A top Vatican cardinal urged European voters Monday to remember their own migratory roots and show sympathy to people forced to flee their homes, days ahead of an election for the European Parliament in which migration is a big issue.
Modi’s narrow win suggests Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric, opting instead to curtail his political power
Narendra Modi, India’s two-time prime minister, was elected on June 5, 2024, as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance, a coalition of political parties that won with a slim majority in the recently concluded parliamentary election. Modi is expected to be…
A new group is a safe space for observant Jews who oppose Israel’s war in Gaza
Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, traditionally observant Jews have often responded to the crisis with prayer — chanting psalms, setting an intention to keep the tragedy in mind or pairing their ritual with activism.
Warnings of persecution in Hong Kong on Tiananmen anniversary
The persecution of Christians in mainland China is spreading to Hong Kong, Release International has warned on the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Senate Democrats Renew Push To Protect IVF Nationwide
Three Senate Democrats are renewing their push to protect access to in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments in new legislation released Monday morning.
Scholar on forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa wins Templeton Prize
As a psychologist working for South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the 1990s, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela was stunned when a handful of widows came forward to forgive their husbands’ murderer, the infamous assassin and police commander Eugene de Kock.
Catholic women remain hopeful in the synod despite challenges
A study by an international association of Catholic women’s organizations has found that a strong majority of women who attended last fall’s meeting of the Synod on Synodality in Rome felt their concerns were heard at the gathering, but they…
Bishop T.D. Jakes helps launch online hub to aid faith leaders with mental health tools
Bishop T.D. Jakes has joined mental health and faith experts to launch a new curriculum to help clergy and lay leaders move beyond sayings like “I’m too blessed to be stressed.”
Why is ‘moral equivalence’ such a bad thing? A political philosopher explains
An Israeli airstrike on the refugee encampment at Tal al-Sultan, in the Gaza Strip, resulted in the death of at least 45 Palestinian civilians on the night of May 26, 2024. It is a matter of dispute in this case as…
Pakistan’s Christians Fear Forced Marriages. Punjab Court Ruling Brings New Hope
Nearly one in five (18.3%) Pakistani girls are married before age 18, according to data from 2017 to 2018, with over half becoming pregnant as children. Many of these girls are of Christian or Hindu faiths that collectively make up 3.5 percent…
Muslim Women Who Are Registered To Vote More Likely To Donate Money And Volunteer
Civic engagement — including volunteering and registering to vote — rather than religiosity was more correlated with giving by Muslim American women, according to research we conducted with our colleagues at the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative.
He lost an arm in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Now, he’ll be a missionary
Gancci Saintelus doesn’t remember the tragedy.