Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized… more
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Texas judge enjoyably enjoins the Ten Commandments religionnews.com/2025/08/21/t...
Texas judge enjoyably enjoins the Ten Commandments
(RNS) — In blocking a statute requiring the Decalogue to be posted in public schools, a judge’s injunction is both solid jurisprudence and a good read.
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LDS church quietly shifts its message to doubters religionnews.com/2025/08/21/l...
LDS church quietly shifts its message to doubters
(RNS) — Only one person I’ve talked to had actually heard of these essays even though they debuted over a year and a half ago — and they’re quite good!
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The Rise of Right-Wing Nihilism www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Opinion | The Rise of Right-Wing Nihilism
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At conference, pastors address racism in their churches as momentum fades religionnews.com/2025/08/22/a...
At conference, pastors address racism in their churches as momentum fades
NORCROSS, Ga. (RNS) — Five years after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a police officer, OneRace’s conference explored how the anti-racist momentum of 2020 has progressively faded.
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Police raid ends Italy’s migrant parish; defiant priest vows he won’t surrender religionnews.com/2025/08/22/p...
Police raid ends Italy’s migrant parish; defiant priest vows he won’t surrender
(RNS) — After the raid, Biancalani said he is looking to the example of sanctuary churches in the United States, vowing not to surrender: ‘If there are canonical tools to defend hospitality, I will us...
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Samaritan's Purse joins Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's aid efforts in Gaza religionnews.com/2025/08/21/s...
Samaritan's Purse joins Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's aid efforts in Gaza
(RNS) — Since July 26, Samaritan’s Purse has sent eight relief flights and a medical team to Gaza — one of the only faith-based groups to join the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s efforts.
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Financial tool tells Catholics if they are investing in abortion, LGBTQ+ causes and porn religionnews.com/2025/08/21/c...
Financial tool tells Catholics if they are investing in abortion, LGBTQ+ causes and porn
(RNS) — A scorecard developed by Catholic financial adviser Chris McMahon tells parishes, dioceses and individuals how their investments may conflict with church teaching — and how to change course.
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NYC faith leaders look to coordinate as federal cuts strain pantries and soup kitchens religionnews.com/2025/08/21/n...
NYC faith leaders look to coordinate as federal cuts strain pantries and soup kitchens
NEW YORK (RNS) — With federal funding cuts impacting food pantry resources across the nation, faith leaders in New York pledge new collaborations to sustain the city’s food banks and soup kitchens.
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One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o... @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
Opinion | One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems
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A moving tribute, from one brother to another, via @thomasreesesj.bsky.social - Fr. Eddie Reese left this world surrounded by love. I was privileged to be his brother.
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Fr. Eddie Reese left this world surrounded by love. I was privileged to be his brother.
My brother, Eddie, died Aug. 2 at the Jesuit infirmary in Los Gatos, California. He was 82. In San Jose, Phoenix and San Francisco, he was known to thousands of people as a giant in Jesuit education a...
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For New York's Muslims, Zohran Mamdani's candidacy is a reckoning on 9/11 backlash religionnews.com/2025/08/20/f...
For New York's Muslims, Zohran Mamdani's candidacy is a reckoning on 9/11 backlash
(RNS) — The mayoral candidate’s popularity is a reflection of 9/11’s impact on New York’s political and cultural landscape.
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SCOTUS supported parents' rights in education. But religious free exercise needs limits. religionnews.com/2025/08/20/s...
SCOTUS supported parents' rights in education. But religious free exercise needs limits.
(RNS) — Case in point: a California faith-based day care lawsuit.
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Judge halts Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in schools religionnews.com/2025/08/20/j...
Judge halts Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in schools
(RNS) — ‘As a rabbi and public school parent, I welcome this ruling,’ Rabbi Mara Nathan, a plaintiff in the case, said in a statement.
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Episcopal Church removes priest who founded Christian psychedelic society religionnews.com/2025/08/20/e...
Episcopal Church removes priest who founded Christian psychedelic society
(RNS) — Hunt Priest was removed from ministry nearly a decade after participating in a controversial study on clergy and psychedelics.
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Study suggests online religious services may be less effective than in person religionnews.com/2025/08/20/s...
Study suggests online religious services may be less effective than in person
(RNS) — On average, people attending church in person had a higher heart rate during the service and experienced more transcendence, according to a recent study.
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Qatar urges a Gaza ceasefire after a 'positive response' from Hamas religionnews.com/2025/08/20/q...
Qatar urges a Gaza ceasefire after a 'positive response' from Hamas
JERUSALEM (AP) — The prospect of an expanded assault on Gaza City and other areas sheltering hundreds of thousands of civilians has sparked international outrage.
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In Kenya's capital, a new Rastafari temple shows the movement's endurance religionnews.com/2025/08/20/i...
In Kenya's capital, a new Rastafari temple shows the movement's endurance
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The rare event — opening a tabernacle made of wooden poles and roofed with iron sheets — illustrated the community’s expanding ranks in a country where until recently Rastafari w...
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Cardinal Zuppi leads seven-hour prayer, naming every child killed in Holy Land war religionnews.com/2025/08/18/c...
Cardinal Zuppi leads seven-hour prayer, naming every child killed in Holy Land war
(RNS) — The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference took turns with dozens of other members of his diocese reading the names and ages of the 16 Israeli children and the 12,211 Palestinian children who...
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At 175, a Brooklyn church turns to film to preserve its legacy for a new generation religionnews.com/2025/08/18/a...
At 175, a Brooklyn church turns to film to preserve its legacy for a new generation
NEW YORK (RNS) — Jahleel Hills, a 27-year-old filmmaker and sixth-generation member of Berean Baptist Church, has teamed up with church elders to ensure its story reaches and inspires the next generat...
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To understand a faith, first understand the people who practice it religionnews.com/2025/08/19/t...
To understand a faith, first understand the people who practice it
(RNS) — What would it take for us to see one another for the complex human beings that we are, rather than for the stereotypes that dominate our understandings?
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New PBS documentary explores love and loss in Islamic stories religionnews.com/2025/08/19/n...
New PBS documentary explores love and loss in Islamic stories
(RNS) — ‘Islam’s Greatest Stories of Love,’ premiering Friday (Aug. 22), seeks to better understand the wisdom in five stories of various types of love.
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President of U.S. Bishops Conference Calls for Special Collection for Humanitarian Relief and Pastoral Support in Gaza | @usccbofficial.bsky.social www.usccb.org/news/2025/pr...
President of U.S. Bishops Conference Calls for Special Collection for Humanitarian Relief and Pastoral Support in Gaza
“The situation in Gaza and across the Middle East cries out for the assistance of the Catholic community of the United States,” said Archbishop Broglio....
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Fr. Eddie Reese left this world surrounded by love. I was privileged to be his brother. www.ncronline.org/opinion/fr-e...
Fr. Eddie Reese left this world surrounded by love. I was privileged to be his brother.
My brother, Eddie, died Aug. 2 at the Jesuit infirmary in Los Gatos, California. He was 82. In San Jose, Phoenix and San Francisco, he was known to thousands of people as a giant in Jesuit education a...
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Attendance drops, fear rises in immigrant churches as Trump takes over DC religionnews.com/2025/08/19/a...
Attendance drops, fear rises in immigrant churches as Trump takes over DC
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘I never thought I had one day to cancel Sunday worship because it is not safe for our Latino siblings to come to church. But here we are … ,’ wrote one pastor on Facebook.
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Federal judge approves partial settlement for lost AME Church retirement funds religionnews.com/2025/08/19/f...
Federal judge approves partial settlement for lost AME Church retirement funds
(RNS) — Retirement plan participants could recoup more of the lost funds in further legal proceedings.
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Mormon women can wear new sacred undergarments. Some wonder: Why now? religionnews.com/2025/08/19/m...
Mormon women can wear new sacred undergarments. Some wonder: Why now?
PROVO, Utah (NPR) — This is the first summer The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has offered the underclothing without sleeves in its nearly 200-year history.
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DHS is using the Bible to promote ICE, claiming ‘righteous’ fight against immigrants religionnews.com/2025/08/19/h...
DHS is using the Bible to promote ICE, claiming ‘righteous’ fight against immigrants
(RNS) — The agency refers to Scripture as it seeks to recruit agents who are pivotal in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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Jerusalem freezes Greek Patriarchate's finances in latest squeeze on Holy Land Christians religionnews.com/2025/08/18/j...
Jerusalem freezes Greek Patriarchate's finances in latest squeeze on Holy Land Christians
(RNS) — 'As an Armenian living in the Old City, it is deeply troubling to witness the gradual erosion of our Christian presence here,' said Levon Kalaydjian, an Armenian Christian activist in Jerusale...
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