RELIGION

Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah? For some interfaith families, it’s both
- By West virginia digital
- . December 24, 2024
FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — When Ethan Klos, who was raised Jewish, and his wife, Ricki, a Christian, were ready

Meditation and religion are two separate things, says Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- By West virginia digital
- . December 24, 2024
BOONE, N.C. (RNS) — On Saturday (Dec. 21), designated World Meditation Day by the United Nations, 8.5 million people participated

The (real) Hanukkah story and why it still matters
- By West virginia digital
- . December 24, 2024
(RNS) — Listen up, boys and girls. Once upon a time, there were a lot of Jews living in the

Reflections on my mother’s last days
- By West virginia digital
- . December 24, 2024
(RNS) — We brought my mother home for Christmas. She didn’t make it until then. She didn’t even make it

New ‘Sacred Songs’ builds on Ailey Dance Theater’s spiritual repertoire
- By West virginia digital
- . December 24, 2024
NEW YORK (RNS) — Sixty-four years after the premiere of its signature work “Revelations,” Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has

Rome and the Vatican prepare to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee
- By West virginia digital
- . December 24, 2024
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis will open the first Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating

Interfaith families find meaning in ‘Chrismukkah’
- By West virginia digital
- . December 24, 2024
(NPR) — The home in Morristown, New Jersey, is lit up with a sparkly Christmas tree. It’s adorned with ornaments

At Trump’s inauguration, reports of a pay-to-pray
- By West virginia digital
- . December 23, 2024
(RNS) — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly planning an interfaith prayer service the day before his inauguration, where

Sri Lankan cardinal bans female altar servers, but why?
- By West virginia digital
- . December 23, 2024
(RNS) — Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has taken the lead in keeping women away from the altar. Last October,

Why no campus outcries about Syrian atrocities?
- By West virginia digital
- . December 23, 2024
(RNS) — In the past week, something strange has occurred on our nation’s campuses. At Columbia, Harvard, Yale, UCLA, Berkeley