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Pope Leo bolsters tiny Christian flock in Turkey ahead of historic prayer at Nicaea

Pope Leo bolsters tiny Christian flock in Turkey ahead of historic prayer at Nicaea

by News Feed Editor | Nov 28, 2025 | Religion

ISTANBUL (RNS) — On his second day in Turkey, Pope Leo XIV encouraged the small Christian community in the country ahead of his symbolic prayer gathering at Nicaea, where bishops convened 1,700 years ago to lay down the foundations of their shared Christian faith....
At Nicaea, Pope Leo calls Christians to rise to unity as ancient basilica resurfaces

At Nicaea, Pope Leo calls Christians to rise to unity as ancient basilica resurfaces

by News Feed Editor | Nov 28, 2025 | Religion

ISTANBUL (RNS) — The Ancient Basilica of Neophytos lay buried beneath the surface of Lake İznik, in Turkey, for more than 1,200 years. Drought and climate change have caused its stone outline to re-emerge from the waters over the past decade, in time for a special...

Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza as first phase of ceasefire nears end

by News Feed Editor | Nov 28, 2025 | Religion

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Wednesday, a day after Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli hostage. This is the latest exchange as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire reached last month, whose first phase is...
West Virginia parents can cite religious beliefs to opt out of school vaccines, judge says

West Virginia parents can cite religious beliefs to opt out of school vaccines, judge says

by News Feed Editor | Nov 28, 2025 | Religion

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia officials suspended a school vaccination mandate Wednesday after a judge ruled that parents can cite religious beliefs to opt out of vaccines required for their children to attend classes. In issuing a permanent injunction in a...
In first speech in Turkey, Pope Leo urges Erdogan to be a broker for peace

In first speech in Turkey, Pope Leo urges Erdogan to be a broker for peace

by News Feed Editor | Nov 27, 2025 | Religion

ANKARA (RNS) – Pope Leo XIV landed in the capital of Turkey, and on Thursday (Nov. 27) met with state representatives of the Sunni Muslim majority country, including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during which he made a plea for peace amid growing tensions and...
Anti-immigrant bias may be key to the mystery of Duffy’s Cut

Anti-immigrant bias may be key to the mystery of Duffy’s Cut

by News Feed Editor | Nov 26, 2025 | Religion

(RNS) — Along a well-traveled local road in affluent Malvern, Pennsylvania, a blue and gold historical marker commemorates a nearby mass grave of Irish Catholic immigrants who died in 1832 while building a railroad west of Philadelphia. They died, the marker notes, in...
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