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On Religion: Dylan turns 80, while Dylanologists argue about his faith
Night after night, Bob Dylan’s 1979 gospel concerts at San Francisco’s Warfield Theatre made news for all the wrong reasons, according to angry fans.
The Nov. 11 show that year opened with Dylan roaring into “Gotta Serve Somebody” from “Slow Train Coming,” …
On Religion: Communion wars – doctrine, politics and eternal judgment
Archbishop Joseph Cordileone leads the Archdiocese of San Francisco, a symbolic city in debates about modern American culture.
But what matters the most, as tensions rise among Catholic leaders, is that Cordileone is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s hometown …
On Religion: The old hymns and new anthems of the Covid...
It’s a hymn that the faithful start singing whenever a Baptist church organist plays the opening chords – because everyone knows it by heart.
All together now: “When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, …
On Religion: Are America’s battles over ‘reindeer rules’ in the past?
Year after year, the Lion’s Club sets up wire-frame Christmas decorations on the lawn of the historic Jackson County courthouse, facing Main Street in...
On Religion: Cathedral invites evangelical to preach, triggers firestorm
Halfway between Norway and the North Pole, scientists have buried a million seeds and crop samples under a mountain in the Svalbard archipelago – in case an environmental doomsday comes to pass.
That strategy rings true during “this crazy, chaotic season,” …
On Religion: Twisted prayers, temptations to worship political power
Having reached the vice president’s chair in the U.S. Senate, the self-proclaimed QAnon shaman, UFO expert and metaphysical healer removed his coyote-skin and buffalo horns headdress and announced, with a megaphone, that it was time to pray.
“Thank you, …
On Religion: Conflict among bishops goes public on Inauguration Day
Speaking to an Italian family association in 2018, Pope Francis compared the abortion of children with genetic problems to “what the Nazis did to purify the race. Today, we do the same thing, but with white gloves.”
A year later, Francis bluntly asked a …
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