Trump’s die-hard support may be explained by one of his most misunderstood...
(The Conversation) — Throughout modern history, charismatic leaders have shown their extraordinary ability to elicit devotion to themselves and their causes. The post Trump’s die-hard support may be...
View ArticleRutgers task force report urges university to add caste discrimination ban
(RNS) — Beginning in 2020 with Brandeis University, more than 20 higher education institutions across the country have followed momentum to recognize caste discrimination in their policies. But some in...
View ArticleAs Russell M. Nelson turns 100, a look back at the controversial term that...
(The Conversation) — Latter-day Saints’ attitudes toward the word ‘Mormon,’ often used to describe the church, have had highs and lows − like other Americans’ often-tense relationship with the faith....
View ArticleThe pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis compared Indonesia's human diversity to the archipelago’s 17,000 islands. He said each one contributes something specific to form “a magnificent mosaic, in which...
View ArticleBlack church brought religion to politics in the ‘60s, but different to white...
(The Conversation) — In 1966, the assertion of Black power was grounded in an appeal to the founding principles of the United States. Black church leaders called for healing internal divisions through...
View ArticleA Filipino preacher on the run from sexual abuse charges surrenders
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Apollo Quiboloy and four other co-accused surrendered in the vast religious headquarters of their group, called Kingdom of Jesus Christ, in Davao city after the police gave a...
View ArticleNational Catholic Reporter names Wall St. Journal’s James Grimaldi as...
(RNS) — The 60-year-old left-leaning outlet was without a top editor for more than a year. The post National Catholic Reporter names Wall St. Journal’s James Grimaldi as executive editor appeared first...
View ArticleRabbi Michael Lerner tried to ‘repair’ Judaism
(RNS) — A leftist teacher and author has died. He taught me more than I had once thought. The post Rabbi Michael Lerner tried to ‘repair’ Judaism appeared first on Religion News Service.
View ArticleGrief over Gaza and qualms over US election add up to anguish for many...
(AP) — “Without stopping U.S. financial support and military support to Israel, this will not stop,” said Ghada Elnajjar who in 2020 campaigned for Biden. “I’m a U.S. citizen. I’m a taxpayer ... and I...
View ArticleAP PHOTOS: See the best moments from Pope Francis’ Asia-Pacific trip — his...
BANGKOK (AP) — Francis used the trip to highlight some of his core priorities as pope, including an emphasis on interreligious and intercultural dialogue, care for the environment and insistence on the...
View ArticleFerguson activist raised in the Black Church showed pastors how to aid young...
(AP) — In its own way, Brittany Packnett’s rise to be one of her generation’s best-known racial justice activists also reflects the promise and power of the ministry of her late father, the Rev. Ronald...
View ArticleAn American pastor detained in China for nearly 20 years has been released
WASHINGTON (AP) — “Praise God! We got the call late last night!!! Dad is free and over Alaska now,” the pastor’s daughter, Alice Lin, texted Bob Fu, a long-time supporter on Sunday before she was to...
View ArticleThe church was named Good News. Hundreds of members died in a cult massacre...
MALINDI, Kenya (AP) — A charismatic preacher, he was said to perform miracles and exorcisms, and could be generous with his money. His followers included teachers and police officers. They came to...
View ArticleThis new Mexican blessed is considered a protector of life from conception....
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rev. Moisés Lira devoted his life to teach catechists, care for the ill and offer spiritual guidance to vulnerable communities. In 1934, he founded a congregation — the Missionaries...
View ArticleHaitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false...
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — “They feel the threat. They feel not welcome,” Bernardette Dor, 51, one of the pastors, said after the Catholic Church service. “Even in the school system sometimes, they feel...
View ArticleLutherans in Walz’s Minnesota put potlucks before politics during divisive...
KENYON, Minnesota (AP) — “People are listening for their side of things, like, was that prayer conservative or liberal? People are always trying to decipher, ‘Oh, what’s pastor really saying’? Or, you...
View ArticleFestival season starts in Nepal with devotees honoring a living goddess
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Kumari, a young girl who is revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal as a living goddess, left her temple palace and was driven around the center of the capital in a wooden...
View ArticleVatican gives green light to devotion at a site in Bosnia where the Madonna...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — But in line with new Vatican criteria in place this year, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ruled that the positive “spiritual fruits” stemming from the Medjugorje...
View ArticlePenn Badgley and Nava Kavelin talk Baha’i faith and middle school on...
(RNS) — Penn Badgley joins former middle school educators Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari for conversations about celebrities’ middle-school escapades and adolescent heartbreaks and anxieties. The post...
View ArticleThese evangelicals are voting their values — by backing Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON (AP) — Soong-Chan Rah, a professor of evangelism at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, describes himself as a nonpartisan progressive evangelical and a “prophet speaking to...
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