America’s moral power is the first casualty in Iran (RNS) — The most famous quote about war has it that the first casualty of war is the truth, but for Muslims...
The Epstein Files as a Mirror, With Rabbi Jay Michaelson As exhausted as many of us are by the ever more sordid revelations in the Epstein scandal, author and journalist Rabbi...
Who is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the leader of Iran and target... (The Conversation) — Ali Khamenei was born in Mashhad, Iran, in 1939, as the second son of a local religious leader, Javad...
Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgement’ gets clean up as tide of visitors... VATICAN CITY (RNS) – “The Last Judgement,” Michelangelo’s vast fresco painted into the plaster of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel is undergoing an...
Catholic bishops: Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship affronts Catholic teaching (RNS) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has filed an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court opposing...
Purim is raucous and chaotic. But the lesson for us... (RNS) — Purim, the Jewish holiday that falls this year on Monday (March 2), is often regarded as a joyful, even raucous...
Joseph Smith portrait at Morehouse sparks debate over slavery, polygamy... (RNS) — Several Black clergymen who are alumni of Morehouse College, a historically Black men’s college, have written an open letter to...
Black church leaders use new books to share history and... (RNS) — If the blurb on the back of a history book dared admit it had begun life as an academic paper,...
A Texas student turns abandoned school into mosque in 45... (RNS) — On the first night of Ramadan, worshippers stood shoulder to shoulder on rows of blue prayer rugs beneath the glow of...
Singing protests gain momentum as non-violent but emotionally stirring rebukes... View this post on Instagram ...