Life & Culture
The Camino, a Catholic pilgrimage, increasingly draws the spiritual but not religious
By Ellie Davis — July 1, 2024
(RNS) — Today people embark on the Camino for all kinds of motivations beyond religion: health, grief, transition, history and adventure.
‘Kinds of Kindness’: Three cautionary tales of devotion gone too far
By Michael Woolf — June 28, 2024
Dying of cancer, Amy Low finds meaning in the mundane of life
By Bob Smietana — June 27, 2024
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Pope Francis may have surprised many by inviting comedians to the Vatican, but the value of humor has deep roots in Catholic tradition
By Joanne M. Pierce — June 27, 2024
(The Conversation) — Catholic theologians and monastics have always encouraged humor, emphasizing its power to heal and bring cultures together.
New York City celebrates the 10th International Day of Yoga
By Richa Karmarkar — June 21, 2024
NEW YORK (RNS) — In bustling Times Square, hundreds of yoga practitioners gathered to celebrate International Day of Yoga: an initiative from the UN that marks a decade this year.
Southern Baptists may have rejected a constitutional amendment opposing female pastors, but that does not mean they are changing their views on women’s leadership in church
By Susan M. Shaw — June 18, 2024
(The Conversation) — A scholar who studies Southern Baptists explains why the denomination’s ultraconservative beliefs about women remain the same.
A church where wellness meets spirituality
By Ellie Davis — June 17, 2024
NEW YORK (RNS) — With today’s emptier church pews and fuller yoga studios, churches like The Well are attempting to bridge the two worlds for spiritual fulfillment.
Historic all-sign-language movie ‘Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film’ comes to theaters
By Kathryn Post — June 13, 2024
(RNS) — Debuting on June 20, it’s the first film entirely in American Sign Language to debut in theaters, according to the filmmakers.
Gospel group, basking in resurgence, releases first new music in nearly 50 years
By Michael Casey — June 13, 2024
BOSTON (AP) — On Friday, the Browns are releasing “Searching,” their first batch of new songs in nearly 50 years, and gearing up for a tour in July to the Roskilde festival in Denmark as well as the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Germany. “It's a blessing,” Brown Caldwell said.
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ may be many Americans’ image of Judaism – but American Jews’ heritage is stunningly diverse
By Samira Mehta — June 12, 2024
(The Conversation) — Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but there’s a vast landscape of Jewish cultures around the world – and represented in the US.
Oxford University to return bronze sculpture of Hindu saint to India
By Associated Press — June 11, 2024
LONDON (AP) — The planned repatriation comes amid a push by foreign governments, including Nigeria, Egypt and Greece, as well as Indigenous peoples from North America to Australia, seeking to reclaim precious antiquities looted or acquired by questionable means during the heyday of the British Empire.
How to make Jerry Seinfeld cry
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 10, 2024
(RNS) — This is as far from yada yada as you could ever imagine.
Vatican detains ex-employee who allegedly tried to sell back manuscript of Bernini’s basilica canopy
By Nicole Winfield — June 7, 2024
ROME (AP) — Vatican police have detained a former employee on charges of attempted extortion after he allegedly tried to sell a 17th-century gilded manuscript describing Bernini’s designs for the altar canopy of St. Peter’s Basilica back to the Holy See.
New film depicting ‘hero’s journey’ of Swami Vivekananda comes to PBS
By Richa Karmarkar — May 31, 2024
(RNS) — 'America's First Guru' is a 90-minute look at how Swami Vivekananda introduced yoga and Hinduism to the Western world.
‘Bad Faith’ sounds the alarm on the past and future of Christian nationalism
By Jim McDermott — May 30, 2024
(RNS) — Filmmakers Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones trace the origins of Christian nationalism from the Ku Klux Klan to the election of Donald Trump.
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