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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.
What Are We Owed? Land As Our History and Future
Black Yard Farm is an opportunity to hold space for this knowledge and build new restorative systems that value all beings present, working the land and beyond. We are owed the same opportunities to build sustainable, profitable businesses that nourish our lives and communities.
POSTED OCTOBER 06, 2026 2:39 PM |
Nonprofit Workers Organize for Recognition and Workplace Dignity
For years, nonprofit organizations have asked Americans to believe in the power of collective action. But what happens when the workplace itself falls short of the values an organization promotes publicly?
POSTED OCTOBER 06, 2026 12:01 PM |
The Architecture of Dignity, Part II: A Platform Framework for Participatory Coordination
Participatory coordination can be translated into a practical platform framework that connects three forms of community capacity: human expression and need, underutilized resources, and voluntary contribution.
POSTED OCTOBER 06, 2026 10:24 AM |
It’s Voter Registration, Not Voter Apathy
US elections are sometimes decided by close margins, but we’ve stopped building the machinery to register voters.
POSTED OCTOBER 05, 2026 1:26 PM |
First Trump Came for Immigrants. Then He Came for Their Lawyers.
How legal aid groups survived the administration’s attacks—barely.
POSTED OCTOBER 05, 2026 11:40 AM |
We Have Been Here Before: What Reconstruction Teaches Nonprofits about this Moment
The history of Reconstruction teaches us that the demand for freedom must be sustained through coalition, institution building, disinformation resistance, and intergenerational truth-telling.
POSTED OCTOBER 05, 2026 10:18 AM |
Democracy Advocates Warn of Growing Threats to Voting Rights
A new rule impacting mail-order ballots has been blocked, but the broader significance extends far beyond mail voting.
POSTED OCTOBER 02, 2026 11:00 AM |
The Community Keeping African Cinema in Silicon Valley
What does it mean for a nonprofit festival to happen in Silicon Valley, where technology companies wield enormous influence over which stories travel and reach an audience?
POSTED OCTOBER 01, 2026 11:05 AM |
Latine Voters Could Swing the Midterms—and Here’s How
Historically, Latine communities have supported Democrats over Republicans. But come November, we might see a surge of voters fed up with the current administration’s anti-immigrant agenda and economic strains. Nonprofits led by Latine advocates are betting that anger will win over the Republican’s fear tactics.
POSTED OCTOBER 01, 2026 11:00 AM |
The Nonprofit Data Trap: How Digital Accountability Is Reproducing Inequality
When funders insist on certain categories of evidence, they are not simply asking organizations to count things. They are determining what—and whose voice—counts.
POSTED OCTOBER 01, 2026 10:52 AM |
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