RELIGION

Why is Israel launching a crackdown in the West Bank after the Gaza ceasefire?
- By West virginia digital
- . January 24, 2025
In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation

In India, Catholic women evangelists live up to Pope Francis’ call for female leadership
- By West virginia digital
- . January 24, 2025
MEGHALAYA, India (RNS) — Eight days before Christmas last year, Senseful Dkhar, a 55-year-old schoolteacher, led her fellow Catholics in

After Helene, one Asheville church finds a way to step up
- By West virginia digital
- . January 24, 2025
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (RNS) — On a recent Tuesday morning, dozens of people affected by Hurricane Helene had already lined up

Taking a second COVID-era loan is proving costly to some faith groups
- By West virginia digital
- . January 24, 2025
(RNS) — A dispute over a single word in a COVID-era relief law — and the political divides over Israel

The state isn’t God. Nor should it be.
- By West virginia digital
- . January 23, 2025
(RNS) — My favorite way of celebrating the new year every year is to tune into the annual “Twilight Zone”

In Trump, we have abandoned our civil religion — and we are no longer the same
- By West virginia digital
- . January 23, 2025
(RNS) — President Donald Trump began his second administration much as he did his first: by flouting the tenets of

Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants
- By West virginia digital
- . January 23, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she made

Cartoon mascot for Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee appeals to younger generation while embracing traditions
- By West virginia digital
- . January 23, 2025
(The Conversation) — Luce, the anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, whose name means “light” in Italian,

10 years after Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, conversations about free speech are still too black and white
- By West virginia digital
- . January 23, 2025
(The Conversation) — In January 2015, 12 people were killed at the French satirist magazine Charlie Hebdo’s office after it

Research suggests ‘moral foundations’ play a critical role in attitudes toward Christian nationalism
- By West virginia digital
- . January 23, 2025
(The Conversation) — The concept of Christian nationalism has taken center stage in many Americans’ minds as either the greatest