by News Feed Editor | Feb 20, 2026 | Religion
TIVOLI, Italy (AP) — Long ago, when Romans wanted to build a new temple, they would head to the nearby quarries of Tivoli, chisel out blocks of porous rock called lapis tiburtinus — now known as travertine — and float the cargo downstream on rafts to craftsmen in...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 20, 2026 | Religion
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Waleed al Zamli longingly recalled the joys and traditions of the first day of Ramadan before the Israel-Hamas war had drastically altered his life: Lanterns for the children. Sweets. Special dishes. “Before the war, we would greet it...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 20, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — For many Muslims in the Twin Cities, Ramadan feels somber after the federal immigration enforcement surge left many immigrant families wary of gathering. But those who spoke with RNS are hoping the Islamic sacred month of fasting and charity, which began this...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 19, 2026 | Religion
BOSTON (RNS) — On Yom Kippur in 2024, one year after Israel began its fierce assault on Gaza, Rabbi Greg Hersh’s small Massachusetts synagogue voted to raise money to buy military gear for the Israel Defense Forces. Hersh, a 40-year old graduate of the...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 19, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Christian leaders — from Catholic cardinals and Episcopal and Lutheran bishops to moderate evangelical Christians — took their faith’s day of penitence and prayer as an opportunity to speak out on behalf of immigrants and against President Donald Trump’s mass...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 19, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Last October, the Rev. Jorge Bautista was standing at the one-road entrance to a California military base, protesting the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, when he saw a masked federal agent approach, weapon raised. Moments later, the agent fired a...
