by News Feed Editor | Mar 30, 2026 | Religion
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV announced a significant reshuffling of top Vatican posts on Monday (March 30), consolidating his leadership over the church and the Roman Curia almost one year into his pontificate. Leo tapped Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, 55, formerly...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 30, 2026 | Religion
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Twenty of Anava Marcus’ relatives were scheduled to fly to Israel from Australia and South Africa last week to celebrate her bat mitzvah during Passover, which begins on Wednesday (April 1). But instead, Anava will celebrate her 12th birthday — a...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 30, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — For most people, being slammed to the pavement by a group of police officers and violently handcuffed in front of a screaming crowd would be a traumatic experience. When that situation befell the Rev. Michael Woolf last November as he was protesting outside an...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 28, 2026 | Religion
NEW YORK (RNS) — Hundreds gathered at Central Park’s Columbus Circle entrance on Saturday morning (March 28) for an interfaith vigil ahead of New York City’s “No Kings” march to protest the Trump administration. The Rev. Paul Raushenbush, president and CEO of...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 28, 2026 | Religion
MONACO (RNS) – A highlight of Pope Leo XIV’s one-day trip to Monaco was his meeting with young Catholics in the country, including those who represent a surging number of catechumens, or people converting or returning to the faith and preparing to receive the...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 28, 2026 | Religion
MONACO (RNS) — In a tiny European country where 1 in 3 residents are millionaires, Pope Leo XIV called for the responsible use of wealth and condemned the “idolatry of power and money,” delivering a moral appeal from one of the world’s richest enclaves. “Every talent,...
