by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — When President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, one of his first actions was to abruptly block migrants from seeking asylum in the United States through the southern border. Immediately, hundreds of thousands of people seeking refuge lost a...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — The historically Black denomination that endorsed U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., who until last week served as the Army’s chief of chaplains, said it had “deep disappointment and serious concern” about his removal by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth....
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — In a video widely shared on X, one of Iran’s two chief rabbis stood beside the rubble of Tehran’s Rafi-Nia Synagogue, holding a damaged sacred book in his hand. The synagogue was leveled in a strike overnight Monday (April 6) before the ceasefire was declared,...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Religion
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Thousands of Jews, Muslims and Christians flocked to the Old City of Jerusalem on Thursday (April 9) to pray at the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the day after a two-week ceasefire was announced in the war between...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Religion
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appeared to hang by a thread Wednesday after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The White House demanded that the channel be reopened and...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 8, 2026 | Religion
WASHINGTON (RNS) — On Wednesday (April 8), Vice President JD Vance stood in front of Air Force Two in Budapest and was confronted with the latest chapter in an emerging, global drama: rising tensions between the U.S. military and religious leaders. Standing on the...
