(NPR) — The home in Morristown, New Jersey, is lit up with a sparkly Christmas tree. It’s adorned with ornaments — a snowman, tiny homemade frames with pictures of the kids and something a little less common — two Stars...
(RNS) — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly planning an interfaith prayer service the day before his inauguration, where participants can worship alongside the businessman and his wife, Melania. But those who want to join need to weigh the...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis will open the first Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the Jubilee year. This important anniversary, celebrated every 25 years, will mark an opportunity for the Catholic Church to celebrate...
(RNS) — Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has taken the lead in keeping women away from the altar. Last October, he decreed that there would be no female altar servers in his archdiocese. No matter that the 1983 Code of...
(RNS) — In the past week, something strange has occurred on our nation’s campuses. At Columbia, Harvard, Yale, UCLA, Berkeley and other campuses, anti-Israel protesters have been removing their kaffiyehs and setting aside their “boycott Israel!” placards. Instead, they are...
(RNS) — A year ago, the Rev. Munther Isaac, pastor of Christmas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, joined other Christian leaders in abruptly canceling Christmas celebrations in the city where the Bible says Jesus was...
(RNS) — We brought my mother home for Christmas. She didn’t make it until then. She didn’t even make it to Thanksgiving. But she made it home. The end of her life came fast, less than a year from the...
(The Conversation) — During the end of every calendar year, a particular holiday performance pops up in African American communities and cultural centers across the nation. “Black Nativity” is a cherished cultural tradition to some and completely unknown to others....
(The Conversation) — My earliest religious memory is of our synagogue’s Ner Tamid: the decorative electric lamp that hangs in every sanctuary, above the ark holding the Torah scrolls. This lamp, I learned from parents and teachers, was an eternal...
For Christians around the world, Christmas is the joyful celebration of the birth of Jesus. To affirm their beliefs — that God is present and hasn’t abandoned them — the faith community at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin,...
