Black church leaders to march in Selma this weekend over Voting Rights Act ruling

by News Feed Editor | May 15, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — Nearly 100 faith and voting rights leaders plan to gather in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday (May 16) as part of a rally in protest of the recent Supreme Court decision that hollowed out a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The “All Roads...

Christian nationalism isn’t a MAGA aberration. Historian Matthew Sutton says it’s the whole American story.

by News Feed Editor | May 15, 2026 | Religion

(FāVS News) — America is largely a Christian nation but it’s complicated, argues Matthew Avery Sutton in his new book, “Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity.”  The book claims to be a 500-year historic survey of Christianity in...

Faith groups, others joining hands to help neighbors in celebration of America’s 250th

by News Feed Editor | May 15, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — On Saturday (May 16) in Bakersfield, California, volunteers are planning a community festival, offering attendees food, haircuts and household goods. “It’s in one of the most impoverished parts of our community,” said Wendell Vinson, president of CityServe...

Rededicate 250 touts a star-studded prayer bash with politicians, Christian celebrities

by News Feed Editor | May 14, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — Bishops, evangelical influencers, Cabinet members and an actor who plays Jesus are a few of the speakers and performers scheduled to participate in “Rededicate 250,” the Trump administration’s daylong prayer celebration happening on the National Mall this...

A record-breaking race and Catholic blessing highlight the role of faith for Kenyan runners

by News Feed Editor | May 14, 2026 | Religion

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A Catholic church in Eldoret, an epicenter of global long-distance running in the north Rift Valley region of Kenya, is in the spotlight after a runner prayed there and later won the London Marathon. In the process, he broke a record many once...

Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who returned to Germany in his 80s, dies at 101

by News Feed Editor | May 14, 2026 | Religion

BERLIN (AP) — Albrecht Weinberg, who survived several Nazi concentration and death camps and lost most of his family in the Holocaust before returning to Germany in his 80s, has died at the age of 101, authorities in his home region said Tuesday. Weinberg died in...