by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Religion
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV departed Equatorial Guinea on Thursday afternoon (April 23), concluding an 11-day tour of four African nations that blended pastoral connection with pointed calls for justice, leaving behind both renewed hope and...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Religion
BATA, Equatorial Guinea (AP) — Pope Leo XIV told inmates at one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious prisons on Wednesday that they are not alone, as he delivered a message of hope during a visit that drew attention to prison conditions, human rights abuses and injustices...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Religion
PARIS (AP) — French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud said Wednesday that he has been sentenced to three years in prison in Algeria for his book “Houris,” a recipient of France’s most prestigious literary award. The writer, who lives in France, announced on X that the...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Though majorities in both groups support abortion being legal, a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that both white Catholics and white mainline/nonevangelical Protestants have demonstrated a small swing toward an anti-abortion position...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Religion
NEW YORK (RNS) — On a spring day in late March at the New York Zen Center in Manhattan, an AI-generated image of a virtual companion, a fabricated “man” with long, curly red hair, a soft face and a wooden-looking necklace, rested on a small altar beside photos of a...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 22, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes Pope Leo XIV in Africa, the Bengali New Year and more. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
