The Blackening of Havana
With all of the excitement around U.S. and Cuban relations finally opening up there is a host of questions around race and religion that are fundamental to the lives of Afro-Cuban religious practitioners left to be asked.
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Memorial Minute: Peter J. Gomes
The late Rev. Peter J. Gomes once reflected that, while walking in Harvard Yard toward Memorial Church, "the afternoon sun had just caught the gold and red and blue of the details of the . . . porches, and for the first time I noticed that the building...
Searching for Peace Where War Ever Looms
North Korea and South Korea have been in an official state of war for more than 60 years, which has led to, among other things, a massive Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and the separation of family members on both sides of the border for decades. Believing that...
Can't Keep Him from Singing
Noah Van Niel is strong. During his time as an undergraduate, Van Niel played for the Harvard Crimson football team throwing blocks as a 250-pound fullback. He's also strong in voice, having performed and studied as an operatic tenor at the Academy of...
Same-sex Marriage Ruling Leaves Religious Questions Unanswered
News of the United States Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage reached San Francisco early in the morning on June 26. The city was already preparing to celebrate Pride weekend. The news meant that we started the party early. People met on the...
Forgiveness as First Step in Reconciliation
Following the sentencing of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., writes that the act of forgiving is deeply rooted in some religious traditions.
Audio: War (Crimes) and Peace
Ben Ferencz was 27 when he became the chief prosecutor of one of the biggest murder trials in history: the Einsatzgruppen Case, part of the second wave of trials at Nuremberg in the years after the Second World War. He won convictions of all 22 defendants...
Pope Francis's Message on the Environment, Poverty, and Power
Pope Francis's much-anticipated encyclical on the environment, issued June 18, was received with both relief and concern, as it raised important questions to all of us—Christian or not, Catholic or otherwise. Francis's 184-page document (PDF) had several...
An American Ritual of Blood
Professor Jonathan L. Walton writes an insightful editorial for the Huffington Post following the tragic shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
'The Earth, Our Home'
Pope Francis's encyclical brings to mind Pope Paul VI's imperative. In his encyclical on social justice, Paul VI said that if we want peace, we must work for justice. Why? Because peace and justice are interconnected. Pope Francis's encyclical urges that...
A Blessing to Slow Climate Change
Professor Francis Schüssler Fiorenza spoke to the Harvard Gazette about the recent papal encyclical on the environment and whether it offers anything new.
Remembering Evangelical Women
In January of 1827 on a cold Sunday morning in Washington, DC, more than a thousand people assembled in the Capitol to witness one of the most remarkable events ever to take place in the Hall of Representatives. Harriet Livermore, a celebrated female...
