by News Feed Editor | Jun 29, 2026 | Religion
DALLAS (AP) — Texas’ education board on Friday approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible stories, widening conservative efforts to bring Christian teachings into U.S. classrooms. The state-mandated list of...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 27, 2026 | Religion
DILLEY, Texas (RNS and Texas Tribune) — Roughly two dozen immigration advocates, faith leaders, Japanese internment camp survivors and their descendants completed a four-day, 45-mile pilgrimage Saturday to an immigrant detention facility outside of Dilley. The...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 27, 2026 | Religion
(RNS and Uncloseted) — Jacob May remembers sitting across from his pastor at 22-years-old in 2014 at a Chipotle in rural Virginia defending his gay identity over a carnitas burrito. They went over the usual talking points, with his pastor pointing to the clobber...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 26, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Roughly a third of the way into Steven Spielberg’s new blockbuster film “Disclosure Day,” which focuses on the theoretical release of evidence documenting the existence of alien life, a conversation between the two main characters takes a sudden turn toward...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 26, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — When Lamine Yamal, Spain’s teenage star, dropped to his knees after scoring at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, he wasn’t just celebrating a goal. He was performing sujood — an Islamic public expression of gratitude to God — in front of millions of viewers who may...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 26, 2026 | Religion
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV opened his summit of cardinals at the Vatican on Friday (June 26) by appealing to unity within the church, which he said is called to build a “civilization of love” amid rising conflicts and ongoing wars around the world. “War is...
