OPINION: (The Conversation) — From the printing press to smartphone apps, technology has continually transformed the experience of sacred journeys. A scholar of trails and walking explains the history.

OPINION: (The Conversation) — Bakker’s ‘PTL Club’ existed at the nexus of evangelical Christianity and American pop culture.

OPINION: (RNS) — President Trump’s rhetoric and actions have helped create a climate of fear, doubt and intimidation as we prepare to head to the polls. But we do not have to be cowed.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (RNS) — Religious leaders argue the country’s current government disenfranchises religious minorities and encourages conflict between larger religious groups.

(The Forward) — Pro-Palestinian activists interrupt peace vigil, accusing mayor of ‘capitulating to Zionist pressure.'

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The film received a record 25-minute standing ovation when it debuted at the Venice Film Festival. The backlash in Israel, which holds its own elections at the end of this month, has been just as thunderous.

SDEROT, Israel (AP) — Three years on, a visit to the communities attacked that day made clear: It’s too soon for many residents to see the Palestinians next door as anything other than a threat.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The 71-year-old pope said the nodule was found at an early stage and was “circumscribed” or well-localized.

PERTH, Australia (AP) — A District Court of Western Australia state jury convicted Christopher Saunders, 76, in August of 13 out of 19 charges of sexual abuse that occurred between 2008 and 2019 in his sprawling Broome Diocese on the country’s tropical northwest coast.

OPINION: (RNS) — The first woman and first out lesbian to lead a Jewish congregational movement reflects on seven convictions about religion, community and democracy.

OPINION: (RNS) — Michel Abs of the Middle East Council of Churches discusses his organization’s emergency response in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank.

BANGKOK (AP) — The case has drawn widespread attention since questions about the handling of funds for the hospice emerged online and prompted an investigation.

(RNS) — Bishop Dennis G. Walsh wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to urge him to stop the deportation of Fatou Traore, which he called a ‘grave violation of her human dignity and the rights that are intrinsic to each one of us.’

(RNS) — ‘The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people,’ Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said in a statement.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Leo opened a weeklong, closed-door conference assessing the implementation of Francis' 2016 document “The Joy of Love.”

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — His visit comes four days after nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals returned to Myanmar from Malaysia.

OPINION: (The Conversation) — From the printing press to smartphone apps, technology has continually transformed the experience of sacred journeys. A scholar of trails and walking explains the history.

OPINION: (The Conversation) — Bakker’s ‘PTL Club’ existed at the nexus of evangelical Christianity and American pop culture.

OPINION: (RNS) — President Trump’s rhetoric and actions have helped create a climate of fear, doubt and intimidation as we prepare to head to the polls. But we do not have to be cowed.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (RNS) — Religious leaders argue the country’s current government disenfranchises religious minorities and encourages conflict between larger religious groups.