Venezuela: As the country heads for 28th July presidential election, what does the religious landscape look like?

MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, reports on religious landscape in the South American country…
US election: Why the swing state faith voters who really matter in 2024 aren’t evangelicals

BOB SMIETANA and JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, report that while MAGA evangelicals grab all the headlines, it’s swing state faith voters – Catholics, mainliners and Black Protestants – who will likely decide the upcoming US election…
US-Mexico border: Many Christian voters in US see immigration as a crisis. How to address it is where they differ.

GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on the differing stances among US Christians on the issue of immigration…
Nicaragua: Crackdown on Catholic Church spreads fear among the faithful, there and in exile

GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on the ongoing impact of President Daniel Ortega’s crackdown on churches in Nicaragua…
Evangelicals venture to Israel in show of solidarity

Jerusalem RNS Gerald McDermott, an American Anglican priest and retired professor of theology, had visited Israel 22 times before his most recent trip. The author of two books on Christian Zionism and the meaning of Israel to Christianity, he was invited to join a mission in late January to show solidarity with the Israeli people […]
Religion and politics: Argentina’s new President takes spiritual pilgrimage toward radical political change

The country’s President-elect talks of converting to Judaism as he awaits his inauguration. But political observers say the country’s economic crisis will soon make him too busy to dally with religious questions, personal or public. EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA, reporting for Religion News Service, reports…
Mike Johnson, pedigreed evangelical, suggests his election as US House Speaker ordained by God

Washington DC, US RNS After weeks of turmoil, House Republicans elected Representative. Mike Johnson on Wednesday as the new speaker of the House, an act the Louisiana congressman suggested was ordained by God. “I believe that Scripture, the Bible, is very clear: that God is the one who raises up those in authority,” Johnson said […]
Archaeological controversy: Israel may uproot ancient Christian mosaic near Armageddon. Where it could go next sparks outcry

ILAN BEN ZION, of Associated Press, reports on the controversy over a proposal to relocate the Megiddo Mosaic to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC…
Will Trump’s latest indictment hurt him with evangelical Christians? Probably not.

Washington DC, US RNS As President and since, Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to blunt the impact of scandals and prosecutions by leaning into his nearly ironclad support among evangelical Christian pastors and other leaders. Some of those figures are again rallying to Trump after his arraignment Thursday on charges of plotting to overturn the […]
Fewer US evangelicals support public school childhood vaccine requirements, survey shows

United States RNS In what could be a sign of COVID-19’s influence, some sectors of US society – specifically white evangelicals and Republicans – are showing a growing aversion to the requirement that schoolchildren be vaccinated for illnesses like mumps and measles. Overall, about 70 per cent of Americans say healthy children should be mandated […]