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,...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 27, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Braden Peters, a streamer who goes by Clavicular, posted a recent video last week announcing he would broadcast his life 24 hours a day for a month on Kick, where he has about 250,000 followers. “I live in a luxury condominium in downtown Miami, the...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 27, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — The New York City Council passed a bill Thursday (March 26) calling for buffer zones around places of worship in an attempt to protect them from rowdy protesters. But the bill that passed with a solid majority, 44-5, with one abstention, was a watered-down...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 27, 2026 | Religion
NEW YORK (RNS) — In October 2021, two months after Matthew LaBanca married his husband, he was fired from his job at a Queens Catholic elementary school, St. Joseph Catholic Academy. Also fired from his role directing music at Corpus Christi Church in Queens,...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 27, 2026 | Religion
(RNS) — Seven years since first airing, the mega-hit biographical Jesus drama “The Chosen” is a full-fledged franchise. The evidence? An annual multi-day convention (Chosen Con), merch (hoodies, coloring books, jewelry), the fandom (over 308 million viewers) and now,...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 27, 2026 | Religion
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the Iran war began, prayed Wednesday to have “every round find its mark.” “Every month it is fitting to be right here,” he told the gathered...