Opinion
I’m a Catholic sister. Project 2025 does not reflect my values.
By Eilis McCulloh — August 30, 2024
(RNS) — A few observations from the perspective of the Gospel of Matthew.
‘Between the Temples’ needs to get its head on straight about clergy misconduct
By Michael Woolf — August 30, 2024
(RNS) — Grieving clergy deserve grace, but even the grieving need to respect the dangers of spiritual power.
Season Two of ‘The Rings of Power’ finds light in unexpected places
By Tyler Huckabee — August 29, 2024
(RNS) — ‘The Lord of the Rings’ prequel offers parallels that might give divided Americans a little hope.
Retirement doesn’t just raise financial concerns – it can also mean feeling unmoored and irrelevant
By Marianne Janack — August 29, 2024
(The Conversation) — If you have spent 40 years of your life working 40 hours a week, retirement isn’t just a financial consideration, writes a philosopher.
Why I’m voting third party
By Karen Swallow Prior — August 29, 2024
(RNS) — Voting is an investment in the long-term future of the nation, not only something that will benefit us in our own lifetimes.
Why are Mormon lifestyle influencers so popular?
By Jana Riess — August 28, 2024
(RNS) — Lifestyle influencers with ties to the LDS church navigate a tightrope between traditional and modern. And America is eating it up.
Platforming religion: The Dems’ and GOP’s official positions compared
By Mark Silk — August 28, 2024
(RNS) — What the parties have to say — and not say — on the subject as the 2024 campaign heads into the homestretch.
I documented dozens of shrines to people who’ve died in North Philly − here’s what they tell us about memory, grief and trauma
By Gordon Coonfield — August 28, 2024
(The Conversation) — Makeshift memorials are public expressions of private mourning in response to trauma and tragedy.
Each Jewish couple’s story starts long before the wedding − and so does the celebration of their life together
By Shulamit Reinharz — August 28, 2024
(The Conversation) — Jewish traditions to mark a marriage often involve ceremonies and celebrations before the big day, whether it’s a ritual bath or even a fiance’s conversion to Judaism.
Remembering the Peekskill riots, a caution for the right and left
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 27, 2024
(RNS) — Decades before Charlottesville, there was Peekskill. You can still hear its echoes.
Breathe your spirit into the dry bones of your church
By Thomas Reese — August 27, 2024
(RNS) — People are leaving the church in droves. Seminaries and religious houses are closing or are half empty.
The Democrats need to be done with death
By Shane Claiborne — August 27, 2024
(RNS) — In a surprise move, the Democrats quietly removed abolishing the death penalty from the party platform.
The UN’s ‘memories’ of antisemitic terrorism are painfully faulty
By Avi Shafran — August 26, 2024
(RNS) — A tribute to the victims of terrorism at the world body's New York headquarters fails to mention attacks on Jews.
Harris promises a new way forward. Would that the pope would do the same.
By Phyllis Zagano — August 26, 2024
(RNS) — The Democratic convention brought more hope, especially to women, than Pope Francis.
Italian teenager Carlo Acutis’ upcoming canonization reflects the Vatican’s desire to appeal to a new generation of Catholics
By Michael A. Di Giovine — August 23, 2024
(The Conversation) — Italian priest Padre Pio was one of the world’s most prayed-to saints in recent times. As Pio’s generation ages, the Catholic Church is turning to Carlo Acutis to appeal to a new demographic.
