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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
United Lutheran Seminary
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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.
A Letter of Gratitude to Kim Klein and Stephanie Roth
A letter of gratitude for pathbreaking fundraisers Kim Klein and Stephanie Roth.
POSTED JUNE 12, 2026 4:50 PM |
What Is Movement Lawyering Really For?
What is movement lawyering? Why is this work imperative? As the US approaches 250 years since the signing of the Declaration for Independence, Law for Black Lives answers these questions and names the ways in which the law has been used to restrict progress towards extending the design of independence for everyone. Here, they outline a vision for immediate action.
POSTED JUNE 12, 2026 4:17 PM |
Fundraising as Democracy: Honoring a Legacy, Claiming Our Moment
Fundraising has always been a core pillar of American democracy, and Kim Klein and Stephanie Roth embody that legacy.
POSTED JUNE 12, 2026 4:06 PM |
When $10,000 Moves $200 Million: Why Funding Grassroots Organizing Creates Outsized Impact
Grassroots community coalitions are generating outsized impact and demonstrating that the highest leverage frequently comes from small investments placed at precisely the right moments. These insights and success stories serve as a model that philanthropy cannot ignore.
POSTED JUNE 12, 2026 4:01 PM |
How Can Conservation Programs Better Connect to Farmers?
A benchmark study looks at the challenges conservation agriculture faces through the lens of funders and implementors to understand how to streamline funding and support to reach farmers and ranchers interested in conservation farming methods.
POSTED JUNE 12, 2026 12:56 PM |
IDR Interviews | Flavia Agnes
Activist and lawyer Flavia Agnes tells us why securing women’s rights today seems much harder than it was in the ‘80s and argues that legislative reform is a battle half won without litigation support.
POSTED JUNE 12, 2026 5:03 AM |
‘Intersectionality’ Scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw Thinks it’s Time for Everyone to Talk Back
In a new memoir, the legal expert shares how her experiences as a Black woman gave rise to frameworks the far-right has tried to weaponize.
POSTED JUNE 12, 2026 1:26 AM |
The First Indigenous Women in Congress Carry a Legacy Older Than American Democracy Itself
Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids stand in a long line of Indigenous women who have served a country that has historically excluded them. They’re now pushing it to realize its promise.
POSTED JUNE 11, 2026 7:25 PM |
The Mid-Year Gut Check: Are You on Track or In Denial?
If you can’t tell your board chair where the money is in June, you’re not behind on fundraising—you’re behind on clarity. In this installment of Ask Rhea, she walks through how to diagnose your financial pipeline leaks before you’re running out of runway.
POSTED JUNE 11, 2026 10:59 AM |
Economic Mobility Is Essential to Family Wellbeing—and to Society
For too long, the United States has treated poverty as a problem to manage rather than a system to redesign. Here are ways the nonprofit sector can lean in to support economic mobility for families—particularly single mothers and their children. This shift is essential to our collective wellbeing.
POSTED JUNE 10, 2026 10:04 AM |
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