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Trump ponders whether to move forward with Iran deal but hasn’t yet decided
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump confirmed the high-level talks the day after The Associated Press and other news outlets reported that U.S. and Iranian negotiators had come to terms on a tentative agreement.
The sacred cloth at the center of the Hajj pilgrimage
(The Conversation) — As millions gather for Hajj, they will circle the Kaaba, which is draped in the black cloth known as the kiswah – a sacred object shaped by centuries of faith, politics and power.
Trump’s designation of Brazilian criminal groups as terrorists concerns clergy
President Donald Trump's administration announced on May 28 that it had decided to designate two Brazilian mafia-like criminal organizations as terrorist groups. Many Catholic leaders oppose this decision.
Pope Francis's major statements often influence global discourse, but secular media struggles to contextualize their theological and institutional significance…
The 2026 Annual Report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom decries deteriorating religious freedom conditions in India.
In a wide-ranging interview with Crux Now, Kenyan religious sister Leonida Katunge discusses the emotional weight of Leo XIV's reckoning with history.
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl became the first woman and Asian American ordained rabbi in North America and now leads Central Synagogue. She promotes empathy, inclusio…
Evidence presented at trial raises questions about the way Church officials handled complaints against Odiong and regarding what the Church did – or did not do…
Pope Leo XIV's June visit to Spain follows a decline in Catholic church attendance, from 30% in the 1980s to under 10% today, amid rising secularization. The v…
(RNS) — Filmmaker and musician Michael McLean denied for years that his son Jeff might be gay. But today, their relationship has not only survived but thrived.…
(RNS) — The Oklahoma City Thunder is the only NBA team to hold a public, ecumenical invocation before the singing of the national anthem — a longstanding tradi…
(RNS) — The Christian humanitarian relief organization has deep expertise in treating Ebola.
(RNS) — Most of the programmers teaching AI to “think” are men. One can only hope that the views of women will be added to the equation.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson cast Pope Leo XIV as a powerful global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the Chicago-born pontiff a…
