by News Feed Editor | Apr 20, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — A year after his death, the Catholic Church is moving forward — and revealing what Francis actually changed. While he was alive, Francis’ papacy was interpreted in real time: praised, criticized and debated. It was difficult to separate what was truly changing...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 20, 2026 | Religion
BEIRUT (AP) — Iran said Friday it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but U.S. President Donald Trump said the American blockade on Iranian ships and ports “will remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a deal with the U.S., including on its...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 18, 2026 | Religion
NAIROBI (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Angola on Saturday afternoon, touching down in the capital, Luanda, to begin a three-day visit expected to focus on economic inequality, youth unemployment and governance in one of Africa’s most resource-rich nations. The visit,...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 17, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — In a former segregated school in rural Virginia, an Islamic college has been reconnecting its mostly African American Muslim students with a legacy of faith and scholarship largely erased from mainstream history. IQOU Theological College, in the town of...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 17, 2026 | Religion
NEW YORK (RNS) — One century ago, on April 18, 1926, an Indian Hindu monk named Paramahansa Yogananda — the now-recognizable guru on the front cover of the bestseller “Autobiography of a Yogi”— traveled to New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall to address a crowd of...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 17, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — The United States House, in a bipartisan effort that highlighted Republican division over the Trump administration’s immigration policies, passed a bill Thursday (April 16) to allow Haitian migrants temporary legal protections to live in the U.S. for three...