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Sanskrit prayers and dosas: Inside one of the oldest Hindu temples in the US
(RNS) — Šri Mahã Vallabha Ganapati Devasthãnam, the second-oldest traditional Hindu temple built by Indian immigrants, marked the anniversary of its consecration on July 4.
For cookbook author Adeena Sussman, moving to Tel Aviv reshaped her kitchen — and her life
(RNS) — Her goal, she told a Pittsburgh JCC audience, is to show Israel in a lens not political or religious, but to cook, tell stories and share who she is authentically living there.
Khamenei’s other sons appear at his funeral in Iran as new supreme leader remains in hiding
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has yet to make an appearance in the funeral ceremonies, which are unfolding over several days. He is believed to be in hidin
The idea of separating church and state has roots in both religious and secular thought, from Augustine to Jefferson, but a White House commission now argues i…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and 17 other leaders of the underground Zion Church were detained in October in one of China’s largest crackdowns on a…
“[E]ven though there are risks," says Bishop-elect Stephen Wang in an exclusive interview with Crux Now, "I don’t think we should opt out of using AI in the Ch…
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Vice President Kamala Harris has faced scrutiny on her Catholic faith, contrasting with her running mate Senator JD Vance's embracing Catholicism, which is see…
Priests exorcised the Philippine Senate before Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial to address corruption fears. The proceedings test democratic ins…
Khamenei's coffin arrived in Qom for multi-day funeral rites across Iran and Iraq, reflecting his decades-long control over Iran’s politics and religion. His d…
Pope Francis hosted a Vatican July 4 event with American-themed food and cardinals to highlight cultural ties, avoiding political alignment with the Trump admi…
The U.S. government withheld $10 million in grants from a Catholic legal aid group in El Paso, risking its collapse by September and leaving over 2,000 immigra…
Pope Leo XIV invoked Cardinal James Gibbons' 1885 defense of U.S. religious liberty, signaling the Vatican's continued emphasis on American pluralism and relig…
Conservative Christian women are growing their political power through grassroots organizing, influencing policies on abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and education by…
