Taylor Tomlinson’s Netflix special is too ungodly for many churches. This one welcomed her.

by News Feed Editor | Mar 13, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — “My iPhone started capitalizing the G in God again without asking me,” Taylor Tomlinson says in her latest Netflix stand-up special, gripping a mic beneath the ornate ceiling of Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “The robots are coming, and they...

Gay Muslim influencer hosts inclusive Ramadan meal and calls for acceptance across faiths

by News Feed Editor | Mar 13, 2026 | Religion

BERLIN (AP) — Ali Darwich, a gay Muslim influencer in Berlin, picks up a date from his plate, takes a sip of water, and addresses the 15 friends sitting around the table and breaking the Ramadan fast with him. The 33-year-old German with Palestinian and Lebanese roots...

A grim list: Some notable attacks on houses of worship around the world in recent years

by News Feed Editor | Mar 13, 2026 | Religion

Statistically, attending a weekly worship service is a remarkably safe thing to do. Global annual attendance totals many billions; the number of people killed in attacks on individual houses of worship in any given year is generally less than a few hundred. But an...

John Perkins, civil rights leader, influential Bible teacher, dies at 95

by News Feed Editor | Mar 13, 2026 | Religion

(RNS) — John M. Perkins, an influential Baptist author, Bible teacher and longtime racial reconciliation advocate, died Friday (March 13). He was 95.  Perkins died surrounded by his wife and family, they announced on social media Friday. On March 4, his daughters,...

What to know about Reform Judaism after an attack on one of its largest US synagogues

by News Feed Editor | Mar 13, 2026 | Religion

The Michigan synagogue that came under attack Thursday is part of Reform Judaism, the largest branch of the religion in North America, which emphasizes progressive values such as social justice and gender equality. According to the Union for Reform Judaism, Temple...

Thiel brings Antichrist lectures to Vatican’s doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away

by News Feed Editor | Mar 13, 2026 | Religion

ROME (AP) — One of the hottest tickets in the Vatican’s backyard these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel. The invitation-only conference in Rome, from Sunday to Wednesday, has proven so...