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There’s a lesson in "The Last Battle" for America in 2020...

Opinion: Revisiting ‘The Last Battle’: C.S. Lewis’ Narnia tale for our time

"The Last Battle" by C.S. Lewis
by: Bob Smietana Dec. 31, 2020 (RNS) — The end of the world begins with a con. A little lie, told by a petty grifter, who is willing to betrayRead More

A total of 294 House and Senate members are Protestant Christians, out of a possible 535...

117th Congress, like the old, is overwhelmingly Christian, heavily Protestant

by: Yonat Shimron Jan. 4, 2021 (RNS) — The 117th session of Congress got off to a testy start on Sunday (Jan. 3), including an opening prayer from an ordainedRead More

The demonstrators will also pray that Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress will reject slates of electors...

Jericho March plans DC return in the new year to pray Pence will overturn election

Eric Metaxas
by: Bob Smietana Dec.31, 2020 (RNS) — A die-hard group of Trump supporters hopes 2021 will start with prayer, fasting and perhaps a miracle. Organizers of the Jericho March, slatedRead More

A devastating coronavirus pandemic led to countless deaths...

What to expect on the religious scene in 2021: Experts cast their sights on the year ahead

by: Yonat Shimron Dec. 31, 2020 (RNS) — This past year upended U.S. religious life in ways no one could have predicted and in some ways many have. A devastatingRead More

One of the worst years in recent memory.

Our best religion stories from a terrible year

Pope Francis in Philadelphia
by: Roxanne Stone (RNS Staff) Dec 28, 2020 (RNS) — It’s no news that 2020 will go down as one of the worst years in recent memory. But the triple-whammyRead More

RNS staff share about some 2020 books

Opinion: The most intriguing books on religion we read this year

Books in a library
by: Paul O’Donnell (RNS Staff) Dec. 23, 2020 (RNS) — Our reading list this year, like the rest of our lives, was colored by the triple whammy of 2020: theRead More

These kinds of attacks are all too common in the Middle East

Opinion: How much longer will the Middle East celebrate Christmas?

John Kerry in Bethlehem Manger Square
by: Paul O’Donnell (Knox Thames) Dec .24, 2020 (RNS) — Days before the start of Advent, mobs in a city 200 miles south along the Nile from Cairo burned CopticRead More

“The gift is completely free, unearned by any of us, pure grace.”

Pope Francis: “Tonight (Christmas eve) cannot be explained in any other way: it is purely grace.”

Pope Francis in Philadelphia
Pope Francis: Nativity of the Lord – Midnight Mass 24.12.2020“ Pope Francis     24.12.20  Midnight Mass, Vatican Basilica     Solemnity of the Nativity of the LordIsaiah 9: 1-6,        TitusRead More

The pandemic's repercussions on life dominated Francis' reflections on the past year.

Pope on Christmas: Vaccines for all; needy, vulnerable first

Pope Francis in Philadelphia
by: Paul O’Donnell (Frances D’Emilio) VATICAN CITY, Dec. 25, 2020 (AP) — Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, insisting thatRead More

Feucht’s New Year’s Eve events come as Los Angeles County is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases...

Homeless advocates organize against Sean Feucht’s upcoming outreach in Skid Row

Sean Feucht
by: Alejandra Molina LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22, 2020 (RNS) — Advocates for the residents of LA’s Skid Row neighborhood are organizing against a planned appearance by Christian recording artist SeanRead More