Faith on View

What is meditation?

Four short white candles, one in a glass votive, are lit with a soft orange background and whole spices in the foreground.

Meditation has been practiced by people of many different faiths for thousands of years. Regular practice of meditation can benefit physical health. This may or may not be part of a specific religious tradition. A …

This macro photo shows ice water with many suspended frozen bubbles against a backdrop of mostly blue with some pink and green.

This week, I ran across two stories that struck me. In some ways, they could not be more divergent, but in other ways, they echoed. Both had to do with faith communities and how one, …

A physical table top model shows to the Abrahamic Family House complex.

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before — a priest, a rabbi and an imam all walk into a prayer center. But this time, it’s not a setup to a joke. A new interfaith construction …

A lone white candle is shown lit while surrounded by darkness.

A verger at Spain’s Nuestra Senora de La Palma church was killed during a suspected terror attack against two churches. The attack also injured four other people. Eyewitnesses report that the alleged perpetrator used a …

Despite changes over the years, White House Christmas tree keeps its name

Every year, the lights of the national Christmas tree are turned on as the opening ceremony of the Christmas season at the White House. The tradition has become the second oldest for the White House, …

small very old stone cross at the top of a grave stone as seen from the back

A Christian monastery that was possibly built before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been unearthed on Siniyah Island, which is off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. The monastery, which belongs to …

a side photo of the Pope greeting a crowd

Pope Francis reached the Kingdom of Bahrain and became the first among the popes to visit the island nation Nov. 3. The theme of the papal visit was “Peace on earth to people of goodwill,” …

a New Jersey teacher was accused of forcibly removing "her hijab" from a second-grader.

Last year, accusations that New Jersey teacher Tamar Herman forcibly removed a second grader’s hijab quickly spread on the Internet, and comments condemning the teacher quickly followed. The teacher is now suing an Olympian whose …