The Vatican Observatory (Specola Vaticana) is an astronomical research and educational institution supported by the Vatican. Originally based in Rome, the Observatory is now headquartered in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, and at the Mount Graham International Observatory in the Pinaleño Mountains in southeast Arizona. Journalists can contact via the email here or direct questions to individual […]

Jaimie Gunderson is a religious studies professor at the University of Pittsburgh, whose research interests include Christian origins, Christianity in late antiquity, New Testament, Greco-Roman religions, material religion, affect theory and UFOs.

Mary-Jane Rubenstein writes about the mythological assumptions beneath contemporary science and philosophy. She teaches religion and science studies at Wesleyan University and is the author of Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race.

Cometan, also known as Brandon Reece Taylorian, is an associate lecturer in the Lancaster University Law School and an associate lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, where he teaches on the program Religion, Culture and Society. His research interests include freedom of religion or belief, new religious movements, traditionalist Catholicism and the relationship between […]

In this edition of ReligionLink, we provide resources, background, related stories and relevant sources for reporting on how religion, higher rent and an increase in unhoused families and individuals intersect.

SecularHelp, also known as Secular Helping People Alliance, was founded with the mission of empowering people to find purpose and meaning free from the influence of religious, supernatural or pseudo-scientific beliefs. It offers secular meditation, legacy counseling and, through its Helping the Homeless program, direct, practical support to individuals experiencing homelessness. The president and executive […]

Phyllis Zagano is senior research associate-in-residence and professor of religion at Hofstra University. Her books include Just Church: Catholic Social Teaching, Synodality, and Women.

Anna Peterson is a professor in the department of religion at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on religion and social change, especially Catholicism in Latin America; environmental and social ethics; and animal studies. She has published a number of articles, chapters and book in these areas. Her current research analyzes the role of […]

Hannah Gould is a cultural anthropologist in Australia interested in death, Buddhism and material culture in Australia and Northeast Asia. Gould’s research spans new traditions and technologies of Buddhist death rites, the life cycle of religious materials and modern lifestyle movements.