Religion

Displaced Ukrainians in Bulgaria are finding ways to mark Orthodox Easter

6:20pm April 22, 2022

by Meghan Collins Sullivan

This weekend is Orthodox Easter, a holiday celebrated in Ukraine. Millions are fleeing the Russian invasion right now, but those seeking refuge in Bulgaria are marking the holiday.

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A New Jersey Catholic diocese agrees to pay $87.5M to settle sex abuse lawsuits

11:15am April 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Diocese of Camden agreed to settle claims involving clergy sex abuse with some 300 alleged victims in one of the largest cash settlements involving the Catholic Church in the United States.

How a Brazilian priest got his city to pay attention to its unhoused citizens' needs

4:45pm April 18, 2022

by Philip Reeves

A Brazilian priest has made the mega-city of São Paulo pay attention to its homeless population's needs.

Centered on compassion and justice, leaders hold interfaith dinners at mosques

4:54pm April 17, 2022

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks about interfaith dialogue with Harris Zafar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Pastor Kelvin Ward of Cathedral of Praise International Ministries.

Pope Francis on his popemobile drives through the crowd of faithful at the end of the Catholic Easter Sunday mass he led in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 17, 2022.

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The pope makes an Easter plea for peace in Ukraine, citing a nuclear risk

9:16am April 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

On what is supposed to be Christianity's most joyful day, Pope Francis made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace in the "senseless" war in Ukraine and in other armed conflicts in the world.

Amongst division in France, one interfaith group comes together to celebrate Ramadan

8:49am April 17, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

A group of women in an interfaith group gathered for dinner to mark the start of Ramadan during a divisive presidential election.

How Black American Jews incorporate their food traditions into their Passover Seders

4:54pm April 16, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with chef and author Michael Twitty and Rabbi Sandra Lawson about Black American cuisine and the Seder plate.

The Pope tries using Good Friday to bring together Ukrainians and Russians

8:14am April 16, 2022

by Julian Hayda

This year, the Vatican proposed having Ukrainian and Russian families carry the cross together during the annual Good Friday ceremony in Rome. Then Ukrainians objected.

A traditional Passover seder plate on the first night of Passover.

Ukrainian Jews displaced by war find Passover especially poignant this year

6:44pm April 15, 2022

by Deena Prichep

The Passover story is about displacement and the search for a promised land. For Ukrainian Jews this Passover, the story has special resonance as the holiday finds them scattered across the world.

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Faith leaders reflect on their messages during the weekend's religious ceremonies

4:44pm April 15, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Imam Mohamed Herbert, Rabbi Ruth Zlotnick and Reverend Marshall Hatch about how their respective faith communities are observing this holy weekend.