by News Feed Editor | Feb 25, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — With two new congregations led by and for African American and Caribbean Jews, Washington, D.C. is emerging as a center of Black Jewish life in the United States. Ohel Eidot Chemdat’a (“Tent of the Precious Congregations”), or OEC for short, will hold its...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 24, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Every Christmas season as her neighbors draped their house and grounds with festive lights, Jasmina Husic’s children asked the same question: “Mama and baba, why don’t we decorate for Christmas?” she said. The mother of five, who lives in Kennesaw, Georgia,...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 24, 2026 | Religion
ISTANBUL (RNS) — In early February, a few weeks before the beginning of Ramadan, Greece’s minister of migration and asylum, Thanos Plevris, announced a nationwide sweep to close down “illegal places of worship,” specifically mentioning more than 60 unregistered...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 24, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church are among 33 Black churches receiving millions of dollars for preservation of their sacred and historic buildings. They are recipients of the fourth annual round of...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 24, 2026 | Religion
ASSISI, Italy (AP) — The bones of St. Francis of Assisi went on public display for the first time Sunday, capping an 800-year saga over his bodily remains and confirming the enduring appeal to Christians of venerating a saint’s relics. Nearly 400,000 people registered...
by News Feed Editor | Feb 24, 2026 | Religion
MILAN (AP) — This year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games are located in Italy, a historically Catholic nation. And they coincide with Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that’s a time for dawn-to-dusk fasting, religious reflection and communal celebration. One of the two host...
