(RNS) — “Boy accidentally smashes 3,500-year-old jar on museum visit” This brief, throwaway, human interest story, dateline Haifa, Israel, was probably intended to act as a palate cleanser from the BBC, which first reported it, squeezing it in between the...
(RNS) — In early August, approximately 500 Quakers from more than 50 countries gathered in South Africa for our World Plenary Meeting, last held in 2016. As the leader of the oldest registered religious lobby in the world, the Friends...
(The Conversation) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first used the term “AIDS” on Sept. 24, 1982, more than a year after the first cases appeared in medical records. Those early years of the crisis were marked by...
(AP) — Usha Chilukuri Vance loves her “meat and potatoes” husband, JD Vance. She explained to a rapt Republican National Convention audience how their vice-presidential candidate adapted to her vegetarian diet and even learned to cook Indian food from her...
(The Conversation) — The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, houses a fascinating artifact: a massive cloth shroud that bears the shadowy image of a man who appears to have been crucified. Millions of Christians around the...
How Swami Vivekananda changed the World of Religion on the Other 9/11 in 1893 This September, while most Americans remember 9/11 as a day of mourning, many will commemorate the “Other 9/11” in 1893 when the world came together to...
BALTIMORE (RNS) — As the annual session of the National Baptist Convention, USA, the historically Black denomination, opened on Tuesday (Sept. 3), the biggest question that loomed is how the meeting will end: Will it have a new president or...
(RNS) — Many people give up on religion when what they really need to do is change their image of God and how they relate to him. Too many people, when they grow older, give up on the God they...
(RNS) — There’s little question that Donald Trump planned to use his visit to Arlington National Cemetery a week ago to electioneer; that he was informed that federal law forbids such activity at military cemeteries; and that he went ahead...
GUJARAT, India (RNS) — Every morning at the Momai Mata temple, near the southern tip of the Gujarat peninsula, a Hindu priest offers prayers. The temple, carved out of rock in an ancient cave by Buddhist monks, is one in...
