RELIGION

Is it OK for Mormons to bet on the Super Bowl?
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 6, 2025
(RNS) — This coming Sunday (Feb. 9), as the Kansas City Chiefs battle the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl,

What could be worse than the Muslim ban? Plenty.
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 3, 2025
(RNS) — In 2017, President Donald Trump’s chaotic attempt to exclude Muslims from immigrating to the United States by restricting

Idaho goes after same-sex marriage
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . January 31, 2025
(RNS) — This week, the Idaho House of Representatives passed a “joint memorial” (i.e. resolution) of the Legislature calling on

Bishop Budde was speaking Hebrew
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . January 28, 2025
(RNS) — Remember the 10th commandment? “Thou shalt not covet”? This past week, many preachers violated that commandment. They were

At March for Life, crowd roars as GOP leaders renew anti-abortion vows
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . January 25, 2025
WASHINGTON (RNS) — After a presidential campaign in which anti-abortion activists lamented that their issue had faded from the GOP’s

The Jan. 6 pardons are Trump 2.0
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . January 22, 2025
(RNS) — This is what I have been telling myself, and my friends, about Donald Trump’s unfolding presidency. Something outrageous

In Israel, a mix of relief and anxiety as first hostages are freed
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . January 19, 2025
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Glued to the news, Israelis breathed a collective sigh of relief Sunday (Jan. 19), when Romi Golan,

My Gen Z daughter and her Altadena and Pasadena classmates are showing us the way
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . January 16, 2025
(RNS) — This column is a love letter to the children of Pasadena and Altadena. I often write about religion

Despite growing consensus, many Jewish and Christian groups loath to admit genocide in Gaza
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . January 13, 2025
(RNS) — In the past four years, the United States has recognized the Uyghur genocide in China and the Rohingya

‘Black Panther Woman’ explores the spiritual life of party member Ericka Huggins
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . January 10, 2025
(RNS) — In “Black Panther Woman,” Mary Frances Phillips has written the first biography of Black Panther Party member Ericka