by News Feed Editor | Mar 20, 2026 | Religion
ROME (AP) — A hidden cloister just a few steps from Rome’s Pantheon is a peaceful place for silent meditation — if the millions of tourists who trudge past even know it’s there. Behind the large wooden door, its frescoed walls closed to the general public reveal...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 20, 2026 | Religion
Muslim families in Texas are asking: Does school choice include us? A Houston-area father went to enroll his kids in Texas’ new school voucher program and discovered their school wasn’t on the list — along with every other Islamic school in the state. Texas launched...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 19, 2026 | Religion
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Every year before Easter, Elias Hazin’s phone would ring with pilgrims booking trips to visit Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. This year, Hazin says, there have been only cancellations. The tourism industry in Bethlehem is “basically dead,” said...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 19, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Influenced by a prominent pastor and a layman who led a prison ministry, George W. Bush in his first presidential administration embarked on an ambitious goal: to partner the federal government with faith-based groups. The concept already existed during the...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 19, 2026 | Religion
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On the 10th anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia,” Pope Francis’ 2016 apostolic exhortation on marriage and family, Pope Leo XIV announced he will hold a gathering of presidents of bishops’ conferences at the Vatican to address the same topics in...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 18, 2026 | Religion
NEW YORK (RNS) — Since the start of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting and prayer, once lively group chats among New York’s West African Muslims have grown quieter. Fearing immigration enforcement operations, mosques have scaled back gatherings — even encouraging...
