Vatican-backed priest tours US to visit immigrant advocates, community organizers

by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — When the news broke that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo had been shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent as he drove his construction crew to work in Houston last week, a Vatican representative was meeting with immigrant families at a Houston...

Many US Jewish adults have experienced assault or harassment over the past year, AP-NORC poll finds

by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new AP-NORC poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs...

Many US Jewish adults have experienced assault or harassment over the past year, AP-NORC poll finds

by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new AP-NORC poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs...

Community screenings help a movie set during an Indian insurgency bypass censorship

by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion

GURDASPUR, India (AP) — As dusk settled over Gurdaspur’s fields, villagers gathered in the courtyard of a Sikh temple to watch a movie that has been blocked by Indian officials. “Satluj” tells the true tale of a human rights activist who investigated thousands of...

Community screenings help a movie set during an Indian insurgency bypass censorship

by News Feed Editor | Jul 13, 2026 | Religion

GURDASPUR, India (AP) — As dusk settled over Gurdaspur’s fields, villagers gathered in the courtyard of a Sikh temple to watch a movie that has been blocked by Indian officials. “Satluj” tells the true tale of a human rights activist who investigated thousands of...

Muslim advocacy group fights for trust after Texas brands it a terrorist group

by News Feed Editor | Jul 10, 2026 | Religion

AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — It was just past 9 p.m. on June 22, during the Texas State Board of Education meeting, when Shaimaa Zayan, operations manager  for the Council on American-Islamic Relations’s Austin chapter, was called up to testify. She braced herself, knowing...