When I read about Nex Benedict, 16, the nonbinary teenager in Owasso, Oklahoma, who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom that may have been sparked by bullying, I couldn’t stop thinking about Sue Benedict, the grandmother…
The Netherlands opens a Holocaust museum as protesters oppose Israeli president’s presence
The Netherlands opened the National Holocaust Museum on Sunday with a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence prompted protest because of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
‘Dune 2’ portrays the danger of mixing religion and politics. It doesn’t know the half of it.
Frank Herbert, the author of the “Dune” science fiction novels, once wrote that mixing religion and politics is a bit like riding in a cart headed off a cliff. By the time you’ve reached the edge, it’s too late.
New Study Suggests Anti-Asian Hate And Fear Remain High In New York City
Despite some reports that anti-Asian hate crimes are declining in New York, Asian Americans in the city still fear for their safety and remain hypervigilant in public settings, according to a new study.
9th Circuit rules the destruction of Oak Flat likely does not substantially burden religious exercise, campaign to save Oak Flat continues
A sharply divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, agreed with an earlier 3-judge panel and held on a 6-5 vote that the U.S. government’s transfer to a mining company of sacred land called Chí’chil Biłdagoteel – loosely translated in English as “Oak Flat”…
Fear, Grief, then Supernatural Peace: Myanmar Christians Process Draft
When Kyaw Sone, a 27-year-old seminary student in Yangon, Myanmar, heard the news last month that the government was conscripting young men and women amid the country’s civil war, he felt “very, very sad.”
White supremacists, seizing on Israel-Hamas war, have accelerated their antisemitism since Oct. 7
At a recent city council meeting in Evanston, Illinois, a man in dark sunglasses stepped up to the podium during the public comment period to accuse the Anti-Defamation League of stifling free speech.
Tattooing has held a long tradition in Christianity − dating back to Jesus’ crucifixion
Holy Week and Easter are perhaps the most important days in the Christian calendar. Many associate those celebrations with church services, processions, candles, incense, fasting and penances.
‘In the name of the Mother, Daughter and Holy Spirit’: Catholic women advocate change
In the week leading up to International Women’s Day, Catholic women gathered near the Vatican and online to promote female leadership in the Catholic Church, demanding equality and visibility while urging the institution to set its fears about change aside.