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New DHS rule aims to shorten visa wait times abroad for religious workers serving US congregations

New DHS rule aims to shorten visa wait times abroad for religious workers serving US congregations

by News Feed Editor | Jan 16, 2026 | Religion

WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time of tightening immigration restrictions, the Department of Homeland Security is attempting to make it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve their U.S. congregations with less disruption. DHS announced on Wednesday a regulatory...
Music streams hit 5 trillion in 2025. Christian, rock and Latin lead growth in the US

Music streams hit 5 trillion in 2025. Christian, rock and Latin lead growth in the US

by News Feed Editor | Jan 16, 2026 | Religion

NEW YORK (AP) — The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It’s a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, which held the previous record. That’s according to a 2025 Year-End Report from Luminate, an industry data and analytics company that provides...
Mississippi synagogue congregant shares story of 1967 Ku Klux Klan bombing

Mississippi synagogue congregant shares story of 1967 Ku Klux Klan bombing

by News Feed Editor | Jan 16, 2026 | Religion

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Beverly Geiger Bonnheim was 17 when the Ku Klux Klan bombed her synagogue in 1967. This weekend, at 75, she watched it burn again. “It was horrifying and disbelieving to see it again,” Geiger Bonnheim said. “Does history change?” The historic...
Two Episcopal bishops say clergy may have to put ‘bodies on the line’ to resist ICE

Two Episcopal bishops say clergy may have to put ‘bodies on the line’ to resist ICE

by News Feed Editor | Jan 15, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — Last Friday (Jan. 9), the Rt. Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld, the Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, stepped in front of a microphone under a tent erected outside the Statehouse in Concord. He looked out at the small crowd that assembled in the rain for a vigil to...
‘Just Like Selma’ hymn project aims to help churches recall King, mark Black History Month

‘Just Like Selma’ hymn project aims to help churches recall King, mark Black History Month

by News Feed Editor | Jan 15, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — Composer Nolan Williams Jr. has long combined faith, culture and the arts in his productions on stage and screen, often centering on African American life. Now, he has created the “Just Like Selma” project to focus on the history of and continuing advocacy for...
A viral church ranking series is sending young Catholics to Mass in New York

A viral church ranking series is sending young Catholics to Mass in New York

by News Feed Editor | Jan 15, 2026 | Religion

NEW YORK (RNS) — As Anthony Gross left Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Pompeii Church, a Catholic parish in downtown Manhattan, a fellow parishioner stopped him as he exited the sanctuary. “Do us a favor and try not to be shirtless in the video for this parish,” the man...
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