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How Deepak Chopra’s AI spirituality is hijacking spiritual hunger
(RNS) — For 50 cents per 30-minute session, or $10 a month, readers can now ask Digital Deepak about their purpose, their fears, their path forward.
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POSTED DECEMBER 02, 2025 11:29 PM |
Catholic universities search for tricky balance on Trump anti-DEI push
(RNS) — Many Catholic university leaders are trying to thread the needle between staying under the Trump administration’s radar and framing their work with marginalized students as grounded in their Catholic identities.
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POSTED DECEMBER 02, 2025 10:13 PM |
When Catholic colleges cut theology majors, what happens to Catholic identity?
(RNS) — Just 63% of Catholic higher education institutions have theology or religious studies departments, down from 69% in 2016.
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POSTED DECEMBER 02, 2025 10:07 PM |
African Christian leaders and health nonprofits seek to fill gaps after USAID cuts
(RNS) — The leaders from 10 countries on the continent called for more local funding to restore essential resources to fight malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.
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POSTED DECEMBER 02, 2025 8:20 PM |
Pope Leo offers rare insight into his thoughts during the conclave
ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) — Pope Leo spoke about the themes of peace and unity that guided his papal visits to Turkey and Lebanon, affirming the Holy See’s commitment to dialogue in Ukraine and in the Middle East.
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POSTED DECEMBER 02, 2025 8:15 PM |
‘Lebanon, stand up!’: Pope Leo revives calls for truth, justice after Beirut port blast
BEIRUT (RNS) — Survivors of the 2020 Beirut port explosion say they are still waiting for the truth as Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon to become ‘a home of justice and fraternity.’
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POSTED DECEMBER 02, 2025 5:57 PM |
How modern American women are finding Hinduism’s powerful goddess tradition through dance
(RNS) — Bridging the East and West, American women have found Hinduism’s powerful divine feminine through the art of sacred dance.
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POSTED DECEMBER 02, 2025 5:36 PM |
A long-lost Rubens painting depicting Crucifixion sells for $2.7 million
VERSAILLES, France (AP) — It was part of a French collection and was initially thought to be from one of the many Rubens workshops that existed at the time.
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POSTED DECEMBER 02, 2025 4:47 PM |
United Lutheran Seminary to host ‘A Vision for Liberating Our Democracy’ Conference, February 27–28
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POSTED DECEMBER 02, 2025 3:37 PM |
Pope Leo’s visit to psychiatric hospital aims to combat stigma in Lebanon
JAL EL DIB, Lebanon (RNS) — In a country battered by economic collapse and recurring conflict, Pope Leo XIV visited with patients battling trauma, recovering from addiction and dealing with disabilities at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross.
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POSTED DECEMBER 02, 2025 7:09 AM |
Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
AI in the Nonprofit Sector Is a Question of Governance, Not Just Technology
AI is being adopted across the nonprofit sector. The urgent question is whether nonprofits will shape how AI is governed, funded, and constrained, or whether those decisions will be made primarily by vendors, markets, and states.
POSTED APRIL 01, 2026 2:42 PM |
Politics in an Attention Economy
Politicians and campaigns today must break through our algorithmic attention economy by using storytelling to connect with voters, draw in unlikely supporters, and help people imagine a better future.
POSTED MARCH 31, 2026 1:02 PM |
How to Undermine Authoritarian Control: On Empowering Parallel Institutions
Science and democracy are under attack. We have the tools, knowledge, and lessons from history to preserve critical services and protect scientific truth—by building powerful parallel institutions.
POSTED MARCH 30, 2026 3:30 PM |
Hope in the Dark: Four Tests for the Pro-Democracy Movement in 2026
Our democracy has already moved into being a competitive authoritarian system in which the playing field is uneven. If we fail the four tests, then that unfairness may well get locked in for decades to come.
POSTED MARCH 27, 2026 2:29 PM |
For Many Black Women, the Target Boycott is Not Over. It May Never Be.
A faith leader announced the end of a yearlong “Target fast,” but many Black women who helped launch the boycott say the movement wasn’t his to call off.
POSTED MARCH 27, 2026 10:48 AM |
The Women Who Logged on Anyway and Would Not Be Silenced by War
As war erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, students exemplified the bravery of humans and the resilience of nonprofits to support them.
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 8:13 PM |
How Movements Protect the Powerful and Discipline the Vulnerable
The Cesar Chávez investigation reveals the harmful pattern of exploitation, silence, that protects the powerful. We must intentionally design our movements so that accountability flows in all directions.
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 4:56 PM |
‘The Cruelty Is Just the Point’: A Broken Student Loan System Has Women at the Center
Confusion, litigation and the threat of wage garnishment under Trump have left millions of teachers, nurses and other public service workers with few options and little hope.
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 10:47 AM |
You Don’t Have to Be Unionized to Be United
Sometimes change starts small. When one nonprofit worker asked a simple question, it led to policy changes that improved employees’ quality of life.
POSTED MARCH 26, 2026 9:38 AM |
The ICE Detention of Colombian Journalist Fuels Press Freedom Concerns
The arrest of journalist Estefany Rodríguez sets a dangerous precedent of policing free speech and the press.
POSTED MARCH 25, 2026 2:57 PM |
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