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Great American State Fair spends a day focused on faith on National Mall

Great American State Fair spends a day focused on faith on National Mall

by News Feed Editor | Jul 2, 2026 | Religion

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A week into the 16-day Great American State Fair, gospel music could be heard in one section of the National Mall and rodeo calls on the other. Bible verses were recited from one stage while songs like “Macho Man” played on the speakers elsewhere....
‘God commands us not to kill’: Faith leaders protest 50 years of executions

‘God commands us not to kill’: Faith leaders protest 50 years of executions

by News Feed Editor | Jul 2, 2026 | Religion

WASHINGTON (RNS) — In her first years attending a fast marking the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that resumed the modern-day death penalty in the United States, SueZann Bosler was still on medication to treat the effects of being stabbed in the head by the...
Reeling from Venezuela’s earthquakes, churches rush to inspect buildings, distribute supplies

Reeling from Venezuela’s earthquakes, churches rush to inspect buildings, distribute supplies

by News Feed Editor | Jul 2, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — The day after twin earthquakes rocked northern Venezuela, Presbyterian Pastor Ricardo Corzo Moreno was doing two jobs at once: calming his family through the aftershocks and helping launch a 24-hour prayer and collection center for survivors. For days after...
SSPX defies Pope Leo, Vatican issues excommunication

SSPX defies Pope Leo, Vatican issues excommunication

by News Feed Editor | Jul 2, 2026 | Religion

ÉCÔNE, Switzerland (RNS) — A group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday (July 1) by ordaining four new bishops without his consent, calling it their “sacred duty” during a ritual-laden ceremony at the society’s seminary in the Swiss...

How some in Palestinian diaspora find connection, identity and resilience in traditional embroidery

by News Feed Editor | Jul 2, 2026 | Religion

Decades later, Samar Kabouli still fondly recalls gathering with women in her family and sipping cardamom-spiced coffee as they embroidered fabric with colorful threads in traditional Palestinian patterns. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian refugees, Kabouli had never...

San Francisco Archdiocese agrees to pay $395 million to settle child sex abuse lawsuits

by News Feed Editor | Jul 2, 2026 | Religion

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, plaintiffs’ attorneys said Monday. San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will have to...
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