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

Fiona Murphy

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

John Molineux

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl shows Asian American Jews they can lead in Jewish spaces

Andrew Esensten

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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Christ Church at 50: How Doug Wilson pushed Christian nationalism to the center

Tracy Simmons

Two governors — a Mormon Republican and a Jewish Democrat — team up to stop political violence

Adelle M. Banks

Lobster Jesus: Sacrilege or the most New England Nativity ever?

Bob Smietana

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

Beth Kissileff

Opinion

US Gen Zers and millennials are leaving the LDS church, data confirms

Jana Riess

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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.

Ramazan Kılınç

Pope Leo XIV’s visits to Turkey and Lebanon were about religious diplomacy

(The Conversation) — During his visit to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV met several leaders of Christian communities and worked to promote cooperation between Christians and Muslims.

Sravana Borkataky-Varma

Outside the West, the Kundalini tradition presents a model of the ‘divine feminine’ beyond binary gender

(The Conversation) — Drawn from tantric traditions, Kundalini points to spiritual practices that go beyond traditionally understood concepts of the masculine and feminine.

Pushpita Prasad

The Coast Guard’s fumble on Nazi emblem shows the symbol needs understanding

(RNS) — The dark history of one use of the shape should not lead us to ban all uses.

Pope criticizes US bid to ‘break apart’ US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

Nicole Winfield

ROME (AP) — Leo was asked about the U.S. peace proposal and the seeming sidelining of European powers in the process.

Florida’s CAIR vows lawsuit against DeSantis over ‘foreign terrorist’ label

Mike Schneider

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida has an estimated 500,000 Muslim residents, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, also known as CAIR.

Indigenous artifacts returned by the Vatican are now at a Canadian museum

Associated Press

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The items — 62 in all — ultimately will be returned to their communities as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas.

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