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Embalming and Cremation: Here’s What You Need to Know
Upon the passing of a loved one, the urgency to make arrangements can often be overwhelming. The process of preserving a body after death can be extensive and perplexing for those dealing with the emotions of loss. From the decisions for viewings to setting a loved...
Good Gospel Playlist: Carissa Sharon Oyakhilome is the Princess of Loveworld
Loveworld Music and Arts Ministry (LMAM) has a brand-new star on the rise and her name is Sharon Carissa Oyakhilome. Carissa Sharon Oyakhilome, more popularly known as CSO is gospel royalty. The singing sensation who is behind the mega-hit 'Holy Spirit', has become a...
Few Good Tips on Giving Personalized Gifts
Are you thinking of giving someone a personalized gift for a certain occasion? It is certainly a great way to mark an occasion, and nowadays there are many ways in which you could personalize a gift so that it stands out. Before you go any further however, there are a...
Modern Solutions for Spreading the Word Beyond the Pulpit
As a pastor, your purpose in the church is to bring God’s people to him. To teach as many people as you can about the love, compassion, and goodwill of Christ. However, as times and people change, getting your word out to the masses can become increasingly difficult....
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Catholic universities search for tricky balance on Trump anti-DEI push
(RNS) — In August, when the University of Notre Dame renamed its Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Sister Thea Bowman, a sainthood candidate and Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration who was the first African American to receive the university’s...
When Catholic colleges cut theology majors, what happens to Catholic identity?
(RNS) — When Alex Gruber first toured St. Norbert College, a small Catholic college in Wisconsin, it immediately felt like home. As a student there, he majored in religion and history, got involved in theater and served as a lector and in the choir at the campus...
African Christian leaders and health nonprofits seek to fill gaps after USAID cuts
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — African Christian leaders attending a conference with faith-based health organizations in late November called for countries on the continent to do more to replace U.S. Agency for International Development funds that were cut by the Trump...
Pope Leo offers rare insight into his thoughts during the conclave
ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) — While returning from his first apostolic visit to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV delivered his first press conference aboard the papal flight on Tuesday (Dec. 2), offering insight into his impressions and feelings after becoming pope. The...
‘Lebanon, stand up!’: Pope Leo revives calls for truth, justice after Beirut port blast
BEIRUT, Lebanon (RNS) – On Aug. 4, 2020, Melvine Khoury and her brother watched curiously from the window of their home in Achrafieh as smoke and fire rose from the port of Beirut. Just as they started to evacuate, Khoury saw her brother being thrown to the other side...
How modern American women are finding Hinduism’s powerful goddess tradition through dance
(RNS) — In her early teens and early 20s, Halo Seronko struggled with an eating disorder and bodily insecurities. “I’ve been a woman who’s overcome so many challenges just because I’m a woman, and I think all of us women can relate to the struggles of being a female...
A long-lost Rubens painting depicting Crucifixion sells for $2.7 million
VERSAILLES, France (AP) — A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold at 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction Sunday in Versailles. The painting was recently found in a private townhouse in...
Pope Leo’s visit to psychiatric hospital aims to combat stigma in strugglingLebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon (RNS) – For Eissam, a 24-year-old Lebanese man who is battling drug addiction, the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in Jal ed Dib, just North of Beirut, and the Catholic nuns who run it are nothing short of family. “The sisters here are like our...
Dorothy Day’s grandchildren reflect on a legacy that still challenges the church
(RNS) — It is rare for the close relatives of a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church to be alive, much less able to observe the process. Yet at a Vatican symposium, “A Pilgrim of Hope: An Academic Symposium on the Legacy of Dorothy Day,” on Wednesday (Nov....
Pope Leo urges Lebanon’s youth to stay and rebuild amid crisis and conflict
BEIRUT (RNS) — At a meeting with a head of the one of the Christian faith’s earliest communities, Pope Leo XIV addressed young Christians on Monday (Dec. 1), urging them to stay in their country despite the recurring challenges and obstacles. “Dear young people,...
Behind the scenes, security protocols at synagogues have expanded dramatically
(RNS) — After her synagogue was attacked, Mandy Bentley had nightmares about going back into the building, especially with her three children. Nearly two months ago, an assailant rammed a car into people on their way to Yom Kippur services outside the Heaton Park...
Netanyahu requests a pardon to end his ongoing corruption trial in Israel
TEL AVIV (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges, seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation. Netanyahu, who has been at war against Israel’s...