[ad_1] WASHINGTON (RNS) — On her 22nd day traveling across the United States, Natalie Garza broke off from the Eucharistic procession, bounded up the front steps of a Washington, D.C., home and handed an onlooker a card stamped with a QR code that would explain why a crowd of hundreds of Catholics like Garza had […]

[ad_1] As we move closer to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, The Revealer is paying special attention to the rise of Christian nationalism and the many ways conservative religion and politics are intermingling. To that end, we dedicated a three-episode series in our monthly podcast to exploring various aspects of conservative religion and politics in […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — At the funeral of Nikunj Trivedi’s uncle a few years ago, the hourslong Hindu funeral rites at a cremation site in New Jersey were compressed to fit a time limit. Only around 10 family members were able to stay with the body during the service, which would have been attended by hundreds of […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — In 2022, 48,204 Americans were killed by guns, which are now the leading cause of death among children and teens. Our gun deaths have come to define us in the eyes of the world. You might even say that guns are as American as apple pie.  Americans constitute less than 5% of […]

[ad_1] (AP) —A New Jersey school district has hired an outside law firm to investigate how and why a Jewish student group was erased from the high school yearbook, with the members’ names omitted from the page and their photo replaced with a picture of a group of Muslim students. East Brunswick Public Schools said […]

[ad_1]  Each year, Pride Month is a vital reminder to uplift and celebrate the inherent dignity of all people while honoring LGBTQ people and allies who bravely fought against hate and extremism before us. This year, we have seen a rise in anti-LGBTQ hate and know that extremist groups intend to target, disrupt, and […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — A volunteer at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in Charlotte, North Carolina, was arrested last month after church leaders learned he had been accused of sexual abuse by a student at the church’s Christian school. The student had told church officials in April that her father, Jeffrey Riesenberg, who […]

[ad_1] ROME (AP) — Vatican police have detained a former employee on charges of attempted extortion after he allegedly tried to sell a 17th-century gilded manuscript describing Bernini’s designs for the altar canopy of St. Peter’s Basilica back to the Holy See. Vatican prosecutors said that the 18-page manuscript, which apparently contains the first known […]

[ad_1] Over 80 chapters of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA (HSS) celebrated “Guru Vandana” during Teachers’ Appreciation Week, honoring over 2,000 educators nationwide. ROCKAWAY, N.J. — In a heartfelt tribute to educators across the nation, more than 80 chapters of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA (HSS) organized “Guru Vandana” events during Teachers’ Appreciation Week and National Teachers’ […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — Worship leader and conservative activist Sean Feucht has filed a lawsuit against the city of Spokane, Washington, claiming the city council violated his religious freedom when it passed a resolution last year condemning an event he headlined and referring to him as an “anti-LGBTQ extremist.” The lawsuit, which was filed on Wednesday […]