Tsering's swearing-in ceremony took place in the presence of the Dalai Lama, who was escorted to the venue by red-robed monks among the sounds of beating drums and chanted prayers.

As AI promises to make us faster, smarter and limitless, Pope Leo XIV is making a quieter, stranger case: Our imperfections ...

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) — In a new video series, RNS goes behind the front lines of the immigration crisis. Episode 1 is about Sister Susan Francois, who bears witness and offers 'radical hospitality' to ...

It was uncomfortable at times, but nobody stormed out,’ said Shariq Ghani, executive director of the Houston multifaith group ...

One of the most popular worship songs, “How Great Is Our God,” has moved from churches to political rallies in recent years.

What clergypersons say about such topics varies depending on their viewpoint and, sometimes, their religious affiliation, the ...

(RNS) — Every time I give out my phone number, or every time I call someone, people notice I have a 404 area code. This leads to confusion. They ask me if I live in Atlanta. I tell them I live in New ...

In ‘Magnifica Humanitas,’ Leo's 83-page manifesto on AI, the pope tackles the social, economic and political challenges associated with artificial intelligence.

The Trump administration’s vast cuts to refugee services have led some religious congregations to fill in gaps.

Islamophobia rose sharply from 2022 to 2025, according to the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding’s Islamophobia ...

(RNS) — ‘As AI amplifies and compounds religious bias at scale, more users may misunderstand the contribution faith and belief can make to moral and ethical AI grounding,’ said Elder Gerrit W. Gong, ...

The speakers largely advanced the ideas that the U.S. has a religious — and particularly Christian — founding and that its ...