RELIGION
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‘Joy Within His House’: Making sense of life in a monastery
(RNS) — Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt, a 38-year-old nun in the Dominican order, is often asked…
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The feds are asking universities to provide lists of Jews. This is never a good thing.
(RNS) — Timothy Snyder, a historian of the Holocaust and Eastern European tyranny, has a tip for dealing with authoritarianism:…
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Somalis are not ‘garbage.’ They are a gift that all Americans should treasure.
(RNS) — When Donald Trump, speaking at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday (Dec. 2) at the White House, used the word…
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At 60, ‘Gaudium et Spes’ continues to impact the Catholic Church and its new pope
(RNS) — The late theologian Gerard Mannion called the Roman Catholic Church’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern…
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United Lutheran Seminary to host ‘A Vision for Liberating Our Democracy’ Conference, February 27–28
Two-day gathering will explore the religious and racialized roots of American democracy and paths toward a more just future. United…
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Pope Leo XIV and Patriarch Bartholomew sign document urging progress on Christian unity
ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople met at the patriarchal seat in the…
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What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with the red suit
(The Conversation) — When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes around delivering gifts…
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The Power of Faithful Non-Violent Resistance with Maria Stephan
This week on The State of Belief, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is joined by Dr. Maria J. Stephan,…
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Interfaith educator earns Guinness World Record title for most places of worship visited in one month
An Urban Pilgrimage in Chicago in September 2025 ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Rev. Vicki Garlock, Ph.D., an interfaith educator, earned a…
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‘Simulation theory’ brings an AI twist out of ‘The Matrix’ to ideas mystics and religious scholars have voiced for centuries
(The Conversation) — In the most talked-about film from the final year of the 20th century, “The Matrix,” a computer…
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