(RNS) — If you say things that are not true and innocent people are hurt as a result, and you know they’re not true and you keep telling the lies, and people continue to be hurt, you’re perpetrating evil. And...
By Kevin P. Joyce “In the spirit of Thomas Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain, Fr. Kevin Joyce’s new book “Surprised by Grace” entices spiritual seekers, non-believers and even skeptics to “gamble on God.” Anthony Lilles October 15, 2024, Kevin Patrick Joyce’s...
(The Conversation) — I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Nineteen people accused of witchcraft were executed by hanging, another was...
Here are 10 notable moments from the RNS 90th anniversary symposium and gala. 1. Religion remains an important American story Martin Baron, legendary editor of The Washington Post and The Boston Globe, was the featured speaker in conversation with RNS...
(RNS) — Utsav Sanduja, born in Canada 34 years ago, has long admired the global power the United States wields, and couldn’t wait to become an American citizen. Not long after immigrating 14 years ago, he filed a lawsuit over...
(RNS) — The sounds of Jewish prayer rang out in Prague’s Klausen Synagogue on Saturday (Oct. 12) for the first time in more than 80 years as the city’s progressive Jewish community, Ec Chajim, hosted Yom Kippur services in its...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — For the second time in less than a year, Pope Francis met with transgender and intersex Catholics on Sunday (Oct. 13) at the Vatican, where he listened to their stories of pain, solitude and redemption. Members...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Schoolteacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh’s largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but feels the festivities would be more jubilant without the fear and violence that overshadow this year’s event. The weeklong celebration that...
(RNS) — On Tuesday, July 16, I and a group of rabbis traveled south from Jerusalem — to the Gaza envelope. There, we visited the places that Hamas had ravaged on Oct. 7, 2023. We visited the site of the...
(RNS) — Few parishioners want to see their parishes turned into partisan battlefields, but with the Catholic community divided between Republicans (52%) and Democrats (44%), many parishes face this danger. Both campaigns are appealing to Catholic voters because shifting even...
