by News Feed Editor | Jul 2, 2026 | Religion
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, plaintiffs’ attorneys said Monday. San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will have to...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — The largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States voted Tuesday evening (June 30) to recognize Israel’s war in Gaza as a genocide, two days after the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) unanimously voted to divest from Palantir Technologies and General...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Religion
WASHINGTON (RNS) — When Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia walked into Speaker Mike Johnson’s office last month, the two men already held starkly different political views. By the time the meeting ended 30 minutes later, it was clear they also sit on different ends of...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes the traditionalist group Society of St. Pius X ordaining bishops, the devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela and more. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — For those working to safeguard Ukraine’s religious and cultural heritage, the threats of moisture, sunlight and mishandling have taken a backseat to bullets, bombs and looting. Up against four years of destruction and counting, a dedicated cadre of scholars,...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Religion
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A nun was released from immigration custody after she was arrested walking to Mass in her habit in South Texas. Sister Leticia Ugboaja was walking to Our Lady of Sorrows Church in McAllen, Texas, just a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border on...
