- March 22, 2024
Photos of the Week: Holi, Ramadan
(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes Holi celebrations
Religious affairs expert Thomas Bowen moves from city of Washington to White House
WASHINGTON (RNS) — In the month since moving from Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration to the White House, the Rev. Thomas L. Bowen keeps encountering familiar
The politics of this Easter season
(RNS) — The Christian celebration of Easter is about new life, yet the world’s consciousness remains flooded with ideas of death, where it is occurring
Their children disappeared in Argentina’s dictatorship. These mothers have looked for them since
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Forty-seven years ago, before her hair turned white and she had no need of a wheelchair to march around Argentina’s
Belgian bishop defrocked 14 years after admitting to abusing nephew
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced
What the Buddhist text Therigatha teaches about women’s enlightenment
(The Conversation) — Images of Buddha’s enlightenment often portray him sitting alone under the bodhi tree, his body emaciated from fasting. Some depictions show the
The cost of not being angry
(RNS) — How can people with opposing points of view who inhabit the same spaces — a campus, a neighborhood — share their ideas in
African spiritualities are attracting Black Americans as a source of pride and identity
(RNS) — Growing up, Chaya Murrell started her day by reciting the Bible’s Psalm 23, which begins, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not
God loves you. Deal with it.
What are the three little words that rabbis almost never, ever, say to their congregations? Hold on, because I am about to say them. God
Southern Baptists elect Jeff Iorg to lead Executive Committee
(RNS) — After more than two years of uncertainty and at times, chaos, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee has a new president. At a