Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn take part in a vigil at Guildhall Yard in London, Monday Dec. 2, 2019, to remember the London attack victims and honor members of the emergency services and bystanders who fought the attacker. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Need to know: Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Chief rabbi’s attack on anti-Semitism keys reckoning over faith in UK election
A Dec. 12 national election has brought denunciations from the country's top religious figures aimed at expunging discrimination based on faith, particularly anti-Semitism.
Mexican-born bishop chosen to soon lead the Diocese of San Bernardino
Bishop Alberto Rojas is slated to lead the Diocese of San Bernardino — the nation’s fifth-largest Roman Catholic Diocese — as Bishop Gerald Barnes prepares for retirement.
At Bishop Barber’s NC church, Pete Buttigieg works to woo black voters
An active Episcopalian who has spoken at length about faith on the campaign trail, it was not clear Buttigieg succeeded.
My Mormon sabbatical
"I think it’s likely at this point that my sabbatical will simply become permanent, a new way to interact with Mormonism and Mormons, with less attachment and less pain," writes Mette Harrison.
The priest who channeled Black Power into the Catholic Church
George Clements teamed with Black Panthers and helped create space to be both ‘authentically Black’ and ‘truly Catholic,' writes Matthew Cressler.
A.I. could bring a sea change in how people experience religious faith
“A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Robot Walk Into a Bar” shows knotty questions about the union of religion and technology.
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Film follows ‘honest struggle’ of formerly incarcerated Muslims reentering society
The documentary follows Sadiq Davis’ journey to build a new life as a faithful Muslim in the South Side of Chicago after 24 years behind bars.
George Clements, Chicago priest known for adopting sons, dies at 87
The Rev. George Clements, a civil rights activist whose life was turned into a made-for-TV movie after he became the first Catholic priest to adopt a child, died Monday (Nov. 25) at age 87.
UNC resolves Education Department complaint over anti-Semitism at Gaza conference
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the U.S. Department of Education have resolved a complaint stemming from a campus conference on Gaza earlier this year.
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Will the world end with a bang, a whimper — or Christ?
(RNS) — The Scriptures support the optimistic view that we still have a chance to make the world welcoming for Christ and the view that Christ will come to end a world we've made a mess of.
Was Mister Rogers the messiah?
Why the explosion of Fred Rogers-mania? Because the children's TV host is the antithesis of everything in this country today, Jeffrey Salkin writes.
