July 2021

(RNS) - He was nicknamed the first "No Fun" Olympics. Athletes were asked to eat alone and keep their distance in the Tokyo Olympic Village dining hall, and compete in empty stadiums. Even the chaplains who deal with the spiritual health of…

Image courtesy of Pexels. WWe did the first five. According to the online newspaper The best of Kev, the church that I serve as a pastor made a list of the top five churches in Dallas based on criteria such as company history,…

Caracas vendors have come up with an enterprising response to the Venezuelan capital's descent into criminal warfare: to rename the devotional statuettes as El Koki, the gang leader…

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday warned of complacency in preparing for COVID-19 for a possible third wave, as positive cases in the state have steadily declined in recent weeks. "Although the situation is under control, we…

SANTA BARBARA, California, July 23, 2021 / PRNewswire / - This year, the Religious Studies Department at UC Santa Barbara is celebrating a milestone anniversary in the study of Tibetan Buddhism. Twenty years ago, the Duggan family had the…

A collage of several images of underwater sculptures has gone viral on social media, claiming they are 5,000-year-old Hindu idols found in the sea off Bali in Indonesia. Many Twitter and Facebook users posted the collage with the caption:…

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Wednesday authorized groups of farmers to protest in Jantar Mantar from July 22 to August 9, with a maximum of 200 people in attendance and appropriate Covid-19 protocols in place,…

Posted on July 21, 2021 | 11:04 am The Santa Barbara Hospice (HSB) Navigating Re-Entry Town Hall Virtual Event brought together a panel of community leaders to discuss fears, anxiety and issues surrounding returning to society!-->…

Churches today are diminishing themselves with a severely tarnished understanding of Western religious history, and therefore do no little service to their congregations. For example, the religious laws that Jews and Christians talk about…

Hyderabad: A day after being relieved of government service for his voluntary retirement, former IPS officer Dr RS Praveen Kumar landed in a criminal case in Karimnagar district for his alleged pledge against the Hindu gods in March of…