by News Feed Editor | Jun 16, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — When Lovina Zook put her traditional, dark green Amish dress back on for the video that catapulted her into online fame, butterflies flooded her stomach. “There was a sense of panic that I’m going to be trapped again,” Zook said. Zook, now 23, had left her...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 16, 2026 | Religion
(FāVS News) — The Episcopal Diocese of Spokane, Washington, has maintained Camp Cross — a 130-acre property on the west side of Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho — for more than a century. Each week throughout summer, the church hosts themed retreats, from Arts and Music Camp...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 16, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Religion is continuing to be a major influence in an increasingly secular Europe — not so much through church attendance and worship but because it is embedded in its values, especially those to do with the economy, according to a Berlin-based think tank, the...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 16, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes a Ratha Yatra in New York City, the beginning of the World Cup and more. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
by News Feed Editor | Jun 15, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — New Yorkers expecting to see Knicks celebrations and visitors in town for the World Cup were surprised Saturday (June 13) to encounter a series of colorful chariots adorned with jewel-toned balloons, surrounded by thousands of singing and chanting worshippers....
by News Feed Editor | Jun 15, 2026 | Religion
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS and NPR) — A few years ago, Greta Binford was hiking in the Columbia River Gorge when she saw a spider that “looked different from anything that I normally see when I roll over rocks and logs in this area,” she said. An evolutionary biologist at...
