(RNS) — The Catholic Church is often said to think in terms of centuries, not years or even decades. But here in the United States, always a country on a hurry-up schedule, St. John Paul II’s encyclical “Evangelium Vitae,” promulgated...
(RNS) — In the moments before Kendrick Lamar launched into his Grammy-winning diss track, “Not Like Us,” at the Super Bowl, a quartet of background dancers asked him, “You really ’bout to do it?” It was seemingly a question about...
(NPR) — The Rev. Jim Rigby has one question on his mind these days: What’s the plan if immigration officers knock on his church’s doors? “That’s what I’m feverishly trying to figure out — I’m trying to talk to lawyers,”...
(The Conversation) — I have spent years studying and teaching Japanese anime, exploring how its narratives intertwine with cultural, philosophical and religious traditions. One of the most compelling aspects of Japanese anime is its ability to merge thrilling action with...
ROME (AP) — “Hallelujah!” That’s what countless Catholics exclaimed as Pope Francis left the hospital Sunday after more than a month fighting pneumonia. It’s also the name of a new gelato flavor. Hallelujah gelato made its debut in Rome in...
(RNS) — When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina for the murder of his then-girlfriend’s parents, it was the first time in 15 years that an execution in the United States had been...
(RNS) — As someone who has studied the way women’s voices have been amplified and silenced in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, especially online, I found it fascinating that three different statements about women and the church...
(RNS) — The war between Israel and Hamas is so devastating for both Palestinians and Israelis that the only human response is tears. The Hamas terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, was barbaric. Over 1,000 people were killed...
(RNS) — Pat Gelsinger has longed believed that faith and technology can be forces for good in the world. Now the former Intel CEO hopes to put AI to work for God. On Monday (March 24), Gelsinger was named executive...
ISTANBUL (RNS) — The fate of nearly 3,000 Yazidis taken captive by the Islamic State group in Iraq remains unknown, officials from Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government announced earlier this month. And with a resurgence of ethnic violence in Syria and...
