California
As the Israel-Hamas war heightens interest in the contested Middle East land, UC Berkeley will launch an endowed program and chair on Palestinian and Arab studies.
Sept. 10, 2024
World & Nation
Leaders of worldwide religions commonly stay at the helm well past retirement age, but it’s not often you find centenarians overseeing major faiths.
Sept. 9, 2024
Georgia school shooting: The dead were identified as two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Winder, outside Atlanta. Nine others were injured.
Sept. 4, 2024
Opinion
In 2004, I wrote a piece for Slate about efforts by Rowan Williams, then the archbishop of Canterbury, to soothe divisions within the worldwide Anglican Communion over homosexuality.
Jan. 15, 2016
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that it was constitutional to begin government meetings with prayers, even if they are overwhelmingly Christian in character.
May 8, 2014
Glenn Beck’s ecumenical moment
Aug. 31, 2010
Politics
In his address on faith, Mitt Romney blessed almost every position in the debate over religion and public life.
Dec. 8, 2007
The 90-year-old founder of the Taize community is stabbed during a service. ‘We won’t forget his message,’ France’s interior minister says.
Aug. 18, 2005
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox Christians, has called for Turkey to change its requirement that only Turkish citizens can become patriarch, citing dwindling numbers of those eligible to succeed him.
Sept. 13, 2003
An ecumenical panel of bishops and other Christian leaders will discuss contemporary ethical issues Monday at Chapman University.
Feb. 22, 2002