by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — The leader of President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission said that church and state separation is a falsehood at the group’s final meeting, drawing criticism from an advocacy group that supports it. At a Monday (April 13) hearing at the Museum of...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Religion
OCCIDENTAL, Calif. (RNS) — On an unseasonably warm Friday evening in March, 40 people gathered for a Kabbalat Shabbat service in a grove of redwoods and California live oaks, about an hour and a half drive north of San Francisco. A group of musicians led the Jewish...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — SoulCycle. Psychedelic retreats. Yoga. Meditation. Increasingly, people are turning to these practices not just for physical benefits, but to find meaning outside of institutional religion. But according to Liz Bucar, a scholar in religious ethics at...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Religion
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Standing in the spot where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Church of God in Christ leaders said Monday that a $1.2 million federal grant will be used to modernize the treasured piece of...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Religion
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Last year saw the highest level of deadly violence against Jews around the world in over three decades, with 20 people killed in antisemitic attacks, according to an annual study released by Tel Aviv University on Monday. The violence,...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 13, 2026 | Religion
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV’s 10-day trip to Africa comes at a moment of deep global fracture — from wars in the Middle East to rising geopolitical tensions — offering him a new stage to present his message of unity, interreligious dialogue and economic justice...
