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Coverage of the world's major faith traditions - Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and indigenous spiritual paths.

Bangladesh Churches Mobilize as Measles Outbreak Kills Over 600 Children

Bangladesh Churches Mobilize as Measles Outbreak Kills Over 600 Children

With 80,000 cases and 628 deaths in 2026, Bangladesh faces its worst measles outbreak in decades. Despite being less than 1% of the population, Christians are running ambulances, donating vaccines, and holding courtyard meetings to save lives.

Central African Religious Leaders Question US Deportations: 'They Have Already Suffered Enough'

Central African Religious Leaders Question US Deportations: 'They Have Already Suffered Enough'

At least two dozen migrants from Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkey were deported to the Central African Republic under a US bilateral agreement. Religious leaders say a country still healing from conflict is no place for people who fled persecution.

Pope Leo XIV in Madrid: Love That Changes History

Pope Leo XIV in Madrid: Love That Changes History

The Hermetic Principles and Modern Science: How Ancient Wisdom Anticipated Quantum Physics and Relativity

Ancient Hermetic Principles show striking parallels to quantum physics and relativity.

The Science of Forgiveness: How Letting Go Heals the Brain and Transforms Health

The Science of Forgiveness: How Letting Go Heals the Brain and Transforms Health

Forgiveness has long been regarded as a virtue — a moral imperative taught across spiritual traditions from Christianity to Buddhism to Islam. But in the past decade, a growing body of neuroscientific and clinical research has begun to validate what the world's wisdom traditions have always known: that the

The Silence That Speaks: How Christian Contemplative Prayer Is Transforming the Science of Consciousness

The Silence That Speaks: How Christian Contemplative Prayer Is Transforming the Science of Consciousness

Christian contemplative prayer — the practice of silent, wordless attentiveness to the presence of God — is one of the oldest continuous spiritual traditions in the Western world. From the Desert Fathers and Mothers of the fourth century to Thomas Merton and the modern Centering Prayer movement, practitioners have described silence not

The Vatican and the Algorithm: How Faith Leaders Are Reshaping Global AI Ethics

The Vatican and the Algorithm: How Faith Leaders Are Reshaping Global AI Ethics

The Vatican has emerged as an unexpectedly influential voice in the global conversation on artificial intelligence ethics, issuing a series of documents and convening high-level dialogues that bring together technologists, theologians, philosophers, and policymakers. The result is a distinctive framework that draws on Catholic social teaching while engaging seriously with

The Consciousness Question: Why Major Thinkers Are Reconsidering the Materialist View

The Consciousness Question: Why Major Thinkers Are Reconsidering the Materialist View

The question of consciousness — what it is, how it arises, and whether it extends beyond the human brain — is undergoing a remarkable renaissance in both academic philosophy and the natural sciences. After decades of materialist orthodoxy, in which consciousness was dismissed as an epiphenomenon or an illusion, a growing number

Amazon rainforest canopy with sunlight filtering through trees

Interfaith Leaders Unite to Protect Amazon as Sacred Heritage

In an unprecedented show of interfaith unity, leaders from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Indigenous spiritual traditions have issued a joint declaration committing to the protection of the Amazon rainforest, which they collectively recognise as a sacred living entity. The declaration, signed in Manaus, Brazil, at the conclusion of

Ancient olive grove representing Jewish spiritual connection to ecology

Ancient Jewish Wisdom Meets Modern Ecology: The Rise of Jewish Environmentalism

A growing movement within Judaism is weaving together ancient Kabbalistic teachings, biblical tradition, and contemporary environmental science to mobilise Jewish communities worldwide for climate action. The movement, often called "Jewish environmentalism" or "eco-Judaism," draws on concepts including bal tashchit (the prohibition against waste), tikkun olam (repairing

Monastics gathering at historic contemplative ecology summit in Bodh Gaya

Buddhist and Hindu Monastics Gather for Historic Summit on Contemplative Ecology

In a historic convergence of two of the world's oldest spiritual traditions, Buddhist and Hindu monastics gathered in Bodh Gaya, India, for a landmark summit on contemplative ecology — committing to joint environmental action rooted in shared principles of compassion and non-harm. The gathering, held at the Mahabodhi Temple

Vatican symbolizing Christian-Muslim interfaith dialogue and cooperation

Pope Leo Calls Christians and Muslims to 'Revive Humanity' Through Interfaith Action

Pope Leo XIV has issued a powerful call for Christians and Muslims to collaborate in addressing the deepest wounds of the modern world, describing interfaith solidarity as an urgent spiritual imperative. Speaking at an interfaith colloquium in May 2026, the Pope urged followers of both faiths to "revive humanity

Woman meditating representing breathwork-induced altered states of consciousness

Breathwork Without Breath: New Study Reveals How Intentional Breathing Unlocks Psychedelic States in the Brain

In what researchers are calling a "paradigm-shifting" discovery, a new study has provided the first neuroimaging evidence that high ventilation breathwork (HVB) — a form of fast, cyclical breathing practiced for millennia in yogic and shamanic traditions — can reliably induce altered states of consciousness indistinguishable from those produced by