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Most Westerners know Buddhism through meditation, but everyday Buddhist life looks quite different in Thai temples
2+ week, 5+ day ago (735+ words) I recently returned from leading an educational program in Thailand focusing on how Buddhists practice the religion in their day-to-day lives. The participants – Buddhist practitioners from North America and Europe – wanted to deepen their understanding and practice of the religion....
Why Arbaeen – the Shiite Muslim pilgrimage of mourning – has a deep significance that brings millions to Iraq each year
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (740+ words) Every year, millions of pilgrims walk from the deserts of southern Iraq to the holy city of Karbala for Arbaeen, one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world. In 2026, pilgrims will converge on Karbala on Aug. 5. Arbaeen falls 40 days…...
Why Pope Leo’s visit to Lampedusa matters for migrants, the church and global politics
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (775+ words) As the US celebrated its 250th anniversary, Pope Leo XIV decided instead to visit the Sicilian island of Lampedusa. Closer to Africa geographically than to Italy, the island is known as a place of sbarchi (sea landings) for thousands immigrants and…...
How Russia turned to medieval saints in its push for ‘traditional values’ – and more babies
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (1046+ words) One Saturday afternoon in May 2026, families gathered on Poklonnaya Gora, a hilltop war memorial park in western Moscow. They came for a procession and a “moleben,” an Orthodox prayer service, for the well-being of Russian families. Church media billed it…...
Why Pope Leo has excommunicated a group of conservative Catholics
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1028+ words) The decision by Pope Leo XIV to excommunicate members of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) is the latest twist in a long-running saga between the Vatican and this contentious traditionalist group. It is yet more evidence of the…...
500 years ago, the first New Testament in English was published – and stirred up a hornet’s nest
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (816+ words) In 1526, books appeared in England that no one had seen before: printed New Testaments in the English language. The public snapped them up. For the first time, people read now-common phrases such as “the powers that be” and “the spirit…...
What Gaudí and the Sagrada Família can teach us about leadership
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (866+ words) When Pope Leo XIV blessed the Sagrada Família’s tallest, gravity-defying tower on June 10, he took a moment to remember not only the church’s architect, Antoni Gaudí, but also the many people – workers and funders alike – who have made its ongoing…...
The ‘Curse of Ham’: how people of faith used a story in Genesis to justify slavery
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (834+ words) According to a report by an independent oversight committee released in March 2024, the Church of England should pay £1bn in reparations – 10 times the previously set amount – to the descendants of slavery. The report was the start of a “multi-generational response to…...
How enslaved African Muslims resisted bondage through their faith and writing
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (976+ words) Muslims in the United States often face negative stereotyping and suspicion. Especially in the years following 9/11, Muslims have been frequently cast as outsiders. What many may not know is that Muslims have been part of the American story since its…...
Cincinnati, where Vance converted, gives a glimpse of Catholicism’s history in America’s heartland
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (1062+ words) Ten years after “Hillbilly Elegy” catapulted its author into public view, JD Vance is publishing a new memoir, “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.” The vice president explains the book as a sort of self-help guide for the spiritually…...