Want to renew healthy eating habits? Greek monks have a spring playbook

by News Feed Editor | Apr 2, 2026 | Religion

TRIKORFO, Greece (AP) — Can a centuries-old ritual of spiritual renewal rekindle a New Year’s resolution to build healthy eating habits before it fades in the spring? For six weeks every year, millions of Orthodox Christians around the world adopt a largely vegan...

Trump addresses nation on Iran war in first prime-time speech since launching strikes 4 weeks ago

by News Feed Editor | Apr 2, 2026 | Religion

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday night, offering an update on the war in Iran during his first prime-time speech since launching strikes alongside Israel more than a month ago. With the speech, Trump was getting a wide audience...

Beirut is bursting as over 1 million people flee Israeli strikes and evacuation orders

by News Feed Editor | Apr 2, 2026 | Religion

BEIRUT (AP) — Beirut is bursting. It’s been a month since Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel after the U.S.-Israeli attack on its patron, Iran, triggering Israeli bombardment of Lebanon and a ground invasion. Since then, more than 1 million people from southern and...

Chile’s new President José Antonio Kast brings openly religious views to a changing country

by News Feed Editor | Apr 2, 2026 | Religion

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s new president, José Antonio Kast, has joined a growing list of right-leaning Latin American leaders. Not only is he conservative — he’s openly religious as well. Kast — who took office March 11 — is a practicing Catholic and part of the...

Israel’s new death penalty law sparks outcry from liberal Jewish groups

by News Feed Editor | Apr 1, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — The death penalty law targeting Palestinians that passed the Israeli parliament on Monday (March 30) has been roundly denounced among liberal Jewish movements in Israel and abroad. In the U.S., the largest Jewish denomination, the Reform movement, strongly...

LGBTQ faith leaders say Supreme Court’s conversion therapy ruling will harm youth

by News Feed Editor | Apr 1, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — As LGBTQ-affirming faith communities across the United States prepared to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility on Tuesday (March 31), their plans were interrupted by news the Supreme Court had ruled that morning against Colorado’s ban on...