by News Feed Editor | Jul 16, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — American Jews woke up to a stark new reality Wednesday: Decades of unequivocal support for Israel is no longer a key plank of the Democratic Party. That reality was plain when almost half of Democrats in the House of Representatives (103 out of 212) voted...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 16, 2026 | Religion
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s parliament has approved laws that effectively halt the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox men in the country’s military in a last-ditch effort by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition to woo religious political parties ahead...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 16, 2026 | Religion
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking to legalize the use of cannabis by Rastafarians for religious purposes. Justice Bahati Mwamuye said Kenya’s laws prohibiting the cultivation and use of marijuana do not violate...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 15, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — A controversial Tennessee pastor has claimed federal officials broke down his door and raided his house after former members of his church accused him of financial impropriety. The Rev. Greg Locke, pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Lebanon, Tennessee,...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 15, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Two days after a man allegedly stabbed a Muslim worker in a Utah mall at least 15 times, religious groups are warning of the effects of escalating anti-Muslim rhetoric. “The hate crime is so abhorrent because it does not only affect the victim. It affects the...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 15, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — The Rev. Michael Pfleger, a well-known anti-gun activist priest, has been accused of child sexual abuse and removed from ministry while the allegation is investigated, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced on Saturday (July 11). Pfleger “strongly denied” the...
