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Religion

Photo: Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

Voices & Opinion

The Catholic Church Elects Its First American Pope: What Should He Do First?

May 8, 2025

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Film & TV

In Sinners, Bluesmen and Vampires Face Off

May 5, 2025

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Arts & Culture

Inner Strength Gospel Choir Finds Its Way Under New Director

April 17, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Religion Has a Unique Role to Play in Advancing a Compassionate Response to Immigration

March 25, 2025

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Student Life

For Ramadan, BU Will Provide Prayer Spaces, Special Meals to Muslim Students

February 25, 2025

Staff Profile

A Tech Maestro Helps Bring Marsh Chapel into the 21st Century

February 18, 2025

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PRESIDENT CARTER

Jimmy Carter Remembered as a President Who Was Ahead of His Time

December 29, 2024

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Campus Life

BU’s Muslim Chaplaincy Tripled This Fall

December 13, 2024

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University News

A BU Filmmaker Captures a BU Researcher’s Quest against Religious Violence

November 15, 2024

Photo: The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill, Dean of Marsh Chapel and Chaplain To BU speaks at ‘an Ecumenical Service of Prayer for Peace’ at Marsh Chapel

University News

Prayers, Photos, Testimonials: BU Grieves a Year of Deaths in the Middle East

October 7, 2024

Photo: A man in a red gown gives a speech at a podium draped in a red covering. Baccalaureate speaker Walter E. Fluker (GRS’88, STH’88) told Boston University’s Class of 2024 graduates Sunday to follow the example of BU’s most famous alumnus, Martin Luther King, Jr., in striving for peace and justice. Photo by Kelly Davidson

Commencement 2024

“We Are Called, My Friends, to Be Peacemakers,” Rev. Walter E. Fluker Tells Boston University’s Baccalaureate Audience

May 19, 2024

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Dining Services

Students Fasting for Ramadan Find a Home at the GSU

March 22, 2024

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Linguistics

How and Why Language is Weaponized

October 23, 2023

Photo: Palestinians inspect the damage of destroyed building after Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip

Campus Voices

Outrage, Mourning, as BU Community, Leaders, Respond to Israel-Hamas War

October 10, 2023

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Books

Wesley Wildman on the Challenges and Joys of Writing Fiction after Work for Academic Audiences

September 26, 2023

Photo: Will Lyman (CFA’71), an older white man, sits in the audience chairs as he looks at the camera with a side eye, posed strong. Jesse Kodama (CFA’25), a younger white man with short brown hair, sits across from him, holding his head in his hand.

Arts & Culture

In Huntington Theatre Company’s Prayer for the French Republic, BU Alum and Current Student Play Same Character, 70 Years Apart

September 19, 2023

Photo: Rev. Robert Allan Hill, a white man wearing white and red ceremonial wear, stands with hands raised palm-up in way of prayer, as he speaks at a wooden podium in Marsh Chapel.

Commencement 2023

Importance of Learning, Virtue, and Piety Invoked at University’s Baccalaureate Service

May 21, 2023

An older white man with dark gray hair and wearing glasses, a cream-colored collared shirt and grey blazer, reads from a podium as a large screen behind him displays a powerpoint that reads "My Last Lecture".

University News

Stephen Prothero Delivers a Deeply Personal, Final BU Lecture

May 8, 2023

Photo: The choir director of Inner Strength Gospel Choir, Herbert Jones, leads his choir by demonstrating what to sing. His mouth is agape in the photo, mid-singing, and he wears a black hoodie.

CHOIR

Inner Strength Gospel Choir Celebrates 50th Anniversary

April 26, 2023

Photo: Jonathan Lee, an Asian man wearing a white long-sleeved chaplain shirt, black pants, and a silver name tag that reads "Jonathan Lee" sits posed in a pew. He smiles, as he looks over his left shoulder to the camera in a church.

New Appointment

Marsh Chapel Appoints Inaugural Associate Chaplain for Student Outreach

April 7, 2023

Marsh Chapel Appoints Inaugural Associate Chaplain for Student Outreach