ICE releases a Texas nun intercepted walking to church dressed in her habit

by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Religion

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A nun was released from immigration custody after she was arrested walking to Mass in her habit in South Texas. Sister Leticia Ugboaja was walking to Our Lady of Sorrows Church in McAllen, Texas, just a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border on...

Four key takeaways from Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Report

by News Feed Editor | Jun 30, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — Almost immediately after the Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission released its draft 224-page report Friday (June 26), several faith and civic leaders responded with criticism. “The report and the commission behind it fail to represent and...

Leo urges SSPX to ‘turn back’ as breakaway traditionalists plan bishop consecrations

by News Feed Editor | Jun 30, 2026 | Religion

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A breakaway traditionalist Catholic group, the Society of St. Pius X, is defying Vatican orders by proceeding with its plan to ordain new bishops without papal consent on Wednesday (July 1) during a ceremony in Écône, Switzerland. After repeated...

Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68 million deficit

by News Feed Editor | Jun 30, 2026 | Religion

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary Catholics to help bail out...

Pope promotes Italian nun to top migrant role in his first major appointment of a woman to Holy See

by News Feed Editor | Jun 30, 2026 | Religion

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday made his first major appointment of a woman to the Holy See hierarchy, promoting Italian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to head the Vatican office responsible for migrants, the environment and development. Smerilli, an economist, is...

Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes and threatens to halt talks

by News Feed Editor | Jun 30, 2026 | Religion

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran again launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday following new U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic Republic, and threatened a “complete halt” in negotiations to end the war if Washington continues...