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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
by News Feed Editor | Jul 2, 2026 | Religion
ÉCÔNE, Switzerland (RNS) — A group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday (July 1) by ordaining four new bishops without his consent, calling it their “sacred duty” during a ritual-laden ceremony at the society’s seminary in the Swiss...
