After Israel recovered the bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including the body of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, President Biden, who has met with Hersh’s parents, said, “Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes.”
World Religions
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
How much do Americans know about the religions around them?
A survey by the Pew Research Center showed that Americans who have taken classes on world religions are more knowledgeable about members of other religions than those who have not.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
75 years after Gandhi’s assassination, Hindu nationalism troubles India
Seventy-five years after Gandhi’s death, when Hindu nationalism has risen to the highest echelons of the Indian government, his legacy in the nation he helped liberate is complex and, in some cases, denigrated.
Posted inFaith, News
‘Church City’ is a refuge for Catholic migrant workers in Muslim-majority Qatar
From Masses to baptisms, weddings and confessions, the church provides a window into the religious life of Catholic expatriates in Qatar.
Posted inFaith, News
Cardinal prays at queen’s funeral, signaling King Charles’ openness to interfaith dialogue
An English cardinal took part in the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in an indication of openness of the British Royal family to ecumenical and interfaith dialogue.
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Pope Francis heads to Kazakh interfaith congress—without hope for a meeting with Patriarch Kirill
Pope Francis had hoped his trip to Kazakhstan this week would offer a chance to meet with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church—who has justified the war in Ukraine—and plead for peace.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis and Russia’s Patriarch Kirill have video call and express hope for peace in Ukraine
America has learned the meeting between the two religious leaders was first planned a week ago. It was not confirmed who initiated the exchange, but it was the first time the two have spoken since this war broke out.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: An intergenerational look at the messiness of falling in love
In ‘Monster in the Middle,’ Tiphanie Yanique shows how the choice to love is always a leap of faith, a heedless plunge into the unknown.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The afterlife is having a moment. ‘Beyond’ will help Christians and nonbelievers alike discuss what lies beyond the grave.
With her new book ‘Beyond,’ Catherine Wolff mixes well-written impressionistic summaries of various religious perspectives with personal anecdotes to answer the age-old question of what lies beyond the grave.
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Review: The research behind our intimate relationships with God
How do believers “make God real”? And what effect do these beliefs and practices have on their lives? A new book by T.M. Luhrmann asks these questions and more.