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Religion in 2026: RNS reporters on what they expect to cover in the coming year

(RNS) — If 2025 felt like a particularly chaotic year for religion news, just wait until 2026. Some of the

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Whither 21st Century religion and our beleaguered news media? — GetReligion

Richard N. Ostling was a longtime religion writer with The Associated Press and with Time magazine, where he produced 23

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How I’ll remember Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

(RNS) — When I heard on Christmas Eve that Jeffrey R. Holland, 85, a beloved apostle of The Church of

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Churches deliver Christmas to immigrants detained, deported and in hiding

(RNS) — Earlier this month, the Rev. Pilar Pérez, a United Methodist minister in the denomination’s Western North Carolina Conference,

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David Henrie, of ‘How I Met Your Mother,’ on how Catholic faith reshaped his life and work

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Growing up on television sound stages, David Henrie fell into what he calls the “bubblegum theory

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Bishop Hicks, Chicago ally of Pope Leo XIV, named to lead New York after Dolan era

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV tapped Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to lead the influential Archdiocese

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‘Joy Within His House’: Making sense of life in a monastery

(RNS) — Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt, a 38-year-old nun in the Dominican order, is often asked

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Hanukkah celebrates both an ancient military victory and a miracle of light – modern Jews can pick from either tradition

(The Conversation) — Friends and family will come together to celebrate, share gifts and eat traditional foods as the eight-day

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What 38 million obituaries reveal about how Americans define a ‘life well lived’

(The Conversation) — Obituaries preserve what families most want remembered about the people they cherish most. Across time, they also

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Catholic campus ministers work toward culturally responsive ministry for Latino students

(RNS) — Oliver Ortega, a doctoral English student at the University of Notre Dame, said he began attending Mass regularly