I just read another news story about the sex-abuse scandal that’s inundating the Catholic Church. For Catholics, it is becoming a moral holocaust. And yet, for decades, we’ve all had inklings the trouble was out there.
While there is solace in accepting things we cannot control, we also need to feel that there are some things we can control — that we determine, at least to some degree, the direction of our lives.
Recent lawsuits and legislative debates have made religious freedom seem more divisive than unifying.
We can love people even if we do not love their choices. After all, isn’t it more important — though perhaps more challenging — to love a person than to love words or actions?
Sam Brownback has served as ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom since February.
These two great poems — Ramayana and Mahabharata — laid the foundation for Indian literary culture and are foundational to the Hindu worldview.
Don’t we all find ourselves in need of help that we don’t necessarily deserve? Aren’t we all beneficiaries of unearned favors? Certainly, everyone falls short and needs forgiveness.
The G20 Interfaith Forum centers on increasing religion's role in global politics and celebrating the value of interfaith partnerships.
I think, at this time, we are desperately in need of prayer. And so, instead of a traditional column, I offer instead these prayers, for the daughters and sons who are growing up in this world we’re creating for them.
Millennials became the primary consumers of thousands of competing voices. Meanwhile, the wisest and steadiest of voices have been pushed into the background.
No one would dispute the value of good thinking, but sometimes we’re so busy doing that we don’t take time to stop and think and learn.
Consider the approach of the 'First Millennial' to a changing world. Anchored by principle, Jesus’ confidence allowed him to engage views that weren’t his own, and his charity let him see beyond the view to the human being holding it.
It's often thought that the religion of India, from time immemorial, is and always has been Hinduism. The historical reality is considerably more complicated than that.
Religious freedom is losing public support because, at times, it has been used to only protect certain groups and can appear to foster intolerance.
Stewardship of the earth: Politicians typically seek solutions with their own interests in mind. Faith groups, on the other hand, focus on helping the vulnerable populations most.
The G20 Interfaith Forum is aimed at bridging the gap between faith groups and political leaders.
We’ve all heard the expression “light at the end of the tunnel.” But to anyone who has ever been completely engulfed in darkness, it’s more than just a nice saying.