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NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) The Dalai Lama says peace in the world begins with peace in oneself. Some of his fellow Nobel laureates, however, aren't convinced....

This week's texts make me think about interfaith dialogue, and interfaith dialogue makes me think of a conversation with my friend Ali. We were trying to reconcile the fact that each of our religions--or at least some segments of each of our religions--claims that the other's religion is flat out wrong.

This is the question that comes back to me, pretty often, when I am talking with people about dreams: for a community that knows how to play...

Subscribe to the Century editors' link blogging by feed. Uganda shelves kill the gays bill--for now.

Fiji has long been known to West­erners mainly as an exotic tourist destination. In re­cent years, though, the country has ac­quired a troubling reputation for religious and ethnic confrontations.

Nairobi, Kenya, May 13 (ENInews)--Christians in China need qualified clergy who can contribute to the development of society, China's Minister of State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) s...

I confess that I'm not up to forgiving Osama bin Laden. But I'm not going to dance in the street over his death either.

CLEVELAND (RNS) The case that led to John Demjanjuk's conviction in Germany on Thursday (May 12) was laid out 10 years ago in a Cleveland...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Friday (May 13) broadened access to the old Latin Mass with a new rule that gives the Vatican the power to...

When officials at a Presbyterian church in Virginia decided to acknowledge the church's failures in handling reports of sexual abuse by...

Theories of change vary widely. Does progress arise from countless participants, working in countless places and ways? Does it require...

Speaking to a professor at Liberty University, Frederica Mathewes-Green was surprised to find out that the...

A  friend of mine, a professional scholar of the New Testament but no great fan of attempts (such as Rudolf Bultmann's) to "demythologize" its witness, recently told me about his visit to the ...

Using my hands in worship—whether raising them high or making the sign of the cross—helps to blur the boundaries that slice across the body of Christ.

(RNS) Gay and lesbian advocates celebrated a landmark victory on Tuesday (May 10) when the Presbyterian Church (USA) entered the expanding ranks...

WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Navy reversed course Tuesday (May 10) on plans to allow chaplains to officiate at same-sex marriage ceremonies once the...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) The Navy awards the gold Trident medal to those who have earned the right to be called a SEAL -- the same elite fighting...

(RNS) While Americans have debated whether Osama bin Laden's body belongs at the bottom of the Arabian Sea, most agree on the final destination of his soul: in hell....

(RNS) Billy Graham's doctor confirmed Thursday (May 12) that the 92-year-old evangelist has pneumonia, but said he is doing well....

WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama assured Hispanic Christians on Thursday (May 12) that he hears their pleas for immigration reform, calling it a...