Thursday, April 17, 2025

RNS Morning Report - Most pastors say their churches will survive — and for now, they’re right

RNS Morning Report

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Most pastors say their churches will survive — and for now, they’re right

(RNS) — While American organized religion is still on the decline, congregations remain remarkably resilient. A new study from Lifeway Research found 94% of Protestant pastors believe their church will still be around in a decade.
 

Catholic University of America student has visa revoked by Trump administration

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The news adds a Catholic school founded by U.S. bishops to the growing list of colleges where international students have had their visas revoked.
 

Pope Francis puts Antoni Gaudí, architect of Sagrada Família, on path to canonization

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The famed architect of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família has been declared ‘venerable,’ moving closer to sainthood.
 

WhatsApp leaks raise suspicions of meddling in Vatican’s financial megatrial

(RNS) – ‘If it turns out that we were all in agreement, it’s the end,’ a key witness against a cardinal is reported to have said.

 

RNS Opinion

Khalistan referendums outrage Hindus like me. They should outrage you too.

(RNS) — The Khalistan cause’s repeated referendums may be a simulacrum of democracy, but their organizers already disqualify me and thousands of other Punjabi Hindus from even voting.
 

The church helped me when I was a refugee. It’s called to do the same today.

(RNS) — God didn’t commission faith-based nonprofits and nongovernment organizations to represent him to a hurting world. Jesus asked the church to do that.

 

ICYMI

For many in Hurricane Helene’s path, North Carolina Baptists provide home-repair lifeline

BURNSVILLE, N.C. (RNS) — When it comes to rapid repairs in mountain communities ravaged by the hurricane, Baptists on Mission has come to the rescue.
 

Chris Tomlin’s new song resurrects the world’s oldest known hymn

(RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was rewritten by Chris Tomlin and Ben Fielding just in time for Easter.

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