Religion

(RNS) — The Rev. Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University School of Divinity and a public theologian, has been named the next dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School. Her appointment is effective July 1, pending approval by the Vanderbilt…

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (RNS) — About a mile west from where a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, a man in a white cowboy hat was greeted by smiles, car horns and waves as he…

(RNS) — For the most part, religious Americans say their LGBTQ neighbors should be free of discrimination when they are at work, in public or at home. This is true even among groups that oppose same-sex marriage. One place they disagree…

(RNS) — Scrolling Twitter on the first evening of Ramadan 2023, I was greeted (well, as all Muslims were) by Elmo. “Ramadan Mubarak to all of Elmo’s friends!” the red toddler Muppet said. “Elmo loves you!” In Chicago, the marquee at…

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘We’ve had very, very negative anti-LGBTQ stuff coming from our archbishop,’ former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. The post Pelosi on cleric who barred her from…

(RNS) — A new audit of antisemitism in the U.S. shows a continued growth in the number of incidents reported in 2022. The Anti-Defamation League’s newest report tabulated 3,697 antisemitic incidents last year in three large categories:…

(RNS) — Nearly six decades after the Second Vatican Council called for a renewal of Catholic-Jewish relations, American Catholics exhibit a marked lack of knowledge of their church’s teachings about Judaism, according to wide-ranging new…

(RNS) — Eight years ago, a young white man, 21 years of age, walked into the church in Charleston, South Carolina, known as Mother Emanuel, one of the oldest and most revered Black churches in the South. The pastor was conducting Bible…

21Wilberforce is pleased to announce that Knox Thames and Curtis L. Brown have been elected to its Board of Directors effective immediately.  New board member, Knox Thames, is an American human rights lawyer, advocate, and author who has…

Let’s get a drink sometime! New York’s a drinking town. Happy hours. Boozy brunches. Martinis and oysters. The city’s social life revolves around artisan cocktails and bubbly toasts and late night dive bars. And while the pandemic may…