Religious Articles

(RNS) — Many of our nation’s top leaders today openly pronounce their Christian faith. Some even read Scripture (or what they imply to be Scripture) during official government briefings.  But according to a new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute, 64% of...

(RNS) — When Lovina Zook put her traditional, dark green Amish dress back on for the video that catapulted her into online fame, butterflies flooded her stomach. “There was a sense of panic that I’m going to be trapped again,” Zook said.  Zook, now 23, had left her...

(FāVS News) — The Episcopal Diocese of Spokane, Washington, has maintained Camp Cross — a 130-acre property on the west side of Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho — for more than a century. Each week throughout summer, the church hosts themed retreats, from Arts and Music Camp...

(RNS) — Religion is continuing to be a major influence in an increasingly secular Europe — not so much through church attendance and worship but because it is embedded in its values, especially those to do with the economy, according to a Berlin-based think tank, the...

(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes a Ratha Yatra in New York City, the beginning of the World Cup and more. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

(RNS) — New Yorkers expecting to see Knicks celebrations and visitors in town for the World Cup were surprised Saturday (June 13) to encounter a series of colorful chariots adorned with jewel-toned balloons, surrounded by thousands of singing and chanting worshippers....

PORTLAND, Ore.  (RNS and NPR) — A few years ago, Greta Binford was hiking in the Columbia River Gorge when she saw a spider that “looked different from anything that I normally see when I roll over rocks and logs in this area,” she said.  An evolutionary biologist at...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — As a wave of xenophobic violence continues rippling across South Africa, the country’s national church council is urging its members to open their doors for the resulting humanitarian emergencies and for dialogue. For months, vigilante groups,...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV locked eyes with the 7-year-old boy, holding both his hands as the two smiled at one another. Captured by Associated Press chief photographer Emilio Morenatti, the moment resonated first with onlookers and then with many others...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In “Disclosure Day,” out Friday, Steven Spielberg is once again inviting audiences to ponder the existence of extraterrestrial life — and the implications it would have for religion on Earth. But Spielberg is hardly the only one making headlines of...

(RNS) — The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 11) prevented Alabama from executing a man who became a Christian ministry leader during his 26 years on death row, deciding that killing him using nitrogen gas was unconstitutional. Jeffery Lee, who is imprisoned for the...

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) — Even popes have travel delays. Lucky for Pope Leo XIV, King Felipe VI offered a way out, and a way home. Leo’s Iberia charter, due to take him back to Rome after a weeklong visit to Spain, was grounded by a technical problem...