Religion

(RNS) — Leena Manimekalai’s 2019 film “Maadathy,” about the brutalization of a Dalit girl who becomes a village deity, began with the words, “Behind every deity in India, there is a story of injustice.” These words have proven prescient.…

New original Marian hymn is a prayer for the entire world OCP announces the release of its newest artist single  MOTHER MARY, PRAY FOR US by award-winning artist and Grammy nominee Sarah Hart. The single, an original hymn, will be…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church began a special round of prayers for peace in Mexico on Sunday after two Jesuit priests and a tour guide were slain June 20. Jesuits held a moment of silence for the priests, who were…

TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church acknowledged Monday that the mother of the man accused of assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a member, but that an investigation is ongoing into media speculation that her…

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Officials said about 15,000 devotees were moved to safer locations and at least five dozen injured were administered first aid at base camp hospitals set up for the pilgrimage, which is undertaken by hundreds of…

We at Presbyterians for Middle East Peace are angered by the decision of the 225th General Assembly to slander Israel as an apartheid state. This decision does not reflect the view of the membership of the PCUSA, as most members will be…

The Bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts. Video screen grab (RNS) — For many summers, this was my family’s routine. On July 1, we would pack up our stuff and drive up to Lenox, Massachusetts, to the Berkshires. We would rent a house,…

(RNS) — Cyber harassment is illegal across most of the United States and explicitly banned on page 50 of the Harvard College handbook. But despite its prohibition, an anonymous Instagram profile recently “doxxed” Harvard students and…

(RNS) — Conservative Christians cheered the Supreme Court ruling last week that found the Constitution protects a high school football coach’s right to pray at the 50-yard line. “A MASSIVE win” declared the evangelical ministry, Focus on…

(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, the Georgia Guidestones being damaged and then removed and more. The post Photos of the Week: Hajj pilgrims; Georgia Guidestones gone appeared first on…