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Pope commemorates 9/11 attacks with prayers for peace and for those who died – WTOP News
11+ hour ago (297+ words) The Chicago-born pope made his first public comments to commemorate the anniversary, speaking in English at the end of his traditional Sunday noon blessing from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. “Two days ago marked the 25th anniversary of the…...
Monastery makeover: Nuns leave lasting legacy of service in Watertown, South Dakota – WTOP News
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (1348+ words) Throughout their entire adult lives, the women of the Benedictine Sisters of Mother of God Monastery have served others as educators, health care providers and spiritual leaders. The Catholic nuns, many highly educated, have taught and ministered across the U.S. and…...
US Jews feel ‘precarious’ as High Holy Days approach amid antisemitism fears and internal divisions – WTOP News
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (858+ words) “Jews feel extremely precarious right now,” said Rabbi David Ingber, founder and spiritual leader of Romemu, a fast-growing, nondenominational Jewish congregation in New York City. Ingber says many of his congregants are politically liberal and opposed to Israel’s policies on…...
‘Profoundly grateful’: How a phone call and a fax helped bring the nation to Washington National Cathedral after 9/11 – WTOP News
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (553+ words) Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope can still picture a quiet moment inside the Washington National Cathedral. After President George W. Bush spoke during the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, Cope recalled, his…...
Vance talks about the end times and the attempted assassination of Trump in Christian podcast – WTOP News
1+ week, 5+ day ago (600+ words) Vice President JD Vance said in a podcast released Tuesday that if a 2024 assassination attempt had killed Donald Trump, he would have always wondered if it was part of a conspiracy and might not have accepted even another Republican as…...
The living care for ancestors and wandering spirits at Malaysia’s Hungry Ghost Festival – WTOP News
1+ week, 6+ day ago (753+ words) “It is centered around the worship of Da Shi Ye, also known as the Guardian God of Ghosts, and has become one of the major traditional Chinese religious celebrations in Bukit Mertajam,” said Lee Kim Fong, general affairs coordinator for…...
A Jewish scholar chosen to lead the Catholic Biblical Association is hit by antisemitic backlash – WTOP News
2+ week, 2+ day ago (741+ words) When Amy-Jill Levine was a child in Massachusetts, a schoolmate in her predominantly Catholic hometown told her she was guilty of killing Christ because she was Jewish. Her mother reassured her that wasn’t the case — and instead of being embittered…...
Need spiritual guidance? Gurus join chatbot trend as people turn to AI for answers – WTOP News
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1166+ words) Vaidyanathan, a yoga instructor, helped her grieving sister get face time with a high-profile guru who she hoped would help. “But he told her this was the work of karma and she should use this opportunity to connect with her…...
For over 100 years, travelers have checked into US motel rooms and found the Gideon Bible – WTOP News
2+ week, 4+ day ago (402+ words) Paul McCartney explained those famous lines in the song by The Beatles, saying these Bibles “were in every hotel in America.” He’d never seen something like that in England. For more than a century, countless have found it in the…...
After 130 years, Arlington neighborhood bids farewell to episcopal church
3+ week, 2+ day ago (189+ words) August 21, 2026, 7:53 PM It was a place where the community could go to worship, have fellowship and serve. But after more than 130 years, St. John’s Episcopal Church in Arlington, Virginia, is set to close at the end of August. The historic…...