Cardinal Tobin: Faith leaders can influence the world on climate change
By Joseph W. Tobin
(RNS) — We must align our spiritual values with our actions toward the planet and each other.
Hindu nationalists notwithstanding, barring caste discrimination is not anti-Hindu
By Mark Silk
(RNS) — A new federal court decision said it found no evidence of bias in Cal State’s policy.
‘Godzilla Minus One’ offers a profound critique of war and American pop culture
By Jim McDermott
(RNS) — The lizard god returns as a complex character reflecting his roots in postwar fears of nuclear weapons.
What to know about Hanukkah and how it’s celebrated around the world
By Giovanna Dell'orto
(AP) — On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra.
In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis
By Lea Skene and Tiffany Stanley
BALTIMORE (AP) — Cases of clergy abuse among African Americans are underreported, experts say, and the U.S. Catholic Church generally does not publicly track the race or ethnicity of victims.
An Indian official plotted to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York, US prosecutors say
By Ashok Sharma and Larry Neumeister
NEW YORK (AP) — India had set up a high-level inquiry after U.S. authorities raised concerns with New Delhi that its government may have had knowledge of a plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader on American soil.
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