A number of national Jewish groups have come to the defense of a Muslim judicial nominee, saying Republican lawmakers inappropriately grilled him about his views on terrorism, Israel and antisemitism.
100 years ago, the KKK planted bombs at a US university – part of the terror group’s crusade against American Catholics
It was Dec. 19, 1923 – 100 years ago. The first day of Christmas break at the University of Dayton, with fewer than 40 students still on campus.
The Gay Pastor, The Conservative Megachurch And The Fight Ripping Apart A Suburb
Pastor Casey Tinnin leads a congregational church in the Sacramento suburb of Loomis. He is also gay. After one Sunday service this past January, a man named Kyle approached, looking for some advice. As Tinnin remembers the conversation, Kyle said…
Suppose Adam and Eve had said they were sorry
Married to a member of an Episcopal church choir, I had the pleasure this past month of sitting through two performances of Lessons and Carols, the musical-scriptural summary of the reason for the season established more than a century ago…
The most important stories from the Vatican in 2023
In a year that began with the funeral of his predecessor, Pope Francis, who marked the 10th anniversary of his own election in March, stepped up his reforms of the Catholic Church, and by year’s end he could point to…
Gen Zers And The Decline Of Christianity In Europe
Whichever way you turn in the Old Town of Prague, church and cathedral spires rise above the city as far as the eye can see. Prague is called the “city of a hundred spires” and home to the famous St….
Some True Believers In Every Movement Gravitate Toward Fundamentalism
David French has become my go-to pundit on questions of the interaction among religion, politics and culture.
Dave Ramsey ‘cult-like’ lawsuit dismissed, but class-action suit moves forward
Dave Ramsey got good news just before Christmas when a federal judge in Tennessee dismissed a lawsuit this week that had alleged that the Christian personal finance guru had discriminated against an employee’s religion during the COVID-19 pandemic. The employee…
The rapper Ye, who has a long history of making antisemitic comments, issues an apology in Hebrew
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who has a long history of making antisemitic comments, apologized to the Jewish community in an Instagram post written in Hebrew on Tuesday.