Religion
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Orbán’s defeat is a defeat for Christian nationalism
(RNS) — Like the journalist Lincoln Steffens, who, after visiting the Soviet Union in 1919, wrote, “I have seen the future, and it works,” America’s Christian nationalists saw the future working in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary. Take Tucker Carlson, for example. Interviewing Orbán a year ago, he said, “I don’t mind sucking up: I think there’s a reason you’re the longest-serving…
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How the LDS Church is growing — and shrinking
(RNS) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just reported its highest convert growth in history. Over the weekend at its semiannual General Conference, the church released its 2025 membership statistics that indicate an almost 25% increase in convert baptisms in 2025, compared to 2024. But at the same time, 2025 data from the Cooperative Election Study, also…
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Christian nationalists are panicking because religious progressives are thriving
(RNS) — Christian nationalists are sounding a bit panicked these days. I can’t say I am surprised. On Saturday (March 28), 8 million Americans of diverse faiths and beliefs joined together in streets and squares around the world for No Kings protests. The next day, the Christian holy day of Palm Sunday, thousands more came out again. All of these…
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How the sanctuary movement became the faithful’s answer to ICE raids
This is the second in a series of articles about faith and protest. (RNS) — In January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order lifting a 14-year ban on enforcing immigration laws at sensitive locations like churches and schools. It was part of a larger crackdown on mass arrests and deportations that instilled fear in immigrants across the country —…
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Armageddon is not a strategy for peace in Iran
(RNS) — The Military Religious Freedom Foundation said in recent days that soldiers have been reporting that the Book of Revelation — the New Testament’s apocalyptic last book foretelling the Second Coming of Christ — had been making odd appearances at some combat briefings for attacks on Iran. More than 200 service members, the group claimed, complained the bombing campaign…
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The goal of National Women’s History Month should be to make misogyny history
(RNS) — Almost 40 years ago, the U.S. Congress declared March National Women’s History Month in the hope of “recognizing, honoring, and celebrating the achievements of American women.” But while Women’s History Month has done its work of raising awareness of American women’s remarkable contributions to the country, it has not succeeded in addressing, let alone dismantling, one of the…
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Photo gallery: The attack on Iran shocks, heartens and divides the world
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From Diwali parties to daily puja: Hindu campus houses push for deeper faith practice
(RNS) — With more than 20 South Asian cultural and religious organizations on the campus of University of Illinois, where 25% of the student population is Asian, Connecticut native Rishabh Bhandari felt spoilt for choice as an eager freshman. Yet despite the widespread popularity of large-scale Diwali and Holi events, Bhandari said he felt there was a lack of focus…
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a year of pro-democracy prayer vigils in New York
NEW YORK (RNS) — On a recent Monday evening as commuters hurried past, a group of faith leaders set out a microphone and battery-run candles at the Columbus Circle entrance of Central Park in Manhattan for their weekly prayer vigil and held up a worn-out banner reading “Multifaith Monday: Witness for Democracy.” Within minutes, nearly 30 people had assembled, greeting…
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