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Pope Leo XIV and Patriarch Bartholomew sign document urging progress on Christian unity

Claire Giangravé

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The chaos of Charlotte and the call to radical neighborliness

Kate Murphy

Pope Leo tours Istanbul’s Blue Mosque in a quiet step toward dialogue with Muslims

Claire Giangravé

After pleas for peace in Gaza and Ukraine, Pope Leo lands in crisis-hit Lebanon

People wave Lebanese and Vatican flags as they wait to welcome Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival to Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Claire Giangravé

BEIRUT, Lebanon (RNS) — Fresh from warning about the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lebanon on Sunday, urging a country battered by collapse and conflict to reclaim stability and protect its fragile freedoms.

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He brought 19 guests to the Maha Kumbh. They share their spiritual experience in a new book.

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Pope Leo bolsters tiny Christian flock in Turkey ahead of historic prayer at Nicaea

Claire Giangravé

At Nicaea, Pope Leo calls Christians to rise to unity as ancient basilica resurfaces

Claire Giangravé

Opinion

Ohio’s Charlie Kirk education bill has a great preamble. It goes downhill after that.

Mark Silk

Opinion

How Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Nicaea recalls centuries of Muslim-Christian respect

Zeyneb Sayılgan

Jonathan Woodward

Why Nick Fuentes Is at the Top of Your Feed. Again.

When a 27-year-old streamer outruns the church and spooks the political class, it’s worth asking how we got here.

Jeffrey Salkin

What Mamdani missed about the Manhattan synagogue protest

(RNS) — When Jew-haters take to the streets, they remind us of why Israel was necessary in the first place.

Avi Shafran

‘Turkey’ means ‘thanksgiving’ in Hebrew. That’s just the start of Jewish links to the holiday.

(RNS) — Ancient Jews held large communal meals, inviting friends, relatives and perhaps even strangers to fulfill the thank offering.

Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza as first phase of ceasefire nears end

Samy Magdy

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The remains of two hostages, one Israeli and a Thai national who were abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel that ignited the war, are still to be returned.

West Virginia parents can cite religious beliefs to opt out of school vaccines, judge says

John Raby

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia was among just a handful of states that granted only medical exemptions from school vaccinations when Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued an executive order in January allowing religious exemptions.

What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with the red suit

Christina Hymer

(The Conversation) — A survey of 849 professional Santas found that one-third of them don’t match the usual image of a roly-poly bearded white man.

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