A new survey has found that about 70 percent of American adults who describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated, the so-called “nones,” believe in God or a higher power, and almost half of them (48 percent), describe themselves as spiritual.
Pope Francis has inaugurated a “Year of Prayer” in the lead up to the Jubilee of Hope in 2025, with aides outlining the Vatican’s vision for how believers ought to better incorporate prayer into their daily lives.
According to is chairperson of the Council for Life of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, there are “numerous defects” in the new ethics guide of the Irish Medical Council.
Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni complained of a “regressive theology and substantial misunderstanding of the situation” since Hamas’s Oct. 7 sneak attack, asserting that “there have been many steps backward in the dialogue.”