constantine had built around the tomb of St. Peter was cracked and falling apart, having stood for 1,100 years. Through taxes, papal revenues and the controversial sale of indulgences, Pope Julius II...
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