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Churches and other faith-based groups lend a hand after historic Nebraska floods
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 29, 2019
OMAHA, Neb. (RNS) — Local churches and national faith-based disaster relief groups — along with state and federal officials — are stepping in to lend a hand with recovery after floodwaters raged across the Midwest earlier this month.
How new role models are inspiring young Muslim women to reimagine their lives
By Liz Bucar and Amanda Randone — March 29, 2019
(RNS) — Reasserting an earlier tradition of strong female voices, Muslim high school and college students are dedicated to making change inside and outside Islam.
Nuns in Africa create social enterprise startups to help communities
By Paul O'Donnell — March 28, 2019
(RNS) — A Silicon Valley social enterprise 'accelerator' has linked with a network of African nuns to help low-income families help themselves.
For Israeli lunar lander, faith provides inspiration and challenges
By Jack Jenkins — March 27, 2019
(RNS) — An engineer says SpaceIL and SpaceX had many 'long discussions' about moving the launch date so it didn't overlap with the Jewish Sabbath.
How the White House is courting evangelicals on its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 27, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — A March 7 meeting at the White House is just one of a series of meetings, dinners, lunches and coffees the Trump administration has had with evangelical leaders as it prepares to release its peace plan.
In Chicago, one mosque charts its own path
By Aysha Khan — March 26, 2019
CHICAGO (RNS) — Masjid al-Rabia is part of a growing global movement toward ensuring mosques are accessible and friendly toward women worshippers. But 'women-friendly' means something a little different for director Mahdia Lynn.
How two Jewish Bible scholars got an audience with the pope
By Yonat Shimron — March 26, 2019
(RNS) — Marc Zvi Brettler, a Duke University Hebrew Bible scholar, said it took a bit of chutzpah, but, turns out, the pope was interested.
The Church of Almighty God members detail arrests in China, seek asylum
By Thomas Maresca — March 25, 2019
SEOUL (RNS) — Leaders of the Church of Almighty God, which has been labeled a cult by Chinese officials, say thousands of their fellow worshippers have been arrested over the past year. Some church members have fled to South Korea to seek asylum.
After cyclone disaster, church organizations mobilize to help devastated Africans
By Paul O'Donnell — March 25, 2019
(RNS) — Christian relief organizations and agencies raced to aid Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, the three countries most affected by the tropical storm.
Photos of the Week
By Kit Doyle — March 23, 2019
(RNS) — This week’s gallery includes celebrations such as Purim, Nowruz, and Spring Equinox, among other events.
Religious, civil rights groups ask Pompeo to request expert probe of US racism
By Adelle M. Banks — March 22, 2019
(RNS) — 'We are deeply concerned by credible reports indicating a frightening resurgence in white supremacy,' the groups told the secretary of state.
Faith groups seek afterlife for shuttered churches in Canada
By John Longhurst — March 22, 2019
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (RNS) — Faith groups are the second largest landholders in all of Canada, according to the National Trust. As many as a third of its houses of worship may shut down in the next decade, according to a new report.
Most US Christians find Trump signing Bibles inappropriate: poll
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 20, 2019
(RNS) — A Morning Consult poll shows 65 percent of Christians in the U.S. found the president signing Bibles to be inappropriate.
Immigration officials accused of targeting faith leader and religious groups
By Jack Jenkins — March 20, 2019
(RNS) — A November 2018 clash between government agents and protestors at the U.S.-Mexican border, officials say, has prompted investigation that has caught up clergy and other faith-based activists.
Rabbis express concern about excesses of Purim celebrations
By Michele Chabin — March 19, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — For many Jews, the holiday of Purim has become too commercialized, and alcohol, according to one rabbi, 'has become the star of the holiday.'
