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She left Amish life. Now millions watch her cook in Amish dress.

Fiona Murphy

Opinion

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

Liz Bucar

An Episcopal camp offers queer Christians an affirming haven in Idaho

Lake Lust

Hare Krishnas celebrate a 50-year milestone with a parade of chariots in Manhattan

Devotees prepare chariots for a Ratha Yatra procession, Saturday, June 13, 2026, in the Manhattan borough of New York City. (Photo by Trisha Mukherjee)

Trisha Mukherjee

(RNS) — More than 25,000 devotees of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) attended the parade, according to organizers.

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Faith is integral to a country’s fortunes, says research review

Catherine Pepinster

Photos of the Week: Ratha Yatra in NYC, World Cup begins

Jessi Dodge

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

Deena Prichep

Opinion

Catholic rally celebrating nation’s founding offers a vision of America’s future

Karen E. Park

Opinion

The theology lesson in Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’

Jeffrey Salkin

Complexified

Philip Reed-Butler, Black AI and the future of healing

(RNS) — A theologian and technologist is building Black AI for the inner life, where healing begins with imagination.

Dilshad Ali

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

(RNS) — The dramedy examines a young Pakistani-British Muslim chasing a sense of belonging and what it means to be fully oneself and fully Muslim.

Simran Jeet Singh

A Sikh Spurs fan holds onto faith

(RNS) — I love living in a city where people don’t look at me twice for wearing a turban. People care less about the religion I follow and care more about the basketball team I support.

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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2	news Willy Rice, Florida pastor and abuse crisis skeptic, elected SBC president
3	news Defense Department to drop atheists, pagans, 175 others from list of military faiths
4	news Defense Department rejiggers list of recognized religions after backlash, narrows it to 30
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	Saved by the City Eat the Rich! Jesus Had Something to Say About That + Malcolm Foley Katelyn Beaty and Roxanne Stone Katelyn and Roxy talk to Malcom Foley about the insidious legacy of greed on countries, systems and individuals.
	Martini Judaism Europe's stained glass is stained with antisemitism Jeffrey Salkin (RNS) — You think that the Middle Ages are history? Not so fast. The same libels against Jews remain with us today.
	Complexified Philip Reed-Butler, Black AI and the future of healing Rev. Amanda Henderson (RNS) — A theologian and technologist is building Black AI for the inner life, where healing begins with imagination.