Of the 12 federal holidays, Columbus Day is one of only three celebrating a person. Among that trinity, which includes the celebrations of the births of George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr., it remains peculiar.
Israeli police arrest suspects for spitting near Christian pilgrims and churches in Jerusalem
Israeli police said Wednesday they arrested several people suspected of spitting in the direction of Christian pilgrims and churches in Jerusalem this week as religious tensions flared anew in the contested capital that the three Abrahamic faiths consider holy.
Journalists need to ask: Are emerging Catholic synod fights about ‘ideology’ or ‘doctrine’?
The Synod on Synodality is here and there are many, many angles for journalists to pursue.
Green Card Change Leaves Thousands of Foreign-Born Pastors in Limbo
Albert Oliveira was excited. He had come to the US from Brazil in 2010 on a student visa, graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, began pastoring a growing church, married, and started a family.
The white evangelical march toward climate disaster
The most striking — and disturbing — finding of the Public Religion Research Institute’s new climate change survey is that while the proportion of all Americans who consider climate change a crisis has risen 16% since 2014, among white evangelicals it has…
Jews spitting on the ground beside Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land sparks outrage
A video that shows ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting on the ground beside a procession of foreign Christian worshipers carrying a wooden cross in the holy city of Jerusalem has ignited intense outrage and a flurry of condemnation in the Holy Land.
Indigenous Peoples Day offers a reminder of Native American history − including the scalping they endured at the hands of Colonists
For the third year, the United States will officially observe Columbus Day alongside Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 9, 2023.
Faith-based health organizations defend at-risk AIDS initiative from Republicans
Like all organizations controlled by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Relief Services opposes abortion in any form.
Liberty University failed to disclose crime data and warn of threats for years, report says
Liberty University failed to warn its Virginia campus community about safety threats, including from individuals accused of sexual violence, and systematically underreported crime statistics, according to a Washington Post report on the preliminary findings of a long-running federal investigation.
What ‘Mother Teresa & Me’ Gets Wrong About Faith And Doubt
For someone as famous and (nearly) universally beloved as Mother Teresa, it’s surprising that she hasn’t had a proper cinematic treatment yet in the way that someone like Ghandi or Martin Luther King Jr. has.
Uncovering the (white) Christian roots of slavery, Native American genocide, and ongoing efforts to erase history
When he started to do the research for his new book, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy, Robert P. Jones had a different idea in mind.
An Arizona school board member was told to stop quoting the Bible. Now she’s suing.
An Arizona school board member who was instructed to stop quoting Bible passages during board meetings filed a federal lawsuit against her district Wednesday (Sept. 27), alleging her First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of religion had…