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(RNS) — Americans who had a positive religious experience as kids are most likely to keep the same faith as adults. Those who had negative experiences are most likely to change faiths or give up on religion. And while a majority (56%) of Americans still identify with their childhood faith, a third (35%) have switched — including 20% who now say they have no religion.
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV unveiled his first crèches, or Nativity scenes, as pope on Monday (Dec. 15), a longtime tradition signaling the start of Christmas festivities at the Vatican.
The crèche in St. Peter’s Square, visible to tourists and pilgrims visiting the Vatican, was made by the artists of the diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, not far from the ...
(RNS) — The Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran minister and Democratic state senator in Iowa, has beaten Republican candidates in three state senate races going back to 2020. Next fall, she hopes to unseat GOP Congressman Zach Nunn in national midterm elections, too.
Garriott said she is motivated by the needs she sees in her district, but also a desire to reclaim w...
(RNS) — In the garden outside our office on Capitol Hill sits a simple plaque that reads: “War is not the answer. Peace is possible.” As a Quaker peace lobbyist with the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), those two short sentences are something of a spiritual and professional mantra for me.
For over 80 years, FCNL has advocated with Congress ...
(RNS) — The horrific shooting on a Sydney, Australia, beach celebration marking the first night of Hanukkah was not the first time terrorists have attacked the international Hasidic Jewish movement known as Chabad, which held Sunday’s (Dec. 14) candlelighting event on Bondi Beach.
In 2008, a gunman stormed the href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-28933438...
