The conservative Christian women turning moral urgency into political power

by News Feed Editor | Jul 6, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — “If I perish, I perish.” That’s the chant sociologist Katie Gaddini heard echoing from the National Mall in October 2024, weeks before President Donald Trump was elected a second time.   Raised an evangelical, Gaddini knew the reference — Esther 4:16, a Bible...

On July 4th, Pope Leo asks United States, Europe: Who is your neighbor?

by News Feed Editor | Jul 4, 2026 | Religion

VATICAN CITY (RNS) – This 4th of July, on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, the first American-born pope chose to spend the day in the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, a symbol of the immigrant influx polarizing...

As US turns 250, Pope Leo says liberty is represented through life, immigrants and faith

by News Feed Editor | Jul 3, 2026 | Religion

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV marked the United States’ 250th anniversary by calling his home country back to its founding ideals during a speech in which he defined liberty through protecting human life, welcoming immigrants and supporting religious freedom and...

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

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

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...