Mosques depend on Ramadan for a third of their fundraising. Is there a better...
(RNS) — When mosques head into the final days of Ramadan early next month, Muslims around the United States will set aside plenty...
A Holocaust exhibit seemed harmless. With the war in Gaza, it’s come under scrutiny.
DURHAM, N.C. — A traveling exhibit from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was intended to help churches in Durham, North Carolina, better understand...
Israel launches another raid on Gaza’s main hospital as UN says ‘famine is imminent’...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces launched another raid on the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital early Monday, saying Hamas militants had regrouped...
Jurors weigh fate of Afghan refugee charged with murder in a case that shocked...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors on Friday wrapped up their case against an Afghan refugee on charges that he gunned down a man...
Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement: AnneMarie Mingo
The outsized, but often forgotten, role of women in the Civil Rights Movement has come up several times recently on The State of...
The British government wants to define extremism. Critics say it risks creating more division
LONDON (AP) — The British government published a new official definition of “extremism” on Thursday, and said groups that get the label will...
Nearly 500 victims of church sex abuse in France have received financial compensation
NICE, France (AP) — Hundreds of victims of child sexual abuse by priests or church representatives have received financial compensation so far from...
Pope acknowledges criticism and health issues but says in his new memoir he has...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require...
Caribbean musician Sherwin Gardner’s viral hit song surpasses 1 billion TikTok views
ROCKVILLE, Maryland (RNS) — As Caribbean musician and minister Sherwin Gardner readied for the new year, he decided to share a snippet of...
‘Hurting because we followed the rules’
(Sightings) — Calling a book “timely” feels like a backhanded compliment. It seems to suggest that the book’s greatest strength is its publication date....
Thousands of churches will likely close down. What happens to all that real estate?
(RNS) — If experts were predicting that 100,000 libraries across the United States were likely to close in the next few decades, people...
The speech Jonathan Glazer could have given
(RNS) — On Oscar night on Sunday (March 10), director Jonathan Glazer, upon accepting the Academy Award for best international film for “The...