by News Feed Editor | Jun 23, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — The 8 a.m. service starts with a litany of gratitude, which unfurls in the chat function of the online Zoom: “Grateful to be awake.” “Grateful for the last day of school.” “Grateful for this morning to pray.” “Grateful for morning minyan.” On the main screen,...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 22, 2026 | Religion
ELIZABETH, N.J. — On a Sunday in March, the Rev. Canon Andy Moore looked out at the empty back-left pews at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, which had once been filled with Haitian immigrants. “We pray in a very special way for our Haitians who aren’t here at this...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 22, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — After six years as a foster parent with Bethany Christian Services, Stacey Goodson, based in Western Michigan, has served her last foster youth — for now. “I closed my license immediately,” Goodson told RNS. “I’m just not willing to be a part of something that...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 22, 2026 | Religion
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police charged a third suspect on Friday with an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue that was allegedly directed by Iran. The 20-year-old man was one of three masked offenders who broke into the Adass Israel Synagogue, doused the interior...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 19, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — In the face of an accelerating U.S. pressure campaign, deteriorating public utilities and economic inefficiency, Cuba’s communist government on Thursday (June 18) announced sweeping economic reforms, the largest privatization since before Fidel Castro’s...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 19, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — The Texas State Board of Education is preparing to vote next week on requiring schoolchildren in the state to read about a dozen Bible passages and religious stories, stepping into the long-running debate over religion’s — and specifically Christianity’s —...
