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Arthur Waskow, pioneering social justice rabbi, dies

Yonat Shimron

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Conservative young priests are the future of the American church

Thomas Reese

History will be made when King Charles III prays with Pope Leo XIV. A future may be as well.

Catherine Pepinster

Is there religious revival among Gen Z?

Students pray together as part of the Pitt for Jesus campus event launched by football players at the University of Pittsburgh. (Photos courtesy @pittpurpose/IG)

Kathryn Post

PITTSBURGH (RNS) — There’s a swell in Christian devotion at the University of Pittsburgh amid claims of national revival, but some researchers say ‘revival’ is too strong a word.

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Photos of the Week: Diwali, Catholic canonization

Jessi Dodge

After clergy arrests, religious pushback to ICE expands in Chicago

Jack Jenkins

They couldn’t help Gazans. So they wrote a book they hope might offer comfort and wisdom.

Yonat Shimron

Opinion

The ‘No Kings’ moment is a moral rebellion against idolatry

Jeffrey Salkin

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Give Vivek Ramaswamy an A- on his church-state quiz

Mark Silk

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	Saved by the City Would You Take Mushrooms To See God? + Rabbi Zac Kamenetz Katelyn Beaty and Roxanne Stone When a new study released this summer from Johns Hopkins and NYU on the effects of psilocybin — as in magic mushrooms — on clergy, we knew we had to do an episode on it.
	Martini Judaism How do you go from hatred to hope? + Arno Michaelis Jeffrey Salkin (RNS) — You think you've done bad stuff and repented? Just meet an ex-white supremacist who turned his life around.
	The State of Belief The Faithful Fight Against Authoritarianism with Rev. Chloe Breyer Paul Brandeis Raushenbush As Americans across the nation gather at more than 3,000 No Kings events October 18th, State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer, Executive Director of the Interfaith Center of New York.

	Saved by the City When a new study released this summer from Johns Hopkins and NYU on the effects of psilocybin — as in magic mushrooms — on clergy, we knew we had to do an episode on it.
	Martini Judaism (RNS) — You think you've done bad stuff and repented? Just meet an ex-white supremacist who turned his life around.
	Complexified (RNS) — Host Amanda Henderson sits with RNS reporter Claire Giangravè to open the door on Vatican diplomacy during the Gaza ceasefire.

Sally Vonner

This Children’s Sabbath, let’s rededicate ourselves and our policies to their future

(RNS) — As our observance of the Children's Sabbath approaches, houses of worship must challenge our elected leaders to prioritize the well-being of children in policymaking at all levels.

Brad Hirschfield

The Gaza war hasn’t changed interfaith relations one bit. That’s a bad thing.

(RNS) — Interfaith alliances should be struck between people who see the differences in their faiths, not the similarities in their politics.

Karen Swallow Prior

A word for the small churches

(RNS) — We might need reminding that small is faithful too.

Mexican artisans turn clay into Trees of Life that are celebrated worldwide

MarÍa Teresa HernÁndez

METEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Known as a Tree of Life, it belongs to a tradition that flourished in the hands of artisans in the mid-20th century and is considered a symbol of identity in Metepec.

A father returns from Israeli detention to find Gaza and his family shattered

Wafaa Shurafa

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Those released back to Gaza were met by the shock of how their homeland had been destroyed and families shattered by Israeli bombardment and offensives while they were locked away, with little news of the war.

Pope gives Venezuela reason to celebrate by canonizing its beloved ‘doctor of the poor’ as 1st saint

Jorge Rueda

VATICAN CITY (AP) — José Gregorio Hernández, revered by millions for his dedication to poor people, was declared a saint alongside the founder of a Venezuelan religious order, Mother Carmen Rendiles Martínez.

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