- December 17, 2025
When Muslims save lives, the Islamophobia machine looks the other way
(RNS) — The truth about a society often reveals itself in moments of crisis, in the unscripted actions of ordinary people. On Sunday (Dec. 14)
‘Joy Within His House’: Making sense of life in a monastery
(RNS) — Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt, a 38-year-old nun in the Dominican order, is often asked how she got from her
How Doug Wilson pushed Christian nationalism to the center
MOSCOW, Idaho (RNS) — In 1977, Doug Wilson stepped behind the pulpit of a small Pullman, Washington, church for the first time. The 24-year-old Navy
Somalis are not ‘garbage.’ They are a gift that all Americans should treasure.
(RNS) — When Donald Trump, speaking at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday (Dec. 2) at the White House, used the word “garbage” while discussing America’s Somalis,
In Minneapolis, clergy mobilize to manage expected ICE raids targeting Somali immigrants
(RNS) — In recent days, faith leaders across the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area have organized to protect Somali communities and houses of worship as U.S. Immigration
Dorothy Day’s grandchildren reflect on a legacy that still challenges the church
(RNS) — It is rare for the close relatives of a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church to be alive, much less able to
He brought 19 guests to the Maha Kumbh. They share their spiritual experience in a new book.
(RNS) — The Maha Kumbh Mela of 2025 — the Hindu festival marking a full orbital revolution of Jupiter around the sun, occurring once every
Rian Johnson on miracles, mystery and his own faith story in ‘Wake Up Dead Man’
(RNS) — The first two films of Rian Johnson’s Benoit Blanc mystery trilogy, “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion,” are masterfully twisty, broadly comic whodunits populated
The Power of Faithful Non-Violent Resistance with Maria Stephan
This week on The State of Belief, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is joined by Dr. Maria J. Stephan, co-lead and chief organizer at
Nick Fuentes and the Groyper challenge to Catholicism
(RNS) — Until this month, official Washington could still claim to know little about Nick Fuentes, the 27-year-old Christian nationalist whose livestreamed talk show, “America