Columns Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Tue, 02 Jul 2024 18:36:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Columns Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/ 32 32 An old president and an old pope https://religionnews.com/2024/07/02/an-old-president-and-an-old-pope/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/02/an-old-president-and-an-old-pope/#respond Tue, 02 Jul 2024 18:35:36 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155744 (RNS) — One used television to remind us that age brings wisdom. The other reminded us of the benefits of political bosses.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/02/an-old-president-and-an-old-pope/feed/ 0 How Catholic seminaries can serve the creative explosion in US Catholic education https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/how-catholic-seminaries-can-serve-the-creative-explosion-in-u-s-catholic-education/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/how-catholic-seminaries-can-serve-the-creative-explosion-in-u-s-catholic-education/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:50:35 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155728 (RNS) — Catholic seminaries can stop their own decline by re-envisioning their role in the life of the church.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/how-catholic-seminaries-can-serve-the-creative-explosion-in-u-s-catholic-education/feed/ 0 Why Kinky Friedman still matters https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/kinky-friedman/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/kinky-friedman/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:08:20 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155485 (RNS) — No, they ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore. And, for good reason. Thanks, Kinky.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/01/kinky-friedman/feed/ 0 Teaching the Bible in Oklahoma https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/teaching-the-bible-in-oklahoma/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/teaching-the-bible-in-oklahoma/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:45:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155484 (RNS) — Or at least, its 'historical context.'

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/28/teaching-the-bible-in-oklahoma/feed/ 0 The problem with social media and kids is also spiritual https://religionnews.com/2024/06/27/social-media-kids-teens/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/27/social-media-kids-teens/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:07:58 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154172 (RNS) — For every parent who has wanted to rip the phone from their kid's hands — you are not wrong.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/27/social-media-kids-teens/feed/ 0 An accused priest, his art and the Vatican https://religionnews.com/2024/06/27/an-accused-priest-his-art-and-the-vatican/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/27/an-accused-priest-his-art-and-the-vatican/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:59:05 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155315 (RNS) — Removing his art would not show 'closeness' to his victims, said one Vatican official.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/27/an-accused-priest-his-art-and-the-vatican/feed/ 0 Pro-life takes on new meaning in the cancer center https://religionnews.com/2024/06/26/in-the-cancer-center/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/26/in-the-cancer-center/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:57:37 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155145 (RNS) — It’s not just bumper stickers and memes, protests and op-eds.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/26/in-the-cancer-center/feed/ 0 Synagogues and churches in Dagestan. A synagogue in LA. There is a connection. https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/attacks-synagogue-dagestan-los-angeles/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/attacks-synagogue-dagestan-los-angeles/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:43:06 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154759 (RNS) — There is an odd, terrible unity in all this. Pay attention.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/attacks-synagogue-dagestan-los-angeles/feed/ 0 Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law isn’t about American legal history https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/louisianas-ten-commandments-law-isnt-about-american-legal-history/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/louisianas-ten-commandments-law-isnt-about-american-legal-history/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:13:52 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154704 (RNS) — Secular arguments on its behalf are a pretext.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/25/louisianas-ten-commandments-law-isnt-about-american-legal-history/feed/ 0 Is President Biden too old to be president? https://religionnews.com/2024/06/24/biden-trump-cognitive-decline/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/24/biden-trump-cognitive-decline/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:56:02 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4132295 (RNS) — Leave politics aside. How we treat the diminished and the feeble matters.

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