Former professor sues Baptist publication for defamation over abuse allegations...
(RNS) — A former professor at a Georgia Baptist college is suing a Christian publication for defamation, saying he was falsely accused...
Netanyahu tries to calm tensions after Israeli bus runs over...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged calm Wednesday after a bus driver ran over and killed a teenage boy...
Australia’s leader announces a royal commission into antisemitism after Bondi...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a wide-ranging royal commission into antisemitism, weeks after two gunmen opened...
Seeking honor is a double-edged sword – from ancient Greece...
(The Conversation) — Pete Hegseth, the current defense secretary, has stressed what he calls the “warrior ethos,” while other Americans seem to...
Jews and Hats: A Thousand-Year-Old Love Story
(RNS) — I was walking home from a Shabbat morning service, wearing a kippah and carrying my tallit bag in my urbane,...
Pope Leo announces second consistory, promising yearly gatherings of cardinals
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As Pope Leo XIV’s first extraordinary consistory, or gathering of cardinals, came to a close, he announced plans...
Contrary to Hegseth’s military demands, Christianity requires disobedience against corruption
(RNS) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is punishing Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly for publicly affirming a principle the U.S. military...
Warnock, declaring ‘spiritual crisis,’ urges public, private sectors to help...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Shortly after joining Senate colleagues in midweek voting for a review of an environmental standard, Sen. Raphael Warnock sat...
Indian ‘lost tribe’ believes it is fulfilling prophecy by moving...
(RNS) — Last year, Jeremiah Hnamte closed the family’s manufacturing business in the city of Aizawl, in northeastern India. The family moved...
Pope Leo gathers cardinals in first consistory to chart church’s...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In his first major act of governance, Pope Leo XIV welcomed about 170 cardinals this week at the...