by News Feed Editor | Feb 26, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — A group of religious parents who sued the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland after it refused to let them opt their children out of classes discussing books on LGBTQ+ characters will receive a $1.5 million settlement. The agreement, approved on...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 26, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Right-wing podcaster Tucker Carlson has famously broken with the pro-Israel Republican old guard over the past six months, forcefully questioning U.S. evangelicals’ fervent support for Israel. Last week’s sparring match with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 26, 2026 | Religion
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The Israeli parliament’s decision to introduce legislation that would make it illegal to hold non-Orthodox and mixed-gender prayer in any part of the Western Wall complex has infuriated liberal Jews in Israel and the U.S. Some Orthodox rabbis have...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 26, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — After weeks of backlash from anti-abortion Catholics, the University of Notre Dame associate professor who had been appointed to lead the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies will not be accepting the post, a dean announced in an email Thursday (Feb. 26)....
by News Feed Editor | Feb 26, 2026 | Religion
TELL, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers vandalized a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Monday, spray-painting offensive phrases and setting a fire, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Religious Affairs. Worshippers arriving for the day’s...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 26, 2026 | Religion
GALAXIDI, Greece (AP) — The Greek seaside town of Galaxidi exploded into a messy and colorful “flour war” on Monday for its annual end of carnival season festivities that mark the start of the Lent season. Galaxidi’s main coastal road became a flour-strewn mess as...
