RELIGION

What could be worse than the Muslim ban? Plenty.
- By West virginia digital
- . February 3, 2025
(RNS) — In 2017, President Donald Trump’s chaotic attempt to exclude Muslims from immigrating to the United States by restricting

Trump, the destroyer of worlds
- By West virginia digital
- . February 3, 2025
(RNS) — It is an axiom of life that it is easier to destroy than to build. As a result,

When are we allowed to yell at God?
- By West virginia digital
- . February 3, 2025
“If God lived in our neighborhood, we’d throw stones through His (sic) windows.” I do not know who originally

In new book ‘Believe,’ Ross Douthat makes a case for old-time religion
- By West virginia digital
- . February 3, 2025
(RNS) — Being religious is a bit like learning to play soccer, says New York Times columnist and best-selling author

A fashion designer, Italian singer and Icelandic illustrator team up on Vatican exhibition
- By West virginia digital
- . February 3, 2025
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s Apostolic Library tapped Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, Italian singer Jovanotti and Icelandic

Musk spotlights federal funds for Lutheran aid groups, calls them ‘illegal payments’
- By West virginia digital
- . February 3, 2025
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A prominent Lutheran leader invoked the story of a martyr while defending work to help the needy

A Supreme Court decision on a Catholic school in Oklahoma could redraw lines around church and state in education
- By West virginia digital
- . February 3, 2025
(The Conversation) — The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Oklahoma can open St. Isidore: an online Roman Catholic

A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
- By West virginia digital
- . February 3, 2025
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a

Letter to new US Administration
- By West virginia digital
- . February 1, 2025
Religious freedom worldwide at 16-year low: New strategy needed Yesterday, I sent U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio a letter. In it

Members should care for the needy ‘regardless of immigration status’
- By West virginia digital
- . February 1, 2025
(RNS) — In a rare comment on current political affairs, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a