celebrities
How to apologize when you say something antisemitic
By Olivia Brodsky and Joshua Stanton — August 10, 2023
(RNS) — We call on Jamie Foxx and Cardi B to engage in t’shuvah.
Colton Dixon’s CCM chart-topper ‘Build a Boat’ launches Idol alum to new heights
By Kathryn Post — October 21, 2022
(RNS) — With his latest song, the American Idol alum says he’s been able to write about the kind of bold faith God has required of him.
Justin Bieber’s Easter surprise EP, ‘Freedom,’ adds to his Jesus-filled chapter
By Kathryn Post — April 7, 2021
(RNS) — Justin Bieber’s latest recording is his most explicitly religious project to date.
Secular saints, folk saints and plain old celebrities
By Tara Isabella Burton — January 31, 2019
(RNS) — A Martin Luther King Jr., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Anna Nicole Smith may also carry many Americans' desire for a radical reframing of our collective values.
When Rihanna dressed as the pope
By Timothy OMalley — May 9, 2018
(RNS) — At this year’s Met Gala, New York’s biggest fashion night, the theme was 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.' For practicing Roman Catholics, the red carpet coverage was at once thrilling and troubling.
Omar Sharif wasn’t the only Muslim actor famous in America. Here are 5 others
By Kimberly Winston — July 10, 2015
(RNS) Sharif was one of a growing list of actors who are religiously or culturally Muslim.
A celebrity photographer’s faith-driven cause
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — December 23, 2013
(RNS) Each year, the nonprofit Help-Portrait pulls together professional photographers, hairstylists and makeup artists to spend one Saturday taking free portraits of people who normally can't afford it.
Archbishop of Canterbury: The cross has become a fashion symbol
By Trevor Grundy — December 2, 2013
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Christian cross has become little more than a piece of jewelry worn around the necks of celebrities, said Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
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