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OPINION: We want to access something deeper within ourselves. Sometimes, we just need a GPS.

Navarro’s use of the word Brahmin — a term that refers to the highest social caste in Hindu society — launched ire in the Hindu diaspora and in India.

UNESCO raised $115 million for the reconstruction project, with large shares coming from the United Arab Emirates and the European Union.

“We are here because we recognize the dignity of each and every human person.” .

During a session at NatCon this week, Josh Hammer stood out as the lone Jewish person on a panel of otherwise conservative Christian activists. Yet, it was Hammer who told an audience member that “America was founded as a Christian country.”.

Alexander Kalish and Kenan Khatib, the teenage Jewish and Palestinian founders of @VOU_Official_, aim to help other students find common ground on Israel-Palestine through discussion, not debate.

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Pope Leo XIV inaugurated the Borgo Laudato Sì near Castel Gandolfo today, calling it “a seed of hope that Pope Francis has left us as a legacy.” The 55-hectare site seeks to model ecological conversion through education, catechesis & sustainable living.

Somalis on Thursday marked the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday with a government-declared public holiday, reviving an old tradition of merriment once banned by extremist militants who reject such public spectacle.

OPINION: In theory, AI should release humanity into a society of poets and philosophers. But in late capitalism, efficiency translates into firings, not freedom. The promise of leisure has been captured by profit.

The UAE on Wednesday warned that any Israeli move to annex the occupied West Bank would be a “red line,” without specifying its possible impact on the landmark normalization accord between the two countries.

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“I have never had a day that will stay with me like this day did,” JD Vance told reporters about his visit Wednesday to meet with families and victims of the deadly Minneapolis shooting.

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The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, a peacekeeping force, described the Tuesday morning incident as “one of the most serious attacks on UNIFIL personnel and assets” since the cessation of hostilities in November.

Musok, often called Korean shamanism in English, is the folk religion of Korea. As a non-institutionalized tradition, there is no single holy text or centralizing doctrine.

OPINION: Generations have constructed the Jewish worship service on stories, images and longing. With a decline in Jewish education, the building blocks of that worship experience have become almost hopelessly arcane to many.

An Episcopal priest founded a Christian psychedelic society. Last month, after 20 years in the priesthood, he lost his ordination over concerns that he was using pastoral authority to endorse psychedelics.

"We hope that this education will produce more Nelson Mandelas, more Martin Luther Kings and more Gandhis, and will make the world better," said Dr. Jasvant Modi.