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Muslim leaders argue Al-Aqsa Mosque closure during Ramadan may be politically motivated
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Living in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, Mohammed Mahmoud enjoys a privilege other Muslims around the world can only dream about: the ability to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque every day. For the first two weeks of Ramadan, Mahmoud, who...
Explosives thrown near New York City mayor’s residence investigated as ‘ISIS-related terrorism’
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s police commissioner said Monday that authorities are investigating whether men who brought improvised explosive devices to a protest outside New York City’s mayoral residence were inspired by ISIS. The devices, which did not...
Deportations surge, aid collapses and faith groups in Latin America struggle to respond
(RNS) — At least once a week, relief workers from Jesuit Refugee Service Mexico see a grim routine: Newly arrived deportees step off planes in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, near Mexico’s southern border, still wearing gray detention uniforms issued in the United States....
Pope Leo XIV taps career Vatican diplomat Archbishop Caccia as representative to the US
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – Pope Leo XIV appointed Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, the Holy See’s representative to the United Nations, the new papal nuncio to the United States, the Vatican announced Saturday (March 7). He will replace Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who...
‘A lie from the pit of hell’: Episcopal leaders push back on rumors of fatal decline
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is tired of hearing that his church is doomed. The denomination has lost about half of its baptized membership since the 1960s, declining to about 1.5 million adherents today, and still faces...
4 men arrested in UK on suspicion of aiding Iran by spying on Jewish community
LONDON (AP) — London police said Friday that four men have been arrested on suspicion of aiding Iran by spying on the Jewish community. In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said the suspects — one Iranian and three dual British-Iranian nationals — were taken into...
Israeli family who buried 3 of their children after missile attack clings to faith
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tamar Biton was in the kitchen when an explosion rocked her home in the central Israeli city of Beit Shemesh, shattering the windows and collapsing the ceiling with a boom louder than anything she had ever heard. Making her way to what was left of a...
Conservative Anglican bishops seek ‘disengagement’ from Canterbury without naming rival leader
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Weeks before the Rt. Rev. Sarah Mullally is officially installed as the first female archbishop of Canterbury, a group of conservative Anglican prelates known as GAFCON renamed their body the Global Anglican Communion and elected a set of...
In planning family and careers, young Sikh American women say balancing act is their own
(RNS) — The questions that researcher Pavita Singh asked her interview subjects were those any young woman might be pondering: Do you want kids or children? When? With whom? But the women in Singh’s study — 30 Sikh Americans between 18 to 24 years of age — answered...
Forbidden love finds a way in new memoir about Israeli-Palestinian couple
(RNS) — Sari Bashi was working at a Tel Aviv nonprofit providing legal assistance to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip when she fell in love with one of her clients. The man she calls “Osama” in her memoir, “Upside-Down Love,” was born in Gaza but had been living in...
Beth Moore to end Living Proof events in 2027
(RNS) — Bible teacher and bestselling author Beth Moore announced Thursday (March 5) that her ministry will stop holding large-scale Living Proof events in 2027. The decision to end Living Proof Ministries events, which feature Moore’s Bible teaching and worship...
In Nigeria’s protracted violence, debate over whether religion is the cause, or the casualty
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — When gunmen stormed villages near Makurdi in Nigeria’s Benue state last year, Pastor Emmanuel Ochefu said the attack felt personal. “They came at night, shouting and burning homes,” said Ochefu, who leads a small Pentecostal church outside the...