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Pope Francis names like-minded ally Cardinal McElroy as Washington archbishop

ROME: Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Catholic Church in the U.S. capital at the start of Donald Trump’s second administration. But he also identified Trump’s threats of mass deportations of immigrants as a point of potential conflict, saying …

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5 days, 13 hours ago

Pope Francis names San Diego’s Cardinal Walter McElroy archbishop of Washington

LA Times

Shown in 2022, Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy, one of Pope Francis’ most progressively like-minded allies, has been chosen to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, D.C., tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. capital …

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1 week ago

Cities built on Poles: success stories of Poland in NL

Dutch News

When the city of Breda celebrated the 80th anniversary of its liberation from the Nazis this year, it had a debt of gratitude that might surprise some people – to Poland. “It’s really amazing for us that the Dutch people remember the Polish soldiers, that every year they pay tribute to them in the cities and villages which were liberated …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Critical Race Theory Will Continue To Be Attacked — So Read These 8 Empowering Books By Black Authors

Huff Post

Black storytellers have historically been our balm and compass, given their ability to help us make sense of the world on a macro level while ensuring we remain conscious of critical elements within our community. As we approach 2025, critical race theory will continue to be attacked, and young peoples’ access to pivotal books about the evolution of Black identity …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Ongoing violence in Bangladesh aims to push Hindus to extinction

Firstpost

Rudderless Hindus are the victims of a systematic cleansing. The theology-driven madness will not stop unless the Hindus meet precarity in Bangladesh and decide to get converted or migrate The plight of the Hindus in Bangladesh undergirds apathy, indifference, and religiously inspired hatred. Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s Direct Action Day and Prime Minister of Bengal Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy’s complicity in inflicting …

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1 month ago

Ladakh-based activist writes to Rijiju to introduce 'Shia Theology' in Jamia Millia Islamia

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Ladakh-based political activist Sajjad Hussain Kargili has submitted a memorandum to Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, requesting the introduction of Shia theology as part of the Department of Islamic Studies at the Jamia Millia Islamia here. Kargili, a representative of Ladakh's largest Islamic organisation Jamiat Ul Ulama Isna Asharia Kargil, also requested the Centre to establish a residential …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

AI Jesus in Switzerland church hears confessions of worshippers, gives advice

India Today

Imagine stepping into a church, the serene St. Peter's in Lucerne, Switzerland, and walking up to the confessional booth—except this time, there’s no priest on the other side. As per a Daily Mail report, the modern marvel is part of an art project called “Deus in Machina,” which translates to “God in a Machine.” For a limited time, worshippers at …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Gender gap in Oxbridge first-class degrees linked to PMS, outdated methods: Report

India Today

A new report by the Higher Education Policy Institute highlights an ongoing gender gap in first-class degree awards at Oxford University and Cambridge University. Women are consistently less likely than men to secure top grades, with systemic issues such as premenstrual syndrome, risk aversion, and outdated assessment methods being key factors. A WIDENING GENDER GAP In 2022/23, only 22.4% of …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Human hope in the age of AI

ABC

The development of generative AI has opened a lot of questions about who we are as humans. Dr Stephen Garner is a Senior Research Fellow at Laidlaw College, the largest interdenominational Christian College in New Zealand. He researches theology in dialogue with science, technology, and new media, and regularly writes and speaks about Christianity and AI. He’s on the board …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Hezbollah's Naim Qassem: From Spokesman to Leader

The Hindu

Hezbollah's new leader Naim Qassem has signaled a willingness to negotiate a ceasefire with Israel, but only under terms acceptable to the Lebanese militant group. Qassem, who was elevated from deputy to secretary general, succeeds Hassan Nasrallah who was assassinated by Israel. He has a long history of involvement with the Amal movement and Hezbollah, and has been a vocal …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Meet the religious leaders shaping the next generation of social justice activism

NPR

Meet the religious leaders shaping the next generation of social justice activism toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Most public policy lecture halls do not echo with call-and-response Gospel hymns. Sponsor Message “To stand outside of the doors of that church and see the state capital right in front of you,” he says, “I don't think there's a more profound image. …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Is the concept of “evil” worth retaining?

ABC

As the 2024 US presidential election edges toward the moment of decision, it is worth observing that the galvanising principle on either side of the political divide has been the threat posed by the other. Something like the fear of an “existential threat” — something like the concept of “evil”. It is, in fact, one of the defining features of …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Matricide, the (Virginia) Woolfmother, Norwegian woods: Graeme Macrae Burnet, Michelle de Kretser, Karl Ove Knausgaard

ABC

The latest from double Miles Franklin Award winner, Michelle de Kretser, Theory and Practice, a novel that evokes the 1980s and Virginia Woolf. Scottish writer Graeme Macrae Burnet plays a French literary game in A Case of Matricide; and summer days under the light of a strange star in Norway in Karl Ove Knausgaard’s The Third Realm. BOOKS Graeme Macrae …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Peruvian Theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez Dies at 96

Associated Press

Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, the father of liberation theology, has died at 96. He was a prominent figure in social justice-centered liberation theology and was severely criticized by the Vatican for his Marxist views. Despite the Vatican's attempts to censure him, liberation theology remained influential in Latin America, with his 1971 book 'A Theology of Liberation' shaping the theological discourse …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian father of influential liberation theology, has died

LA Times

Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian theologian and father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican once criticized for its Marxist undercurrents, has died. His 1971 book “A Theology of Liberation” had a profound impact by proposing a faith based on social justice focused on the poor, and positing that poverty “is a scandalous state, an attack on human dignity, …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

How to resist an unjust state? Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his theology of political resistance

ABC

What is often called “the church struggle” refers broadly to the situation of the Christian churches in Germany from Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 to the end of the Second World War in 1945. The nature of the church At the opening of “The Church and the Jewish Question”, Bonhoeffer notes that the Aryan paragraph legislation raises questions about …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'

The Independent

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Andrew Garfield’s ‘professional witch’ girlfriend Kate Tomas shares relationship update

The Independent

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3 months ago

Cafe picture exposes the troubling reality of life in Australia right now

Daily Mail

A photo of a packed café offering discounted meals to struggling Australians highlights the severity of the nation's cost-of-living crisis. Hare Krishna Food For Life's Crossways Vegan and Vegetarian restaurant on Swanston Street in Melbourne's CBD has been providing meals at a low cost since it opened in 1983. 'Celebrating Gopals Hare Krishna food charity on Swanston St: the only …

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5 months ago

J.D. Vance Used to Be an Atheist. What He Believes Now Is Telling.

Slate

In 2021, when J.D. “As someone who spent a lot of his life buying into the lie that you had to be stupid to be a Christian, Augustine really demonstrated in a moving way that that’s not true.” This approach generally made sense for Vance, a man who, despite his boasts of blue-collar roots, clearly considers himself a serious intellectual. …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

The story of the church that ordains you with a few clicks online

NPR

The story of the church that ordains you with a few clicks online Over 60 years ago, the Universal Life Church made it possible for anyone to become a minister and ordain a wedding. PRICHEP: Dusty Hoesly teaches religion at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and studies the Universal Life Church. PRICHEP: This is from a Universal Life Church …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Andrew Garfield’s girlfriend slams ‘misogynistic’ reaction to their relationship

The Independent

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6 months, 1 week ago

The Antisemitism Driving Evangelical Support For Israel

Huff Post

As Israel’s siege of Gaza raged on in March, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made time for a meeting in Jerusalem with a delegation led by Mario Bramnick, a Florida-based pastor with close ties to former President Donald Trump who has become a leading figure in a theocratic movement dedicated to bringing forth the end of the world. “They want to …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Why YRF's 'Maharaj' for Netflix has courted trouble

India Today

No trailer was released and just one amateurish poster shared. Based on Saurabh Shah’s book by the same name and inspired by true events, Maharaj is set in the Bombay of 1800s and centres on Karsandas Mulji, a fearless journalist and a passionate social reformer who took on a high priest, aka ‘maharaj’, accused of sexual abuse of women devotees. …

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Pope Francis names like-minded ally Cardinal McElroy as Washington archbishop

Pope Francis names San Diego’s Cardinal Walter McElroy archbishop of Washington

Cities built on Poles: success stories of Poland in NL

Critical Race Theory Will Continue To Be Attacked — So Read These 8 Empowering Books By Black Authors

Ongoing violence in Bangladesh aims to push Hindus to extinction

Ladakh-based activist writes to Rijiju to introduce 'Shia Theology' in Jamia Millia Islamia

AI Jesus in Switzerland church hears confessions of worshippers, gives advice

Gender gap in Oxbridge first-class degrees linked to PMS, outdated methods: Report

Human hope in the age of AI

Hezbollah's Naim Qassem: From Spokesman to Leader

Meet the religious leaders shaping the next generation of social justice activism

Is the concept of “evil” worth retaining?

Matricide, the (Virginia) Woolfmother, Norwegian woods: Graeme Macrae Burnet, Michelle de Kretser, Karl Ove Knausgaard

Peruvian Theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez Dies at 96

The Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian father of influential liberation theology, has died

How to resist an unjust state? Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his theology of political resistance

Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'

Andrew Garfield’s ‘professional witch’ girlfriend Kate Tomas shares relationship update

Cafe picture exposes the troubling reality of life in Australia right now

J.D. Vance Used to Be an Atheist. What He Believes Now Is Telling.

The story of the church that ordains you with a few clicks online

Andrew Garfield’s girlfriend slams ‘misogynistic’ reaction to their relationship

The Antisemitism Driving Evangelical Support For Israel

Why YRF's 'Maharaj' for Netflix has courted trouble