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Pope to UN conference: Don’t waste chance to save the planet
By Associated Press — October 29, 2021
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis issued an urgent appeal Friday to world leaders ahead of the U.N. climate conference to take “radical decisions” to protect the environment and prioritize the common good rather than nationalistic interests. Francis delivered the “Thought for the Day” on the British Broadcasting Corp.’s morning radio program ahead of the […]
Surviving or thriving? New film on Westboro Baptist doesn’t get it
By Hillel Gray — July 23, 2019
(RNS) — The filmmaker is often more interested in building solidarity with his audience against a mythic enemy than truly understanding his subject.
The priest and the ‘Fleabag’ forge mutual faith in Amazon comedy series
By Catherine Pepinster — May 15, 2019
(RNS) — In the second season of a popular TV comedy series, a handsome, swearing, gin-swilling cleric won over a 'lying, acerbic sex addict' — not to mention the famously secular U.K. America is next.
St. John Paul II’s letters to Polish-American woman reveal intimate friendship
By Rosie Scammell — February 15, 2016
(RNS) The duo’s friendship has been well-documented, although newly released letters held at the Polish National Library show the closeness of their relationship.
The BBC’s John Sweeney on North Korea’s zombie gods
By Brian Pellot — December 10, 2013
Author and investigative journalist John Sweeney went undercover to report from North Korea earlier this year. He found a nation brainwashed by a ruling family of dead gods, a dark state with no religious freedom.
Stop comparing Nelson Mandela to Jesus, British journalist says
By Trevor Grundy — December 9, 2013
(RNS) Writing on the eve of the departure of world leaders to Johannesburg to attend a memorial service for Mandela, who died last week, Dominic Lawson wrote in the Daily Mail: "He was a giant -- but how absurd for the BBC to compare Mandela to Christ."
PBS series ‘Life of Muhammad’ explores diverse opinions of prophet
By Menachem Wecker — August 15, 2013
(RNS) Narrated by Somai-born journalist Rageh Omaar, the PBS series "The Life of Muhammad" presents the Muslim prophet in a respectful, positive light, though it doesn’t shirk from the controversies that surrounded him.
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