2+ week, 1+ day ago  (467+ words) Pope Leo XIV has said God ignores the prayers of those who wage war and have "hands full of blood. In what appears to be a clear rebuke of Donald Trump's administration, the US-born pontiff, .. . A free daily email with…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (541+ words) Latest provocation at religious site with a history of 'perpetual friction' risks violence erupting again Israel's hardline national security minister has sparked outrage across the Muslim world " by flouting a decades-old arrangement aimed at keeping in check religious tensions over…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (566+ words) Joel Mathis is a writer with 30 years of newspaper and online journalism experience. His work also regularly appears in National Geographic and The Kansas City Star....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (498+ words) Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (719+ words) The Week A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day " and the best features from The Week. com You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Polling and surveys have for years documented a decline…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (711+ words) Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (734+ words) Book reviews: "Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity" and "Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! The Week - "Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity" by Matthew Avery Sutton - "Kids, Wait Till You Hear…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (229+ words) The trend is growing and leading to controversy Humans are living out their animal instincts through the therian movement. A small online subculture, those who identify as therians claim to have a nonhuman identity " one they embrace in their everyday…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (428+ words) The church, whose links to former prime minister Shinzo Abe were at the heart of his assassination, will be forced to return "coercive" donations The Tokyo High Court has upheld a decision to dissolve the Unification Church, a controversial religious…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (592+ words) Crowds have turned out on the roads from California to Washington and "millions are finding hope in their journey" After more than 100 days on the road, a party of Buddhist monks have arrived in Washington, completing their 2, 300-mile "walk for…...