United States
Thanksgiving stories gloss over the history of US settlement on Native lands
By Lisa Michelle King — November 21, 2023
(The Conversation) — A scholar of Native American and Indigenous rhetorics writes about the harm done to Native American nations through colonization and what can be done to reduce it.
The patriotic Virgin: How Mary’s been marshaled for religious nationalism and military campaigns
By Dorian Llywelyn — July 7, 2022
(The Conversation) — Many religions have been used to prop up nationalism, and Catholicism is no exception, as a Jesuit priest and scholar explains.
The ‘sonnenrad’ used in shooters’ manifestos: a spiritual symbol of hate
By Helen A. Berger — June 30, 2022
(The Conversation) — The far-right today shares more than just ideas with white supremacists of yesterday – they also share some pagan-inspired symbols.
‘There is still time.’ The Vatican assesses its influence as war breaks out in Ukraine.
By Claire Giangravé — February 24, 2022
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — When it comes to the Vatican’s diplomatic arsenal to promote peace in Ukraine, there are two main channels: diplomacy and ecumenism.
Bill would remove ‘conscience’ as basis for refusing vaccine
By John O'connor — October 28, 2021
Long considered a shield for physicians whose religious beliefs precluded their performing abortions, the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act has become a pandemic lightning rod.
How commercialization over the centuries transformed the Day of the Dead
By Mathew Sandoval — October 27, 2021
(The Conversation) — A Mexican-American scholar writes that in the 1700s, Day of the Dead generated the largest annual market in Mexico City.
Taliban say they won’t work with US to contain Islamic State
By Kathy Gannon — October 11, 2021
Senior Taliban officials and U.S. representatives are meeting this weekend in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Officials from both sides have said issues include reining in extremist groups and the evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans from the country.
Christian family in Afghanistan appeals to pope to help them flee persecution
By Claire Giangravé — August 17, 2021
(RNS) — The father of an Afghan Christian family was arrested six days ago, after neighbors flagged them to the Taliban. Now the family is on the run.
Study finds the American mosque increasingly a melting pot of Islamic traditions
By Joseph Hammond — August 3, 2021
(RNS) — The report, conducted every 10 years, found American Sunni mosques are blending various schools of Islamic jurisprudence or madhabs.
Pope Francis reflects on 3 decades of international cooperation on climate change
By Claire Giangravé — November 7, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Only a few days after the United States officially gave notice of its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, Pope Francis took the opportunity to praise a gathering of environmental regulators meeting in Rome this week.
Study: It’s easier to be a ‘none’ in Canada than in the US
By John Longhurst — May 21, 2019
(RNS) — In Canada, there is 'less of a social stigma' attached to leaving one's religion, says one of the authors of a forthcoming book on the differences between American and Canadian nones.
A new American phase for Francis
By Massimo Faggioli — April 25, 2018
(RNS) — Five years since Francis became pope, and nearly three since he made his first visit to the U.S., his relationship with U.S. Catholics is entering a new phase, one in which the divide that separates Catholics on either side of the culture wars has hardened.
More anti-Semitism, but less of it is violent, report says
By Jerome Socolovsky — April 11, 2018
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Violent attacks on Jews worldwide dropped in 2017 despite a rise in other forms of anti-Semitism, researchers reported Wednesday, in a year characterized by normalization and mainstreaming of anti-Semitism not seen in Europe since World War II.
Muslim women don’t need saving from their religion
By Maha Elgenaidi — March 6, 2018
(RNS) — There are many women (and men) in our own country who need 'saving' as much as the most oppressed of Muslim women.
Iran president slams US recognition of Jerusalem as capital
By Omer Farooq — February 16, 2018
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Iran's president on Friday strongly criticized the Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and urged Muslims to support the Palestinian cause.
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