Arizona House Republicans tried, but failed, to expel a Democratic lawmaker who admitted to a Bible-hiding prank caught on hidden camera.
‘You’re on the path to sin’: A Florida rabbi faced antisemitic harassment after speaking up at a school board vote
Rabbi Adam Miller was exiting a school board meeting in his city of Naples, Florida, when two men approached him in the parking lot.
New memoir by Anne Frank’s girlhood friend reveals ‘life outside the attic’
When Dina Kraft read “Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl” as a teenager in the 1980s, she felt an instant connection with the vivacious young Jewish girl who chronicled her life while hiding from the Nazis in a…
In The Name Of Religion: Iran’s Clerics Divided Over Executions Of Protesters
At least 25 Iranian citizens face death sentences since Iranian authorities started dealing with the cases of the thousands of citizens detained during the 2022 protests that swept the country.
Germany to give $1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024
The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Thursday that Germany has agreed to extend another $1.4 billion (1.29 billion euros) overall for Holocaust survivors around the globe for the coming year.
Why this year’s summer solstice matters so much for a new religious movement mired in controversy
Throngs of people, most wearing white clothing and many adorned in traditional Sikh attire, gathered in the Jemez mountains of New Mexico in June 2019. The occasion was the summer solstice. Those who came to celebrate were part of a community…
The Catholic Church profited from slavery — ‘The 272’ explains how
For more than a century, the Catholic Church financed its expansion and its institutions with profits made from the purchase and sale of people they enslaved. This chapter of Church history has only recently come to the attention of the…
Anglican leader does not have to be ‘white guy from England’, says Justin Welby
The leader of the global Anglican church should not always be a “white guy from England”, the archbishop of Canterbury has said.
KC churches share importance of creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ community
Sundays are revered as a day for worship by many but not all.
Baptism by Flood: Kherson Christians Persevere After Ukraine Dam’s Destruction
For eight months, the Ukrainian city of Kherson endured Russian occupation.
How Pat Robertson made white evangelicals Republican
After Pat Robertson astonished the political world by beating out Vice President George H.W. Bush for second place in the 1988 Iowa Republican caucus (Sen. Bob Dole of nearby Kansas was first), I found myself opining on New York talk…
Panel makes ethics ruling against lawmaker who hid Bibles in Arizona House lounge
An ethics committee in the Arizona House has concluded that a Democratic lawmaker engaged in disorderly behavior by hiding Bibles in a lounge for legislators as a comment about the separation of church and state and the weaponization of religion…








