In Brownsville, an uncommon collaboration between two high-profile Catholic leaders
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (RNS) — Sister Norma Pimentel remembers well the first time her new bishop joined the religious sisters in the Diocese of Brownsville at
A midrash on ‘The Wizard of Oz’
(RNS) — I loved “Wicked” — the story, the music, the visuals, the sheer magic of it all. I enjoyed all the parallels, resonances and
the Politics of Baby Jesus
Christ, the Keffiyeh, and a Clash of Perspectives A keffiyeh-wrapped Baby Jesus in nativity scenes, including one recently displayed at the Vatican, has sparked controversy
Hindus debate the legacy of caste in America
(RNS) — Nearly a decade ago, a newly migrated Karthikeyan Shanmugam, an IT engineer from Tamil Nadu, in southern India, was puzzled, to say the
The administration that’s taking shape is prompting fear in some. Let’s face it together.
(RNS) — The New Testament’s Letter to the Hebrews urges us to remember the “great cloud of witnesses” who surround us, cheering us on as
How Elon Musk became ‘prophet-in-chief’ of tech’s Trump-leaning conservatism
(RNS) — In the waning days of October, several hundred people gathered at the Life Center, a megachurch in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for a town hall
Pope Francis’ eco-village to promote ecological conversion at 2025 Jubilee
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ plan to build an eco-village in the historic gardens of Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the popes, will
The Subversive Power of Gratitude with Diana Butler Bass
Happy Thanksgiving! This week on The State of Belief, we look at gratitude and appreciation from several angles: through the eyes of children, and
Cardinal Miguel Ayuso Guixot, Vatican czar for interreligious dialogue, dies at 72
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Cardinal Miguel Ayuso Guixot, a leading Vatican expert on Islam, died on Monday (Nov. 25) at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome,
Why you should get to know Thomas Aquinas, even 800 years after he lived
(The Conversation) — Some years ago, I was rushing past the treasures of the Louvre in Paris, on the way to the “Mona Lisa,” when