by News Feed Editor | Jun 1, 2026 | Religion
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court on Friday sentenced a former abbot of China’s famous Shaolin Temple to 24 years in prison after he was found guilty of offences including misappropriation of funds and bribery, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Shi Yongxin, whose original...
by News Feed Editor | Jun 1, 2026 | Religion
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump held a White House Situation Room meeting with his advisers on Friday but has not yet made a decision on whether to move forward with a deal to extend the Iran ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said the...
by News Feed Editor | May 29, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Just before the tip-off of a May 18 playoff game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs, Pastor Danny Grover stood in a spotlight at center court holding a microphone. “Strong and faithful God,” the pastor of St. Matthew Catholic Church in Elk...
by News Feed Editor | May 29, 2026 | Religion
MADRID (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV and Bad Bunny may seem unlikely candidates for a shared stage, but with both the pontiff and the Puerto Rican pop star set to draw huge crowds in Madrid next week, church and city officials say a meeting — or at least a live video link — is...
by News Feed Editor | May 29, 2026 | Religion
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian mother of four was held in custody after she appeared in a court on Thursday charged with traveling to Syria and joining the Islamic State group. Rayann El Houli, 34, was arrested at her Melbourne home eight months after she...
by News Feed Editor | May 29, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Samaritan’s Purse, the Christian international humanitarian relief organization, airlifted an Ebola treatment unit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this week in response to the outbreak of the deadly disease. The airlift from Greensboro, North...
