Underground comic legend R. Crumb has put the entire text of the best known book of the Bible into a graphic work. In The Book of Genesis Illustrated, he depicts it all, from the creation of the world to the death of Joseph.
Dalia Mogahed sits on a White House council on faith-based issues and is a celebrity among Muslims.
New atheists say that religion is stupid, while the old guard says they should work with believers.
The Rev. Thomas P. O’Malley, who served as president of two Jesuit universities, Loyola Marymount and John Carroll, has died. He was 79.
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has made it easier for Anglicans to join the Catholic Church, responding to the disillusionment of some Anglicans over the election of openly gay bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions.
BOSTON — Thirty years after Pope John Paul II celebrated his first Mass in the United States, in Boston, a remembrance of the city still reeling from racial tension.
BOSTON — When the Irish government recently released its report after investigating the abuse of children in Catholic-run institutions there, many questions arose on this side of the Atlantic about whether similar abuse happened here. The Waltham-based BishopAccountability.org is now investigating.
BOSTON — The Boston TenPoint Coalition has named the Rev. Jeffrey Brown as its new executive director. We invited Brown into WBUR’s Studio 2 to talk about his plans for the organization, which he helped found 17 years ago.
BOSTON — Community supporters have saved a Catholic reform group from dire financial struggles, for now. Voice of the Faithful had warned last week they would be forced to close their national headquarters in Needham if they did not raise $60,000 by the end of the month.
BOSTON — The Vatican is in the midst of two wide-ranging investigations of nuns in the United States because of complaints about how some religious women are behaving and that some are not doing enough to promote Church teachings. WBUR’s Bob Oakes spoke with a former nun and college professor about the investigations.
BOSTON — The Boston Archdiocese has admitted that within two years, it won’t have the money to pay for the care and housing of its elderly and sick priests, unless major changes are made. As a result, starting Wednesday, those priests are having their benefits cut. WBUR’s Monica Brady-Myerov reports.
BOSTON — The Boston Archdiocese and its hospital network, Caritas Christi, have decided that participating in a joint health insurance venture would violate church teaching, including its anti-abortion stance.
BOSTON — After nearly 20 years of planning, and intense controversy, the largest mosque in New England is officially opening Friday. It’s a scaled-down version of what backers orginally hoped for, but they still have large expectations for the center. WBUR’s Bianca Vazquez Toness has more.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Dalai Lama visits the Boston area this week. Thousands are expected to crowd into Gillette Stadium to hear his talks on Buddhism and the path to happiness. WBUR’s Meghna Chakrabarti reports on the growing excitement within the Tibetan and Buddhist communities.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Dalai Lama is expressing optimism about the Obama Administration and about his own eventual return to his native Tibet after 50 years in exile.
BOSTON — The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values will be inaugurated at MIT on Thursday, and the spiritual leader himself will be visiting for its formal launch. WBUR’s Bob Oakes spoke with the center’s director, the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi.
BOSTON — As we heard yesterday in Part Two of our series on the Boston Catholic Archdiocese, revitalizing the church rests heavily on the priests. Yet, Boston and the nation are facing a serious shortage of men taking up the vocation. In our series, “The Future of the Faith,” today we look at how the Archdiocese is trying to deal with the problem.
