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(RNS) — When Sasha Allen, a trans singer, sat down to write his first release after going independent, he thought he was going to write an “eff-off” song. But the song he ended up writing, with its reflections on religious transphobia, had a different...

(RNS) — Defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic prelate to face criminal charges for the sexual abuse of a minor, died Thursday (April 3), according to Vatican media. In a statement, the current Archbishop of Washington...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo (RNS) — Pastor Allan Ngwaba has been offering daily counseling sessions, both in churches and homes, to people affected by the violent conflict in the Congo. The professional counselor and pastor at Rivers Pentecostal...

(RNS) — Aaron Renn, until recently a provocative but mostly unnoticed Substack writer, has been thrust onto the national stage with the release of his book, “Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture,” in which he...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s parliament passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments while Muslim groups and opposition parties protested the move. ...