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'Joy Within His House': Making sense of life in a monastery

Elizabeth E. Evans

Opinion

Jeffrey Epstein was the exception. Here’s the rule in human trafficking.

John Molineux

DHS threatens Sister Norma Pimentel’s migrant aid with 6-year funding ban

Aleja Hertzler-McCain

Mosque cafes brew community for younger, less religious generations of Muslims

Customers await orders at the Islamic Center of Johnson Countys Salsabeel Cafe, Nov. 14, 2025, in Overland Park, Kan. (RNS photo/Kit Doyle)

Ulaa Kuziez

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (RNS) — A growing number of U.S. mosques are adding cafes or similar ‘third spaces’ for young Muslims to gather without the formality of religious events.

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Jim Caviezel of ‘The Passion of the Christ’ to play Jair Bolsonaro in 2026 biopic

Aleja Hertzler-McCain

Pope Leo XIV’s changes to labor code adapt to new brand of Vatican staffers

Claire Giangravé

With mantras and a tricycle, Buddhist nun supports Denver’s unhoused

Fiona Murphy

Opinion

Hanukkah demands we recognize the miracle in the mundane

Avi Shafran

Opinion

Islamophobia is being normalized at the highest levels. Christians need to learn to fight it.

Anna Piela

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	Saved by the City From Pulpit to Protest: The Clergy Resisting ICE + Michael Woolf Katelyn Beaty and Roxanne Stone Clergy are getting arrested protesting ICE. And they're putting baby Jesus in zip-ties to make a point.
	The State of Belief Room in the Inn: A Call for Immigrant Solidarity with Rev. Gabriel Salguero Paul Brandeis Raushenbush Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero, president and founder of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, unveils the Advent Welcome Campaign and discusses the impact current policies are having on the communities and congregations represented by NaLEC.
	Complexified Behind the Byline: How One Abuse Story Changed a Reporter Rev. Amanda Henderson (RNS) — A journalist reaches out to a trusted source — and instead finds himself writing her obituary.

	Saved by the City Clergy are getting arrested protesting ICE. And they're putting baby Jesus in zip-ties to make a point.
	Martini Judaism What we are experiencing is not new. It goes back to Peter Stuyvesant.
	Complexified (RNS) — A journalist reaches out to a trusted source — and instead finds himself writing her obituary.

Thomas Reese

In Advent, Isaiah has a political message for us

(RNS) — Isaiah would ask why we continue spending billions of dollars for weapons and tax cuts while cutting aid to the hungry, the sick, the unemployed and victims of wars and climate disasters.

Beth Kissileff

The feds are asking universities to provide lists of Jews. This is never a good thing.

(RNS) — One University of Pennsylvania professor notes, ‘This is how Nazis found many of my family members.’

Roxanne Stone

From Pulpit to Protest: The Clergy Resisting ICE + Michael Woolf

Clergy are getting arrested protesting ICE. And they're putting baby Jesus in zip-ties to make a point.

In post-Assad Syria’s chaos, Alawite women face sexual violence

Bassem Mroue

LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Rights groups say the attacks on Alawite women appear to be the acts of individuals, not systematic. But rights workers and victims say Syria's new authorities are not doing enough to stop the attacks.

Faith leaders embrace sound baths to connect with spiritual seekers

Deepa Bharath

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sound baths are no longer confined to yoga centers, crystal healing studios or other new age spaces. They have crossed over to mainstream worship spaces, including churches, temples and synagogues.

Hanukkah celebrates both an ancient military victory and a miracle of light – modern Jews can pick from either tradition

Joshua Shanes

(The Conversation) — Zionists draw on the military imagery of Hanukkah, while others look to the synagogue prayers that focus on the miracle of divine light.

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