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Faith has always gone to space. Artemis II shows how much it has changed.
(RNS) — On Monday (April 6), NASA astronauts finally were about to commence Artemis II’s flyby of the moon, the first such close observance of Earth’s satellite in nearly 60 years. The four astronauts had spent days on the Orion spacecraft, hurtling toward the moon,...
Pope says Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization is ‘truly unacceptable’
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization was “truly unacceptable” and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law. In some of his strongest comments yet against the war,...
An investigative reporter probes the ‘killers’ of Roe v. Wade in new book
(RNS) — Investigative reporter Amy Littlefield loved Agatha Christie murder mysteries and especially the character Miss Marple, the older lady detective. So, in 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the 50-year-old right to abortion, Littlefield...
Jewish protesters hold Passover Seder at Palantir’s NY HQ over ICE contract
NEW YORK (RNS) — Hundreds of protesters gathered at Union Square in Manhattan on Monday afternoon (April 6) for a Passover Seder to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies and corporations working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The...
Donald Trump’s Easter clash of hell and holiness
(RNS) — On Easter Sunday (April 5), President Donald Trump shared a profanity-laced message for the people of Iran on his Truth Social platform, capping a Holy Week filled with both sacred and profane messages from the White House. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day,...
Easter came to empty pews in Jerusalem. For Palestinian Christians, Orthodox Easter may be no different.
(RNS) — By any measure, the Holy Week in Jerusalem was eerily quiet as a result of restrictions imposed by Israel against large gatherings due to the U.S.-Israel war in Iran. On Palm Sunday, the Latin Patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, was barred by...
English choirs seek to protect a musical tradition little changed since Queen Elizabeth I
LONDON (AP) — On a gray afternoon in the days before Easter, a dozen or so schoolchildren straggled into a side building at Rochester Cathedral and began their transformation. Off went the jackets and backpacks, on came burgundy cassocks and white surplices. Then they...
Displaced by war, Lebanon’s Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches
JDEIDEH, Lebanon (AP) — It was not how the Rev. Maroun Ghafari had envisioned this Holy Week — for years, he had held Easter sermons in his predominantly Christian village of Alma al-Shaab in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel. This year, he is preaching...
Pope Leo’s Easter message to the world: ‘Let those who have weapons lay them down!’
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – During his first Easter address on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV made an impassioned global appeal to end wars and embrace dialogue, following a series of celebrations leading up to Easter in which the pope emphasized the theme of peace. “Let those who...
After court battles, clergy visit ICE detainees in Illinois and Minnesota
(RNS) — Shortly after the Rev. Paul Joseph Keller, two fellow Catholic priests and a nun were ushered into the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility outside Chicago on Thursday (April 2), a guard escorted five immigrant detainees to a space on the...
An educator explores Hinduism and belonging in US public schools in new book
(RNS) — An education scholar and mother of two teenagers, Indu Viswanathan is no stranger to the challenges of misrepresentation in the U.S. public school system. She was first exposed to stereotypes and tropes surrounding the Hindu faith — which she and other...
Why Catholic initiations are surging this Easter: From influencers to sacraments
(RNS) — Catholic dioceses across the United States are reporting a notable increase in adults entering the church this Easter, with some reporting the largest Christian initiation classes in history. A recent report by the Hallow app, which aggregated diocesan data...





