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CHICLAYO, Peru (RNS) — Local businesses are displaying cardboard cutouts of the pope and welcome banners, schools are putting together special projects and local vendors are preparing to sell to the crowds that will soon descend on Chiclayo.

(RNS) — Newly elected lawmakers are setting their priorities as progressive faith groups press Congress to act on voting rights, healthcare and economic inequality.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The rupture caused by Israel’s devastating military campaign in Gaza and the jointly launched war with Iran has shredded bipartisan U.S. support for Israel that goes back decades.

(The Conversation) — Pope Leo’s November 2026 trip to Latin America will bring him back to Peru, where he served as a priest and bishop for two decades.

(The Conversation) — Some Narnia fans are up in arms about Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of ‘The Magician’s Nephew,’ directed by Greta Gerwig.

Tom Gjelten explores what new alliances, religious diversity and nonreligious voters reveal about faith’s changing role in American politics.

(RNS) — A bicycle ‘boycott ride’ targeting six Jewish-owned restaurants in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square turned into a ‘food crawl’ with hundreds of supporters lining up to order breakfast and lunch fare.

The former intern and fellow joins the staff of 16 journalists after a yearlong fellowship, producing reporting that reached readers and listeners

(RNS) — Far-right agitators disrupted a Seattle Diwali celebration. Bystanders of all backgrounds banded together to push them out.