by News Feed Editor | Jun 18, 2026 | Religion
RICHMOND, Va. (RNS) – From 1830 to 1860, tens of thousands of enslaved people disembarked ships at Richmond’s Manchester Docks, an entry point into a bondage system that built Virginia’s wealth and shaped the city’s history. Shackled together, the enslaved people...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 18, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — 5.4 million people became refugees in 2025. With the global total eclipsing more than 35 million refugees — not including the 69 million internally displaced persons — resettlement remains a vital lifeline for the most vulnerable communities. For more than...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 18, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Though Pope Leo XIV still enjoys high levels of support from U.S. Catholics, partisan polarization is growing, according to a new poll released by Pew Research Center on Thursday (June 18). About three-quarters (78%) of U.S. Catholics expressed favorable views...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 18, 2026 | Religion
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — In 2016, 89-year-old Opal Lee walked from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in hopes of establishing Juneteenth as a national holiday. Partly due to her efforts, it became one in 2021. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when the...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 18, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Emmaia Gelman’s new book about the Anti-Defamation League opens with an almost forgotten incident. In 1993, the FBI raided the ADL’s San Francisco offices for “spying on civil rights groups and antiracist organizers.” The New York Times, which covered the...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 17, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — The closest Kareem Sarsour had come to seeing his father in more than two months was standing outside an Indiana county jail where he is being held by immigration officials. Salah Sarsour, a Muslim Palestinian leader and green card holder, was detained by...
