by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — The Rev. Rosedanny Ortiz, a Puerto Rican pastor now based in Texas, felt alone and uncertain about her future in ministry after her United Methodist church closed due to COVID-19 complications and she suffered a stint of mental health crises. “I had so many...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion
FRISCO, Texas (RNS) — When Aneela Charania approached Frisco’s city council office on May 20, she said she immediately felt fear creep in. Charania, who is Muslim, had come to a public comment meeting about construction projects for a mosque and two Hindu temples. In...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — When the news broke that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo had been shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent as he drove his construction crew to work in Houston last week, a Vatican representative was meeting with immigrant families at a Houston...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new AP-NORC poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new AP-NORC poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion
GURDASPUR, India (AP) — As dusk settled over Gurdaspur’s fields, villagers gathered in the courtyard of a Sikh temple to watch a movie that has been blocked by Indian officials. “Satluj” tells the true tale of a human rights activist who investigated thousands of...
