Religion
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How we shared the values of Arbaeen with our Toronto neighbors
(RNS) — Commemorating a month of tragedy and mourning is not the way my thrill-seeking almost-6-year-old child typically envisions spending her holidays. The Islamic months of Muharram and Safar are marked by two key days of commemoration for many Muslims worldwide: Ashura and Arbaeen. On Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, observed July 4 to 5 this year, Husayn, the grandson…
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Pope Leo Chiclayo abuse case proves tricky to translate outside Peru
(RNS) — A Peruvian woman who says she was sexually abused by two priests as a girl traveled to Pope Leo XIV’s hometown of Chicago in late July to personally tell media her claims of how the newly elected pope mishandled her case when he served as bishop of Chiclayo, Peru. Organized by The Survivors Network of those Abused by…
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Shaken by ICE raids, pastors rethink ministries
(RNS) — When the Rev. Tanya Lopez talks about the day in June when she had to confront masked agents in her church parking lot, she focuses on the man they detained. As the pastor of Downey Memorial Christian Church near Los Angeles, California, she said her primary concern was the person being taken away by the apparent federal immigration…
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Photo Gallery: 250 years of US military chaplaincy
(RNS) — United States military chaplaincy history shown in photos. The post Photo Gallery: 250 years of US military chaplaincy appeared first on RNS. Source link
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Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination. The release involves more than 240,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977, when the FBI first gathered the…
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John MacArthur, megachurch pastor and voice of ‘Grace to You’ radio ministry, has died
(RNS) — John MacArthur, megachurch pastor, culture warrior, author and longtime voice of the “Grace to You” radio program, has died. He was 86. “John MacArthur went to heaven at 6:17pm California time,” Phil Johnson, executive director of Grace to You,” told RNS in a text message. During a Sunday (July 13) service at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley,…
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‘What makes this place magical is not the mushrooms’
COLORADO SPRINGS (RNS and NPR) — The door to the Colorado Psychedelic Church doesn’t look like much — a walkout basement to a home in an eastern Colorado Springs neighborhood. Faux foliage dangles from the walls, a tabletop fountain trickles nearby, and on a recent Tuesday in May, about 20 people were seated on couches under dim green lighting, while…
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Families react to SCOTUS LGBTQ+ books decision
(RNS) — On Friday (June 27), the Supreme Court ruled in favor of religious parents from Maryland’s Montgomery County who sought to remove their children from classes that discussed LGBTQ-themed storybooks. Conservative justices voted 6-3, with liberal justices dissenting, in Mahmoud v. Taylor, brought before the court in April. The lawsuit represented Muslim and Christian families who argued Montgomery County…
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Prayer in school divides Americans as Texas law takes effect
(RNS) — A new Texas law mandating that schools set a time for students to pray will likely be popular with many residents of the Lone Star State. A new report from the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Research Center found that 61% of adults in Texas say they approve of allowing teachers to lead Christian prayers in the classroom. That makes…
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The LDS historical department just published an 1886 polygamy revelation
(RNS) — In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a religion built on modern revelation, perhaps no revelation has caused as much controversy as one attributed to President John Taylor, who presided over the church in the 1880s during one of its most tumultuous decades. In 1886, while the federal government sought to stop all Mormons who practiced…
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