What’s happening at Columbia is monumental
By Omar Suleiman
(RNS) — Columbia’s students have a long history of protesting injustice — which the school has regretted squashing in the past. Will it make the same mistake?
Columbia University is another Charlottesville
By Jeffrey Salkin
(RNS) — Columbia University protests are like Charlottesville’s ‘Unite the Right’ rally: Discuss. Welcome to an academic disgrace.
Pope Francis needs to stop treating Vatican officials like princes
By Thomas Reese
(RNS) — The only way to kill the papal court is to stop making Vatican officials bishops and cardinals.
A Russian priest who held Navalny’s memorial service is suspended by Moscow church
By The Associated Press
(AP) – Dmitry Safronov held a memorial service by Navalny’s grave in Moscow on March 26 to mark 40 days since the politician’s death, an important ritual within Russian Orthodox tradition.
Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church
By Rod Mcguirk and Mark Baker
SYDNEY (AP) —The seven, aged 15 to 17, were part of a network that included a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing a bishop in a Sydney church on April 15, police said.
Gender-nonconforming ancient Romans found refuge in community dedicated to goddess Cybele
By Tina Chronopoulos
(The Conversation) — In ancient Rome, male followers of the goddess Cybele, known as Galli, some of whom surgically removed their testicles, were often considered feminine.
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