RELIGION

At Chicago conference, scholars examine varieties of Christian nationalism around the world

(RNS) — Scholars from around the world are gathering in Chicago this week to focus on Christian nationalism, which they say is growing in influence

RELIGION

The ‘theology of showing up’ is making Minneapolis a holy place

(RNS) — I arrived in Minneapolis on Wednesday (Jan. 21). I had come because local organizers said people were being disappeared: kidnapped off the street,

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Vatican journalist and expert John L. Allen Jr. dies at 61

(RNS) — John L. Allen Jr., a journalist who covered the Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died of cancer in Rome on

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Venezuelan procession for La Divina Pastora takes on new weight in tense political moment

WASHINGTON (RNS) — It’s been 30 years since Jorge Garcia last joined the millions of people who have crowded the streets of Barquisimeto in northwest

RELIGION

The US — and its churches — can’t look away from MLK’s warnings about power any longer

(RNS) — Nearly six decades ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood in the pulpit of Riverside Church in New York City and delivered

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As Uganda approaches a tense presidential election, faith leaders urge fairness, peace

KAMPALA, Uganda (RNS) — As church bells echoed across Uganda’s capital at dawn, Mary Lunyolo whispered a prayer before opening her grocery stall in Owino

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‘She could have been any of us’: Faith leaders mourn Renee Good in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — Earlier this week, the intersection of 34th Street and Portland Avenue was a chaotic scene of violence and tears. A mangled maroon

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Vatican faces ‘complicated’ balancing act in responding to US arrest of Maduro

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday (Jan. 3) may have ended one crisis for

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Silicon Valley’s Christ-curious moment: The evangelical groups courting tech elites

SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) — In early 2025, when Paul Taylor left the Palo Alto church he’d pastored for 18 years to focus on nonprofit work,

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Religion in 2026: RNS reporters on what they expect to cover in the coming year

(RNS) — If 2025 felt like a particularly chaotic year for religion news, just wait until 2026. Some of the coming cacophony will be an