by News Feed Editor | Feb 27, 2026 | Religion
ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday announced a busy and lengthy foreign travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV in the first half of 2026, confirming the pontiff will visit Monaco, Spain and four African nations — Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. The...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 27, 2026 | Religion
MILAN (AP) — Days ahead of the Winter Paralympics, when disabled athletes will take center stage at the Milan Cortina Games, a choir from northern Italy performed a pop music concert inside Milan’s Sant’Antonio church, calling for harmony and inclusion — particularly...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 27, 2026 | Religion
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A wide-ranging federal inquiry began on Tuesday into a rise in antisemitism across Australia before two gunmen believed to be inspired by the Islamic State group allegedly killed 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival in December. Prime...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 26, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — A group of religious parents who sued the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland after it refused to let them opt their children out of classes discussing books on LGBTQ+ characters will receive a $1.5 million settlement. The agreement, approved on...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 26, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Right-wing podcaster Tucker Carlson has famously broken with the pro-Israel Republican old guard over the past six months, forcefully questioning U.S. evangelicals’ fervent support for Israel. Last week’s sparring match with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 26, 2026 | Religion
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The Israeli parliament’s decision to introduce legislation that would make it illegal to hold non-Orthodox and mixed-gender prayer in any part of the Western Wall complex has infuriated liberal Jews in Israel and the U.S. Some Orthodox rabbis have...
