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Draft of King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ found at Virginia seminary archives

Adelle M. Banks

Opinion

Why evangelicals should oppose the new farm bill’s Save Our Bacon Act

Karen Swallow Prior

‘The Autism Pastor’ Lamar Hardwick dies at age 47

Kathryn Post

Pepper-sprayed yet undeterred: Faith leaders keep ministering at Delaney Hall

Masked federal agents stand outside the Delaney Hall detention center during a protest against the transfer of detainees, May 27, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Jack Jenkins

(RNS) — ‘We are called by our faith to put our bodies on the line if that’s the call,’ said the Rev. Robin Tanner, a Unitarian Universalist minister.

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As polyamory gains visibility, monogamy faces a vote in the Presbyterian Church (USA)

Kathryn Post

Catholic sisters push Palantir on human rights as faith leaders rally in New York

Fiona Murphy

Photos of the Week: Ebola responses, end of Hajj

Kit Doyle

Opinion

The status quo at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque is deteriorating

Daoud Kuttab

Opinion

Beyond tolerance: We need neighbors, not just permission

Mendy Chitrik

Jeffrey Salkin

Europe’s stained glass is stained with antisemitism

(RNS) — You think that the Middle Ages are history? Not so fast. The same libels against Jews remain with us today.

Mark Silk

Pope Leo begins to update ‘just war’ theory

(RNS) — In line with long-standing papal concerns.

Amanda Henderson and Jonathan Woodward

Building God, Fearing Doom: The Theology of Superintelligence

Inside parts of Silicon Valley, AI is not just a tool. It is a vision of salvation, extinction and a future beyond the human.

Powerful Iran-backed militias in Iraq say they will start handing in weapons to authorities

Stella Martany

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The war in the Middle East, which the United States and Israel launched on Feb. 28 with strikes on Iran, has exposed the fragility of Iraq’s state institutions and their limited ability to restrain Iran-backed groups.

Why soccer fandom in Latin America feels almost sacred

Maria Teresa Hernandez, ElÉonore Hughes and Nayara Batschke

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Among fans passion is nurtured through a sense of community. The singing of anthems, tears shed after victories or defeats, and the embrace of strangers inside a stadium are experiences that can mirror forms of collective devotion.

Ultra-Orthodox protesters block roads and trains across Israel over military draft

Alon Bernstein and Melanie Lidman

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s police said demonstrators blocked major intersections and attacked a soldier who disembarked from a bus near a protest. Police struggled to control the crowds with water cannons and horses.

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