[ad_1] WASHINGTON (RNS) — A group of public school parents, including some clergy, have filed a lawsuit against Louisiana’s new law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools, arguing the statute unfairly privileges a specific version of Christian scripture in addition to impinging on the rights of the nonreligious and those of […]

[ad_1] Adam, according to Genesis, was made of the dust of the earth. Not so Eve. Adam’s better half was fashioned from one of his ribs—from bone. The Rabbis remind us that if you put dust into boiling water, it does nothing, remaining silent and motionless. But put a bone in the same pot, and […]

[ad_1] MOSCOW (AP) — More than 15 policemen and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan on Sunday, its governor Sergei Melikov said in a video statement early Monday. The gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in two […]

[ad_1] PARIS (AP) — The alleged rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a suspected antisemitic attack has sent shockwaves throughout France and thrust concerns about antisemitism to the forefront of campaigning for the country’s legislative elections. The anti-immigration National Rally party, which has tried to shed historical links to antisemitism, is leading in preelection […]

[ad_1]  Often in the reproductive healthcare debate, the voice of the faithful gets portrayed only on one side – the side of those trying to restrict women’s autonomy and access to abortion. However, this does not portray the entire picture. There is a rich and storied history of people of faith coming together to […]

[ad_1] (RNS) — Shortly after our flight had landed in Adré, Chad, on the border with Sudan, we were driving along sand and clay roads toward the spontaneous settlements where hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees are living. Within seconds we began seeing dead animal carcasses along the road, the result of the oppressive heat […]

[ad_1] NEW YORK (RNS) — On Thursday, June 20, hundreds of New Yorkers gathered to practice yoga in Times Square — a bustling hub known for anything but the mindfulness and calming silence characteristic of yoga — for a combined observance of summer solstice and the International Day of Yoga. The location emphasized the theme […]

[ad_1] GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (RNS) — At its annual national meeting this week, the Christian Reformed Church in North America, one of the oldest denominations in the United States, voted 134-50 on Wednesday (June 19) to put congregational leaders on “limited suspension” if their churches publicly welcome LGBTQ+ members, violating the CRCNA’s official stance on […]

[ad_1] The Way of The InnernautSophia Unity Foundation, Inc.Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Sophia Unity Foundation announces the publication of Dreaming Into Knowing: The Way of the Innernaut by Balboa Press. The workbook presents 12 Dreams of a person known only as the Innernaut™. For the past 20 years, in meditation, and then in sleep […]

[ad_1] Did you hear the one about the Pope and the comedians? At a unique celebration of humor on June 14, Pope Francis hosted an audience unique in the annals of the Holy See—over 100 jokesters, late-night hosts and other assorted comedians of all shapes, sizes and styles, representing 15 nations—gathered together in Clementine Hall […]