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By Claire Giangravé

Pope Francis tells the powerful at Davos to focus on humanity, not power, profit

VATICAN CITY — 'The overriding consideration, never to be forgotten, is that we are all members of the one human family,' the pope said in a message read to participants at the World Economic Forum.

January 21, 2020
By Claire Giangravé

Pope Francis tells the powerful at Davos to focus on humanity, not power, profit

VATICAN CITY — 'The overriding consideration, never to be forgotten, is that we are all members of the one human family,' the pope said in a message read to participants at the World Economic Forum.

January 21, 2020
By Claire Giangravé

Pope Francis tells the powerful at Davos to focus on humanity, not power, profit

VATICAN CITY — 'The overriding consideration, never to be forgotten, is that we are all members of the one human family,' the pope said in a message read to participants at the World Economic Forum.

January 21, 2020
By Jack Jenkins

Iowa pastor says running for office is a test of faith

DES MOINES, Iowa (RNS) — 'It's just a really good experience to know what it's like to be an outsider, to be a stranger, to be asking for people's welcome,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott said.

January 21, 2020
By Jack Jenkins

Iowa pastor says running for office is a test of faith

DES MOINES, Iowa (RNS) — 'It's just a really good experience to know what it's like to be an outsider, to be a stranger, to be asking for people's welcome,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott said.

January 21, 2020
By Bob Smietana

Jack Van Impe, end-times preacher and televangelist, dies at 88

(RNS) — Jack Van Impe, a televangelist who for decades warned viewers about the end of the world, died at 88.

January 19, 2020
By Aysha Khan

Precarious US-Iran relations have Muslim voters eyeing candidates’ records on war

(RNS) — Muslim voters who sit in the anti-war camp seem most drawn toward Sen. Bernie Sanders, the candidate who has long been a favorite among Muslim voters.

January 17, 2020
By Bob Smietana

Jack Van Impe, end-times preacher and televangelist, dies at 88

(RNS) — Jack Van Impe, a televangelist who for decades warned viewers about the end of the world, died at 88.

January 19, 2020

Opinion

By Shane Claiborne

'Hymn for the 81%': A conversation with Daniel Deitrich

(RNS) — A lot of contemporary worship music doesn’t offer the best theology, but 'Hymn for the 81%,' by a South Bend, Indiana, worship leader, has gone viral with a cocktail of prophetic fire and Christ-like grace.

January 21, 2020
By Mark Silk

Trump v. Jefferson on National Religious Freedom Day

(RNS) — A proposed Trump rule change touted as a boon for faith-based organizations would actually undermine religious freedom.

January 21, 2020
By Mette Harrison

The Mormons' $100 billion fortune is not about the money, stupid

(RNS) — 'I’m not trying to excuse the church’s massive nest egg here, just point out a reality of what I see happening,' says guest blogger Mette Harrison. 'Which is that it’s not about the money, stupid. It’s about loyalty.'

January 20, 2020
By Mette Harrison

The Mormons' $100 billion fortune is not about the money, stupid

(RNS) — 'I’m not trying to excuse the church’s massive nest egg here, just point out a reality of what I see happening,' says guest blogger Mette Harrison. 'Which is that it’s not about the money, stupid. It’s about loyalty.'

January 20, 2020
By Mark Silk

Trump v. Jefferson on National Religious Freedom Day

(RNS) — A proposed Trump rule change touted as a boon for faith-based organizations would actually undermine religious freedom.

January 21, 2020
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Opinion

By Shane Claiborne

'Hymn for the 81%': A conversation with Daniel Deitrich

(RNS) — A lot of contemporary worship music doesn’t offer the best theology, but 'Hymn for the 81%,' by a South Bend, Indiana, worship leader, has gone viral with a cocktail of prophetic fire and Christ-like grace.

January 21, 2020
By Mark Silk

Trump v. Jefferson on National Religious Freedom Day

(RNS) — A proposed Trump rule change touted as a boon for faith-based organizations would actually undermine religious freedom.

January 21, 2020
By Mette Harrison

The Mormons' $100 billion fortune is not about the money, stupid

(RNS) — 'I’m not trying to excuse the church’s massive nest egg here, just point out a reality of what I see happening,' says guest blogger Mette Harrison. 'Which is that it’s not about the money, stupid. It’s about loyalty.'

January 20, 2020
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Faiths

By Jack Jenkins

Iowa pastor says running for office is a test of faith

DES MOINES, Iowa (RNS) — 'It's just a really good experience to know what it's like to be an outsider, to be a stranger, to be asking for people's welcome,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott said.

January 21, 2020
By Shane Claiborne

'Hymn for the 81%': A conversation with Daniel Deitrich

(RNS) — A lot of contemporary worship music doesn’t offer the best theology, but 'Hymn for the 81%,' by a South Bend, Indiana, worship leader, has gone viral with a cocktail of prophetic fire and Christ-like grace.

January 21, 2020
By Mette Harrison

The Mormons' $100 billion fortune is not about the money, stupid

(RNS) — 'I’m not trying to excuse the church’s massive nest egg here, just point out a reality of what I see happening,' says guest blogger Mette Harrison. 'Which is that it’s not about the money, stupid. It’s about loyalty.'

January 20, 2020

Columnists

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TARA ISABELLA BURTON
RELIGION REMIXED

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CHARLES C. CAMOSY
PURPLE CATHOLICISM

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THOMAS REESE
SIGNS OF THE TIMES

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JANA RIESS
FLUNKING SAINTHOOD

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JEFFREY SALKIN
MARTINI JUDAISM

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MARK SILK
SPIRITUAL POLITICS

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SIMRAN JEET SINGH
Articles of Faith

World

By Claire Giangravé

Pope Francis tells the powerful at Davos to focus on humanity, not power, profit

VATICAN CITY — 'The overriding consideration, never to be forgotten, is that we are all members of the one human family,' the pope said in a message read to participants at the World Economic Forum.

January 21, 2020
By Sonia Paul

South Asian Americans protest Modi's crackdown from afar

(RNS) — A 'National Day of Action' aims to call out the slice of the Indian American community that is sympathetic to India’s right-wing politics.

January 17, 2020

U.S.

By Yonat Shimron

Book: How Martin Luther King Jr. used the pulpit to 'redeem' America's soul

(RNS) — He believed there were transcendent truths that had the power to change hearts and move them away from the political and social policies of segregation.

January 17, 2020
By Adelle M. Banks

Trump pledges to prevent ‘unacceptable’ repression of school prayer

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said her department’s new guidelines require state agencies to inform it when complaints are filed about limitations to the free exercise of religion.

January 16, 2020

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RE-Sight Islam

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POLITICS

By Jack Jenkins

Iowa pastor says running for office is a test of faith

DES MOINES, Iowa (RNS) — 'It's just a really good experience to know what it's like to be an outsider, to be a stranger, to be asking for people's welcome,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott said.

January 21, 2020
By Aysha Khan

Precarious US-Iran relations have Muslim voters eyeing candidates’ records on war

(RNS) — Muslim voters who sit in the anti-war camp seem most drawn toward Sen. Bernie Sanders, the candidate who has long been a favorite among Muslim voters.

January 17, 2020

HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

By Emily McFarlan Miller

Teach your children well: Viral tweet sparks debate over passing on faith

(RNS) — A viral tweet sparked a conversation among Christians about the morality of parents passing on the faith to their children.

January 14, 2020
By Catherine Pepinster

Ethical vegans in UK win court protection for their creed

LONDON (RNS) — A ruling in an alleged wrongful termination case said that ethical veganism qualified as a philosophical belief under the U.K.'s Equality Act 2010.

January 8, 2020

POLITICS

By Jack Jenkins

Iowa pastor says running for office is a test of faith

DES MOINES, Iowa (RNS) — 'It's just a really good experience to know what it's like to be an outsider, to be a stranger, to be asking for people's welcome,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott said.

January 21, 2020
By Aysha Khan

Precarious US-Iran relations have Muslim voters eyeing candidates’ records on war

(RNS) — Muslim voters who sit in the anti-war camp seem most drawn toward Sen. Bernie Sanders, the candidate who has long been a favorite among Muslim voters.

January 17, 2020

HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

By Emily McFarlan Miller

Teach your children well: Viral tweet sparks debate over passing on faith

(RNS) — A viral tweet sparked a conversation among Christians about the morality of parents passing on the faith to their children.

January 14, 2020
By Catherine Pepinster

Ethical vegans in UK win court protection for their creed

LONDON (RNS) — A ruling in an alleged wrongful termination case said that ethical veganism qualified as a philosophical belief under the U.K.'s Equality Act 2010.

January 8, 2020

Science

By Claire Giangravé

Pope Francis reflects on 3 decades of international cooperation on climate change

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. 

November 7, 2019
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil

Meditation apps proliferate, even if what they provide is not enlightenment

(RNS) — Some teachers worry that corporate America's adoption of Buddhism’s spiritual practice could be used for unethical purposes.

October 15, 2019

Art

By Shane Claiborne

'Hymn for the 81%': A conversation with Daniel Deitrich

(RNS) — A lot of contemporary worship music doesn’t offer the best theology, but 'Hymn for the 81%,' by a South Bend, Indiana, worship leader, has gone viral with a cocktail of prophetic fire and Christ-like grace.

January 21, 2020
By Tara Isabella Burton

Why 'Cats' is a musical for our time

(RNS) — The earnest shlock and high camp of 'Cats' — what else can we call Taylor Swift playing a feline in a pastiche of Eliot's Anglo-Catholic mysticism? — captures our current state of dread.

January 13, 2020

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By RNS Press Release Distribution Service

Financial assistance for US Catholic parishes

PORTLAND, Ore. — Since its inception in 2001, the OCP Parish Grants program has awarded more than $3.3 million to parishes throughout the United States. In 2019, OCP gave nearly ...

January 21, 2020
By RNS Press Release Distribution Service

Lilly Endowment launches national initiative to help congregations thrive

Organizations that support congregations and their well being can apply for grants of up to $1 million INDIANAPOLIS — Lilly Endowment Inc. invites organizations that support Christian congregations to participate ...

January 16, 2020

SCIENCE

By Claire Giangravé

Pope Francis reflects on 3 decades of international cooperation on climate change

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. 

November 7, 2019
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil

Meditation apps proliferate, even if what they provide is not enlightenment

(RNS) — Some teachers worry that corporate America's adoption of Buddhism’s spiritual practice could be used for unethical purposes.

October 15, 2019

ARTS

By Shane Claiborne

'Hymn for the 81%': A conversation with Daniel Deitrich

(RNS) — A lot of contemporary worship music doesn’t offer the best theology, but 'Hymn for the 81%,' by a South Bend, Indiana, worship leader, has gone viral with a cocktail of prophetic fire and Christ-like grace.

January 21, 2020
By Tara Isabella Burton

Why 'Cats' is a musical for our time

(RNS) — The earnest shlock and high camp of 'Cats' — what else can we call Taylor Swift playing a feline in a pastiche of Eliot's Anglo-Catholic mysticism? — captures our current state of dread.

January 13, 2020

Sponsored Content

Press ReleaseS

By RNS Press Release Distribution Service

Financial assistance for US Catholic parishes

PORTLAND, Ore. — Since its inception in 2001, the OCP Parish Grants program has awarded more than $3.3 million to parishes throughout the United States. In 2019, OCP gave nearly ...

January 21, 2020
By RNS Press Release Distribution Service

Lilly Endowment launches national initiative to help congregations thrive

Organizations that support congregations and their well being can apply for grants of up to $1 million INDIANAPOLIS — Lilly Endowment Inc. invites organizations that support Christian congregations to participate ...

January 16, 2020