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RNS is an independent, nonprofit and award-winning source of global news on religion, spirituality and culture, reported by a staff of professional journalists. You can read our journalism, subscribe to newsletters, listen to podcasts, take our weekly news quiz and support our work at rns.org. Founded in 1934, RNS seeks to inform readers with objective reporting and insightful commentary, and is relied upon by secular and faith-based news organizations in a number of countries. RNS is a subsidiary of Religion News Foundation and a proud member of Institute for Nonprofit News. RNS aims to be the largest single source of news about religion, spirituality and ideas. We strive to inform, illuminate and inspire public discourse on matters relating to belief and convictions. For more than 90 years, RNS has been an authoritative source of news about religion, spirituality and ideas. With a team of correspondents around the world, RNS provides news on religion and its intersections with political and cultural issues. Our stories are distributed to the nation’s leading newspapers, news magazines, online media outlets, broadcasting firms and religious publications. The Religious News Service, its original name, was founded by journalist Louis Minsky as an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. From the start, it was dedicated to providing fair, balanced, nonsectarian news about religion to the secular and religious press. RNS is the wholly-owned subsidiary of RNF. RNF is an independent educational and secular nonprofit organization founded in 1999. RNF’s mission is to strengthen and improve the understanding of religion, improve public discourse about religion, advance religious literacy, and support religion journalism. In this, the Foundation works to provide comprehensive coverage of religion, religious freedom, and religious persecution across the globe.
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This week, New York Times reporter Ruth Graham joins host the Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to reflect on the dynamic intersection of religion and politics in America. Listen now!
Top Religion News 2024: NYT Reporter Ruth Graham
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RNS' Most-Read Stories of 2024: “It is so clear to me, more so than ever before, that (Trump) was put here for this mission: to save this country,” said Eric Trump, referring to how his father survived a shooting. “We need God in our life. We need God in society."
Trump’s closing argument to evangelicals: I will protect you. Harris won’t.
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On "Complexified" this week, RNS reporter Aleja Hertzler-McCain unpacks the way faith communities in Brownsville, Texas, are responding to immigration challenges in diverse ways. Listen now!
Crosses at the Border
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As the globe readies for Christmas, a Sudanese bishop is reiterating his call for “silencing of guns” in his country, where 21 months of war have caused a terrible humanitarian crisis.
In war-torn Sudan, Anglican primate asks for a 'silencing of guns' for Christmas
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In 2018, Josh Harris released a statement condemning the principles in his book, "I Kissed Dating Goodbye,” and pleading with his publisher to take the book out of print. This week, he re-released an apology and explained his change of heart.
Josh Harris kisses purity culture goodbye (again)
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“If you think about it, it’s hard to think of any great achievement for social justice in the 20th century that did not happen because of a bipartisan coalition on Capitol Hill,” said Rabbi David Saperstein.
Rabbi David Saperstein on democracy, diplomacy and hopes for bipartisanship
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This year, churches across the US are observing the winter solstice via climate activism festivals, community labyrinth walks and spiritual, interfaith celebrations.
Winter solstice is having a moment — in churches, too
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Each week, RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s gallery includes prayers and pilgrims around the world from a variety of faiths.
Photos of the Week: Prayers and pilgrims around the world
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