This evening on Capitol Hill (July 9), Congress members, staff, interns and others will experience the Sikh tradition of langar, a free, communal meal prepared by a gurdwara.
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo XIV. Both propose the Vatican as site for peace talks
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday and thanked him for the Vatican’s efforts to help return children taken by Russia. Both he and Leo suggested the Vatican could host peace talks to end the war.
A radical balm to reduce teen suicide: Acts of kindness
Nothing is more difficult than convincing a suicidal teenager that life is worth living — or consoling their family when you’ve failed. In my 35 years as a rabbi, I’ve had to do both for too often as opioid addiction…
California bishop suspends Mass obligation due to immigration fears
San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.5 million Catholics in Southern California, has formally excused parishioners from their weekly obligation to attend Mass following immigration detentions on two parish properties in the diocese.
Jewish camps express grief and condolences after flooding disaster at Camp Mystic in Texas
Jewish camps and camping leaders are joining a chorus of condolences after a flash flood in Kerr County, Texas, killed dozens of children and counselors at a summer camp there.
Parishioners battle diocese over closure of historic Brooklyn church
Around 20 parishioners gathered at the Jesuit Community Chapel in Brooklyn on Thursday evening (July 3). The chairs were arranged in a circle, and the mood was purposeful but warm. Two community members acted as translators in Creole and in…
Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’
Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away during his 12-year pontificate.
Attacks on religious buildings and communities have been on the rise. Utah’s Krishna Temple is the latest one
The first bullets struck the radio station located on the south end of the 15-acre property of the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah. A week later, over the course of two days, more bullets hit the temple…
Catholic solar projects in peril as GOP bill slashes clean energy tax credits
Catholic parishes, schools and houses of worship across the country pursuing wind and solar projects were dealt a major financial blow in President Donald Trump’s domestic-policy and tax-cut bill signed into law on July 4.
How US Christian nationalists are exporting their agenda to Europe
A report on the state of reproductive rights presented to journalists, policy wonks and activists in Brussels on June 26 begins with a quote from the 15th-century general and military theorist Raimondo Montecuccoli: “To wage war, you need first of all…
How Distinctive are Evangelicals, really?
There’s this book that came out way back in 1998 that has a title that has to rank up there in my favorite ones of all time, “American Evangelicalism: Embattled and Thriving.”
T.D. Jakes Hands Over Leadership of Dallas Megachurch
The Potter’s House, the Dallas-based megachurch led by Bishop T. D. Jakes, formally installed Jakes’s daughter and son-in-law—Sarah Jakes Roberts and Touré Roberts—as co–senior pastors on Sunday, ushering in a new era of leadership for the prominent ministry.