by News Feed Editor | May 1, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Thirty-six years ago, the Rev. Adam Hamilton co-founded a church with a handful of people in a funeral home chapel. Now, that congregation is the largest United Methodist church in the nation, and Hamilton is setting his sights on a new venue: the United...
by News Feed Editor | May 1, 2026 | Religion
The Brains Behind the Trump Era Vice President JD Vance recently criticized Pope Leo XIV online over his criticism of the war in Iran. It was a bold move for a Catholic convert, but perhaps not surprising, given the larger ideological commitments that have shaped...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 30, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — More Muslim women across the United States are turning to the courts to challenge prison and police policies that force them to remove their hijabs for booking photos, arguing the practice violates their religious freedom and leaves them exposed to lasting...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 30, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Raised in the Baptist tradition in Oklahoma, a young Paldrom Catharine Collins was a seeker. Her search for spiritual truth led her to the Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhist monastery in New York, where she spent five years as Buddhist nun. There, she changed her...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 30, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — In a historic breakthrough, three women were allowed to sit for the Israeli rabbinate’s competency exams earlier this week. The tests, which drill on a variety of topics in Halacha — traditional Jewish law — were previously only available to men seeking...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Religion
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW: RNS national reporter Yonat Shimron in conversation with Rachel Goldberg-Polin http://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/042926.yonat_mixdown.mp3 (RNS) — Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old American-Israeli, became the public face for...
