Weekly religion news roundup (May 22-28, 2026)
Each week in The Christian Citizen, we publish a Religion News Roundup with summaries of religion news stories and links for those who want to read more.
When grief turns to gratitude
If your season is a night of weeping, hold on a bit longer — the weeping that endures for the night will surely turn to joy. Your grief will turn to gratitude if you tend it.
Summer reading, 2026 edition
Here's a selection of books, both nonfiction and fiction, to consider for your summer reading. Happy reading!
God, country, and Rocky, 50 years later
50 years later, Rocky’s lessons remain. The future does not, cannot, belong to people who see nothing but hopelessness.
This was not (just) a ‘tragedy’
What happened on May 18 was not merely a tragedy; it was an act of anti-Muslim hate made more imaginable by a nation in which hatred of Muslims has been normalized and even sanctified.