In his own border diocese of El Paso, Texas, Bishop Mark Seitz is facing the possibility of losing priests whose permanent residency cases now have little chance to be approved before their visas expire. The law mandates them to leave the United States for at least a year.

(AP) — One significant long-running source of tensions is that tens of thousands or so Bedouins in the Negev eke out an existence in villages that the Israeli authorities don’t recognize. The villages are largely cut off from basic services and the government wants to tear them down.

(RNS) — ‘Is the Black church dead? I think it really varies depending on which traditions we’re talking about,’ said Shelton, a sociologist at the University of Texas at Arlington.

(RNS) — Our pain. Our rage. Our losses.

(RNS) — Worker-preachers are back on the move and not just on Labor Sunday.

State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Brenda Wineapple, whose new book “Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation” recounts the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, eerily similar to battles over books and what can be taught today.

(RNS) — ‘Tablets Shattered’ is a sweeping historical account of a fractured and contentious religious establishment — much of it hampered by its embrace of Zionism.

(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes birthdays of Lord Krishna and Saint Teresa, Arbaeen pilgrims and more.

(RNS) — Beyond the religiously unaffiliated, which represent slightly less than 2 in 10 (17.8%) residents, the largest religious group in the county was Black Protestants, who make up 10% of the population. 

(RNS) — The federal lawsuit, filed by the National Religious Broadcasters, is the latest challenge to the so-called Johnson Amendment, which bars charitable nonprofits from taking sides in campaigns.