Amid anti-migrant attacks, South African clergy urge dialogue and open doors

by News Feed Editor | Jun 15, 2026 | Religion

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — As a wave of xenophobic violence continues rippling across South Africa, the country’s national church council is urging its members to open their doors for the resulting humanitarian emergencies and for dialogue. For months, vigilante groups,...

A viral photo of Pope Leo XIV and a Barcelona boy sparked an emotional search for his family

by News Feed Editor | Jun 15, 2026 | Religion

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV locked eyes with the 7-year-old boy, holding both his hands as the two smiled at one another. Captured by Associated Press chief photographer Emilio Morenatti, the moment resonated first with onlookers and then with many others...

As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion

by News Feed Editor | Jun 15, 2026 | Religion

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In “Disclosure Day,” out Friday, Steven Spielberg is once again inviting audiences to ponder the existence of extraterrestrial life — and the implications it would have for religion on Earth. But Spielberg is hardly the only one making headlines of...

Supreme Court stops execution of inmate who became a ministry leader on death row

by News Feed Editor | Jun 12, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 11) prevented Alabama from executing a man who became a Christian ministry leader during his 26 years on death row, deciding that killing him using nitrogen gas was unconstitutional. Jeffery Lee, who is imprisoned for the...

Pope Leo XIV’s flight home from Spain was grounded so the king came to his aid

by News Feed Editor | Jun 12, 2026 | Religion

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) — Even popes have travel delays. Lucky for Pope Leo XIV, King Felipe VI offered a way out, and a way home. Leo’s Iberia charter, due to take him back to Rome after a weeklong visit to Spain, was grounded by a technical problem...

Astronaut Victor Glover is still trying to find the spiritual words to describe his Moon mission

by News Feed Editor | Jun 12, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — On a humid evening in late March, Victor Glover huddled with his fellow Artemis II astronauts to have what the spacefarers called their “ultimate dinner.” It was their last full meal before embarking on their historic journey around the Moon — the first...