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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.
Rebuilding the Relational Foundations of US Democracy
Why have rural communities become so deeply disconnected from the civic institutions meant to serve them, and how can repairing relationships help?
POSTED MAY 07, 2026 5:32 PM |
She Cared for America’s Children. She’s Also Reshaping Our Democracy.
Adriana George lived and witnessed injustices while working as a nanny. In the spirit of our founding principles of freedom and equality, she's now working to expand the rights of domestic workers.
POSTED MAY 06, 2026 5:48 PM |
When Broadcast News Abandons the Climate Beat, Movement Media Steps In
In 2025, corporate broadcast networks aired just eight hours of climate coverage across an entire year—a 35 percent drop from the year before. Movement media is stepping in to fill the gaps.
POSTED MAY 06, 2026 5:30 PM |
What Are We Losing with the EPA’s Endangerment Finding—and How Can We Fight Back?
In the wake of the EPA’s rescission of the Endangerment Finding, what other long-standing environmental protections are falling, and how are nonprofits responding?
POSTED MAY 06, 2026 4:51 PM |
Investing in Life: Philanthropy’s Role in Divesting from Systems of Violence
Philanthropic institutions collectively control trillions of dollars in assets, much of it accumulated through histories of extraction, colonialism, and racial capitalism—which are still pervasive today. Here’s an analysis of the sector’s investments and five steps philanthropy can take to divest from harming communities.
POSTED MAY 06, 2026 2:22 PM |
Trump administration’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center breaks with norms – and may lack evidence of criminal wrongdoing
Tax-exempt nonprofits must follow the law like other institutions. Although nonprofits are sometimes charged with and convicted of fraud, nonprofit fraud cases are relatively rare.
POSTED MAY 05, 2026 2:25 PM |
Capacity Is Tested in Transition: Interim Leadership as Nonprofit Infrastructure
Leadership transitions turn manageable changes into stress tests of organizational resilience. Today’s leadership transitions are among the most consequential moments in an organization’s life.
POSTED MAY 04, 2026 9:41 PM |
The planet is overheating. Why is the news looking away?
Since 2021, global media coverage of climate change has dropped 38 percent. Blame wars, political chaos, and Jeffrey Epstein.
POSTED MAY 01, 2026 11:00 AM |
Rethinking Wealth and How We Deploy It—Strategically
While the concept of “donor organizing” has recently become a buzzword, a key shift underway is moving organizations beyond focusing on what gifts can be secured to how wealth can be more strategically organized and leveraged in service of movement goals.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 4:29 PM |
Should We Rebrand in Today’s Tumultuous Climate?
In today’s issue, Claire Taylor Hansen and Nicole Tufts answer a reader’s question about rebranding during uncertain times.
POSTED APRIL 30, 2026 11:00 AM |
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