Service, change & reform in the Vatican
The Beliefs guest this week is Austen Ivereigh, who joins discuss his second book on Pope Francis. The book is entitled, "Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert ...
Reshaping trauma: Tree of Life anniversary with Naz Georgas & Rabbi Josh Stanton
The Beliefs guests this week are Naz Georgas, Executive Director of Cordoba House, and Rabbi Josh Stanton of East End Temple in New York. These two faith leaders have forged ...
Tracking the trends in religiosity in modern American life
By all accounts, the trends are clear: religion is in decline in modern American society. The rise in the number of people who declare themselves as unaffiliated to a religious ...
Pot-banging the Curia: The early ideas of Bergoglio with Fr. Patrick J. Ryan, S.J.
Pope Francis guides the practice, dreams, and consciences of over 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide. Beliefs' guest this week, Father Patrick Ryan, S.J., has written the foreword to the book, “In ...
Exploring the burden of freedom with James K. A. Smith
Liberty and freedom are woven into a modern story of the human experience. But is liberty a good ingredient for happiness? Our guest is a philosopher, professor and author of ...
Bishop Nicolas Djomo of the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa. The area has struggled with outbreaks of both Ebola and measles. The province of Kivu has seen broad conflict, ...
RNS Morning Report: Accusations Against Strang; Clerics Selected for Synod; 'Smart' Streetlights
Cameron Strang in 2014. Video screengrab
A volunteer chaplain at Planned Parenthood
The Beliefs guest this week serves as a volunteer chaplain at a reproductive health clinic. Scholar, activist and Presbyterian minister Reverend Marvin Ellison is professor emeritus in Christian Ethics at ...
RNS Morning Report: Poor Immortalized In Fresco; UMC Schism Plans; Federal Funding Investigation
Artist Christopher Holt works on the Hayward Street Church fresco in Asheville, N.C., on Sept. 5, 2019. Photo courtesy John Warner/Warner Photography
RNS Morning Report: Religious Coworking Space; Yusef Salaam; Beth Sholom Synagogue
People work in Epiphany Space’s open workspace in Hollywood. RNS photo by Heather Adams
RNS Morning Report: Texas Rally for India's PM; German Bishops' Synodal Assembly; Low-Cost DNA Kits
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, slaps the hand of President Donald Trump as they share a laugh during a bilateral meeting at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, on ...
RNS Morning Report: 5th Century Church Mosaic; Ga. Senate Campaign; SuperSisters Website
Jessica Rentz cleans a pair of birds holding a garland, foreground, and one of the dedication inscriptions in the mosaic, rear, of the Burnt Church in July 2019. Photo by ...
RNS Morning Report: Duke Senate Rejects Young Life; Rebuilding after Dorian; Lakewood Neighbors
Duke Chapel, center, sits at the heart of the Gothic-style campus in Durham, N.C. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons
Drawing millennials to faith: Naomi Schaefer Riley
Naomi Schaefer Riley is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute focusing on issues regarding child welfare. She is also as a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, ...
RNS Morning Report: #Oncegay Movement; Protest at Liberty University; Birmingham Remembrance
Pastors Ken William, center left, and Elizabeth Woning, center right, of Redding, California, in a group photo with other members of their CHANGED group. Courtesy photo