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Nuns in a time of nones: The winding path to today’s religious vocations
By Elizabeth E. Evans — February 29, 2024
(RNS) — From 2020 to 2022, more than 900 women and men entered religious life. They all took their own, sometimes circuitous routes to get there.
Israel’s new policy on ‘kosher cellphones’ is an abomination for Haredi rabbis
By Eetta Prince-Gibson — July 13, 2022
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The country’s governing coalition has so far ended ultra-Orthodox control over adherents’ phones.
How 5G caused a feud between a small Christian school and T-Mobile
By Bob Smietana — April 13, 2022
(RNS) — A fight over an FCC license has put a small Christian school at odds with a cellphone giant.
Black churches, via phones and Facebook, bridging digital divide amid COVID-19
By Adelle M. Banks — April 30, 2020
(RNS) — ‘This is definitely new territory,’ said an associate minister in rural South Carolina. ‘We’ve learned to do things that we never thought we’d do.’
Pope Francis: Put away technology, enjoy family dinners
By Rosie Scammell — November 11, 2015
(RNS) Sitting around the table helps measure the health of relationships, the pontiff said: “If in a family there’s something that doesn’t work, or a hidden wound, at the table it's understood immediately.”
Worshippers’ digital distraction may not be all bad
By Vince Horiuchi — August 19, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) More and more people are playing with their mobile devices during religious services. But are they using the devices to follow along with the sermon, or are they just using the time to shoot birds at pigs?
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