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Recent Articles (8)
Cardinal Brislin joins African clergy in calling Israel’s actions in Gaza genocide
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Drawing on Africa’s experience of apartheid, genocide and war, Cardinal Stephen Brislin and nine other Catholic clergy say Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide — and argue
Christian nationalists’ professed support for religious pluralism is often drowned out by perceptions that Christians are under threat
(The Conversation) — Two political scientists explain why Christian nationalist beliefs endure.
Once shaped by court rituals, China’s imperial cuisine lives on today
BEIJING (AP) — Imperial cuisine encompasses the meals emperors ate daily and the feasts their courts held throughout the year.
A Muslim educator and a rabbi: One ideology threatens us both
(RNS) — White supremacy does not distinguish between the communities it seeks to intimidate. Our resistance shouldn’t distinguish between them, either.
New book ‘A Nation Wrestles With God’ traces religious dialogue through our history
(RNS) — Wrestling — with the divine, with morality — might well be America’s most sustained pastime.
At 70, Sandi Patty sings ‘The Voice I Have Now,’ plans new album
(RNS) — ‘It's the perfect song for someone sort of looking back over their career, looking back over life, and realizing God has been faithful all this time,’ Patty said in an interview.
As AI enters Sikh life, old debates on technology and tradition continue
(RNS) — A machine may reproduce words, images or melodies. But Sikh practice, many argue, remains rooted in intention, consciousness and connection.
Hind Rajab, the 5-year-old killed in Gaza, should have been enough
(RNS) — Hind Rajab was killed while pleading for help in a car with her six dead relatives. On Wednesday (Aug. 19), the Israeli military acknowledged for the first time its firing on the car.