Opinion
The Americans with Disabilities Act is still doing its work. Churches should join in.
By Russ Ewell — July 3, 2024
(RNS) — A church that includes people with disabilities is a more radiant church.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma says no to Catholic charter school, but this may not be the end of the boundary-pushing saga
By Charles J. Russo — July 3, 2024
Why Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it back
By Anne Mocko — July 3, 2024
Jeffrey Salkin
Martini Judaism
Charles C. Camosy
Purple Catholicism
Karen Swallow Prior
One Eye Squinted
Andre Henry
Written in Protest
Jonathan Merritt
On Faith and Culture
Simran Jeet Singh
Articles of Faith
Thomas Reese
Signs of the Times
Jana Riess
Flunking Sainthood
Candice Marie Benbow
Faithfully Feminist
Phyllis Zagano
Just Catholic
Khyati Joshi
Living Religion
Mark Silk
Spiritual Politics
Omar Suleiman
Islam Beyond Phobia
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The new hijabi-only beach in Montenegro is a welcome sign of inclusivity
By Anna Piela — July 2, 2024
(RNS) — Discrimination against Muslim women at beach resorts and pools has become rife across Europe.
An old president and an old pope
By Thomas Reese — July 2, 2024
(RNS) — One used television to remind us that age brings wisdom. The other reminded us of the benefits of political bosses.
The Catholic Church is using the upcoming Paris Olympics to engage young people − but several popes have already promoted sports as a way to teach Christian values
By A. Jaime Morales Jr. — July 2, 2024
(The Conversation) — The use of sport as an evangelical tool is not new for the Catholic Church. Pope Pius X welcomed athletes in 1905 for the first international gymnastics competition in the Vatican gardens.
Roe v. Wade didn’t fall in one day. It collapsed over a decade of change.
By Emily D. Crews — July 1, 2024
(RNS) — A new book details how an attempt to soften abortion politics started an all-out assault on reproductive rights.
How Catholic seminaries can serve the creative explosion in US Catholic education
By Charles C. Camosy — July 1, 2024
(RNS) — Catholic seminaries can stop their own decline by re-envisioning their role in the life of the church.
Why Kinky Friedman still matters
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 1, 2024
(RNS) — No, they ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore. And, for good reason. Thanks, Kinky.
Why did Putin visit a tiny Orthodox church in North Korea?
By Katherine Kelaidis — June 28, 2024
(RNS) — The presence of a Russian Orthodox Church in Pyongyang is meant to send a powerful message about Russia’s sphere of influence.
‘Kinds of Kindness’: Three cautionary tales of devotion gone too far
By Michael Woolf — June 28, 2024
(RNS) — We may be made for devotion, but what it does to us is hard to watch.
Teaching the Bible in Oklahoma
By Mark Silk — June 28, 2024
(RNS) — Or at least, its 'historical context.'
Global interest in ayahuasca is leading to spiritual tourism and creating challenges for local communities
By Pardis Mahdavi — June 28, 2024
(The Conversation) — The psychotropic allure of the ayahuasca plant for hundreds of thousands of non-Indigenous consciousness seekers is raising many concerns.
Custodians of the Hajj — who’s to blame for heat-related deaths?
By Dilshad Ali — June 27, 2024
(RNS) — One can’t sweep 1,300 deaths under the rug.
The problem with social media and kids is also spiritual
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 27, 2024
(RNS) — For every parent who has wanted to rip the phone from their kid's hands — you are not wrong.
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