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Pope Leo tells youth in Madrid to be 'sparks of a new humanity'

Claire Giangravè

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Qatar spent decades building its reputation. Deporting Bahá’ís threatens to undo it.

Kristina Arriaga

In Spain, Pope Leo XIV urges Europe to overcome polarization

Claire Giangravè

At TPUSA’s women’s summit, Christian influencers say feminism threatens motherhood

Some attendees dance between programming at the Turning Point USA Women’s Leadership Summit, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas. (RNS photo/Kathryn Post)

Kathryn Post

SAN ANTONIO (RNS) — Thousands gathered for the Texas event as young women increasingly abandon religion.

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Pope Leo uses Spain visit to press Europe on abortion, migration and peace

Claire Giangravè

Pope Leo tells secular Spain not to leave Catholic faith in the ‘museum of the past’

Claire Giangravè

Pope Leo makes clear Iran is not a ‘just war,’ as he travels to Madrid for week in Spain

Claire Giangravè

Opinion

Anti-Zionism and antizionism: it’s all about the hyphen

Jeffrey Salkin

Opinion

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

Daoud Kuttab

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	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.
	The State of Belief "Congregation of the World": Union Seminary's Rev. Dr. Serene Jones Paul Brandeis Raushenbush The first woman president of historic Union Theological Seminary in New York City reflects on her 18 years in the position, and on the state of activism and religious vocation in 2026 America.
	Complexified Building God, Fearing Doom: The Theology of Superintelligence Rev. Amanda Henderson Inside parts of Silicon Valley, AI is not just a tool. It is a vision of salvation, extinction and a future beyond the human.

	Saved by the City Katelyn and Roxy talk to Malcom Foley about the insidious legacy of greed on countries, systems and individuals.
	Martini Judaism (RNS) — You think that the Middle Ages are history? Not so fast. The same libels against Jews remain with us today.
	Complexified Inside parts of Silicon Valley, AI is not just a tool. It is a vision of salvation, extinction and a future beyond the human.

Mendy Chitrik

Beyond tolerance: We need neighbors, not just permission

(RNS) — One of the misunderstandings of modern society is the idea that people of different faiths must eventually dilute their differences in order to live together peacefully.

Bridget Retzloff and Stephanie Shreffler

Why Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became the patron saint of the US in the 1840s

(The Conversation) — Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became patroness of the United States before the Vatican officially defined that belief as dogma.

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.

Why sophrosyne, an ancient Greek virtue, matters more than ever in the age of AI

Ross Channing Reed

(The Conversation) — For the Greeks, sophrosyne was an ideal second to none. It’s just as important today, in an age of internet addiction and misinformation – but harder to come by.

ICE protesters who interrupted Minnesota church service won’t face state charges, prosecutor says

Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — At least four states — Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Kansas — adopted laws this year making it a crime to disrupt worship services.

Dutch court allows rapper Ye concerts in the Netherlands

Molly Quell

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ye has drawn widespread controversy in recent years for a series of antisemitic remarks, leaving Dutch authorities under mounting pressure to cancel the gigs on June 6 and 8.

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