- December 8, 2025
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
What the Separation of Church and State Means Today with Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer
The latest episode of The State of Belief features the esteemed historian and author, Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer. With host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, he
Bishops ban trans care at Catholic hospitals, sidestep nurses’ push for better work conditions
BALTIMORE (RNS) — The nurses had hoped this would be the year the U.S. Catholic bishops would listen to their concerns about hospital understaffing that
Fear of deportation keeps Chicago Latino immigrants home from Mass
CHICAGO (RNS and NPR) — For three Guatemalan roofers, there has only been one place they have found community in the six years since the