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Amid anti-migrant attacks, South African clergy urge dialogue and open doors

Fredrick Nzwili

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Young Americans are happy about the future. They’re also terrified of it.

Liz Bucar

Supreme Court stops execution of inmate who became a ministry leader on death row

Chloe Landen

A Native naming ceremony welcomes newly discovered spider into community of the land

Newly elected Yakama tribal councilman John Washines holds his 2-year-old grandson, Jakoby Kenoras, while they look at a poster featuring pictures of the newly discovered Trogloraptor tulishpun during the spider’s naming ceremony on June 10, 2026, at Herman Creek Campground east of Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + Report for America)

Deena Prichep

PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS and NPR) — After its discovery by a local scientist, a new spider species received a ceremonial welcome by the Yakama Nation.

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Pope Leo XIV’s flight home from Spain was grounded so the king came to his aid

Nicole Winfield

Astronaut Victor Glover is still trying to find the spiritual words to describe his Moon mission

Jack Jenkins

Pope Leo tells human traffickers to ‘repent’ or face God’s judgment

Claire Giangravè

Opinion

Why boycotting Israel at grocery co-ops hurts Jews, Palestinians and the food movement

Beth Kissileff

Opinion

Riz Ahmed’s ‘Bait’ gives James Bond treatment to South Asian and Muslim experiences

Dilshad Ali

Jonathan Woodward

Sacred Assets, Tough Decisions

What happens when sacred assets stop preserving the past — and start funding holy disruption?

Jeffrey Salkin

How do we confront hatred in rock music?

(RNS) — Something was going on beneath the music. It was dark and sinister, and we ignored it.

Matthew Smith

Cincinnati, where Vance converted, gives a glimpse of Catholicism’s history in America’s heartland

(The Conversation) — For more than a century, anti-Catholicism was a powerful force in the region’s culture and politics. But religious pluralism ultimately triumphed in the ‘Queen City.’

A viral photo of Pope Leo XIV and a Barcelona boy sparked an emotional search for his family

Giovanna Dell'orto and Emilio Morenatti

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The pope shares moments with individuals all the time, especially on trips abroad, but there was something about this particular instance that stirred emotion.

As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion

Krysta Fauria

LOS ANGELES (AP) — What was once considered fringe or conspiratorial has in recent months popped up everywhere from the White House to the Catholic Church, as public fascination with unidentified anomalous phenomena — or UAPs, as the government calls them — becomes more mainstream.

US Catholic bishops are consecrating the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Here’s what that means

Peter Smith

(AP) — The church service, part of the bishops’ spring assembly meeting in Orlando, Florida, draws from a mainstream, centuries-old Catholic devotion that focuses on Jesus’ sacrificial love for humanity. Many Catholics hold similar dedications of their homes and businesses.

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