Faiths

(RNS) — It is not only history. Read to the end for my message to the anti-Israel crowd.

(RNS) — A lack of consensus on the definition of ‘brain death’ has led to a default policy that declares living people dead.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A handful of Catholic priests are meeting with AI programmers and execs in Silicon Valley to address the ethical consequences of artificial intelligence.

(AP) – In the Black Church as a whole, male pastors predominate, though there’s no comprehensive gender breakdown.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Five teens, aged 14 to 17, were charged in a Sydney court on Thursday last week with a range of offenses including conspiring to engage in or planning a terrorist act.

HINGLAJ, Pakistan (AP) — The dramatic surroundings of Hingol National Park in Baluchistan province are the setting for Pakistan’s largest Hindu festival, Hinglaj Yatra, which started on Friday and ends on Sunday.

VENICE, Italy (AP) —Francis traveled to the lagoon city to visit the Holy See’s pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art show and meet with the people who created it.

(RNS) — A jury awarded Providence hourly employees in Washington about $98 million in damages, but King County Superior Court Judge Averil Rothrock found that the violations were willful, doubling the total.

NEW YORK (RNS) — A ‘United for Israel’ march, advertised on social media earlier yesterday, was intended to show support for Israel, Jewish students and faculties.

(RNS) — Several faith-based historically Black colleges and universities have faced governance and financial concerns, even as other HBCUs are seeing increases in enrollment and financial donations.

(RNS) — Tackling matters that are the topic of political debates today, the document drew more controversy than intended.

(RNS) — The Stronger Men’s Conference made headlines after Mark Driscoll was kicked off the stage. But the church’s women’s conference may actually undermine evangelical stereotypes.