Pope Francis on Wednesday greeted the foreign envoy of the Russian Orthodox Church, just days after revealing a secret “mission” was under way to try to put an end to the war in Ukraine.
How women have cultivated religious authority at LA’s Women’s Mosque of America
Tazeen M. Ali was a graduate student in Boston when she first learned about the opening of the Women’s Mosque of America in Los Angeles, believed to be the nation’s first women-only mosque.
CLC files lottery ad complaint with attorney general
Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission filed a complaint with the state attorney general’s office regarding advertising linking the purchase of lottery tickets to a chance at a “grocery giveaway.”
Jews, Muslims, Sikhs get coronation role as king reaches out
Rabbi Nicky Liss won’t be watching King Charles III’s coronation. He’ll be doing something he considers more important: praying for the monarch on the Jewish sabbath.
Missio Alliance hosts hopeful conversation for disruptive times
The last time the Missio Alliance held a conference, organizers invited expert speakers to help church leaders deal with a changing culture. Then came COVID-19. And the whirlwind of other changes in the past few years.
Swedish Ecologist Revives Old Norse Myths And Rituals To Tackle Environmental Crises
According to Norse mythology, the world is an immense tree. Known as Yggdrasil, this eternal tree stands at the center of the cosmos, and is the source of all life, all things. From Yggdrasil’s acorns sprouted Ask, the first man,…
Harold Kushner was America’s rabbi
“There are only two categories of Jewish books … ”
Pope voices willingness to return Indigenous loot, artifacts
Pope Francis said Sunday that talks were underway to return colonial-era artifacts in the Vatican Museum that were acquired from Indigenous peoples in Canada and voiced a willingness to return other problematic objects in the Vatican’s collection on a case-by-case…
RNC chair: Republicans must address abortion issue ‘head-on’
The chair of the Republican National Committee said Sunday that Republicans must directly address abortion if they hope to succeed in 2024.
LA’s Atheist Street Pirates go national in efforts to remove illegal religious signs
It started as a small group of atheists tracking and removing religious signs from public streets in Los Angeles. Now, this network spans more than a handful of states, with volunteers documenting and taking down illegally placed religious material on…
Dragged through the mud: this little church-backed support group for LGBTQ teens suffered bomb threats, smears and the cancellation of its drag show
“Twenty years ago I thought now would be better. And it’s not.” That’s how Tiffany Vasquez, a longtime resident of Roseville, California, feels after weeks of vicious right-wing attacks on the local LGBTQ community—attacks that are part of an increasingly…
One in Four Pastors Plan to Retire Before 2030
Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida, has gotten serious about raising up a new generation of pastors. Normally, the congregation produces one or two young people every couple of years who feel a call. Right now, however, 12 young men…