Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the United Nations on Monday to suspend Israel’s membership unless it implements resolutions establishing separate Jewish and Arab states and allows the return of Palestinian refugees.
Harvard’s humanist chaplain speaks on finding meaning and purpose without a religious faith
Americans are becoming increasingly secular, with nearly 30% of adults reporting they are not affiliated with any specific religion, according to a 2021 Pew Research Center survey of the religious composition of the United States.
Zelenskyy meets Pope Francis at Vatican and seeks backing for Ukraine’s peace plan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had private talks with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, later saying he sought support for Ukraine’s peace plan from the pontiff, who in the past has offered to try to help end the full-scale…
War At Home: Former Army Officer Aids Texas Massacre Victims, Seeks God’s Healing
A female in the bushes still felt warm, but she had no pulse.
Stained glass window shows Jesus Christ with dark skin, stirring questions about race in New England
A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has stirred up questions about race, Rhode Island’s role in the slave trade and the place of women in 19th century…
ReAwaken America Tour Fuses Trumpism and Christian Nationalism
If you’ve heard of the ReAwaken America Tour, it is probably in the context of two of its most explicitly antisemitic participants, Scott McKay and Charlie Ward, being slated to share the stage with Eric Trump at his father’s Doral…
Second Christian Conscientious Objector Given Jail Sentence In Ukraine
Mykhailo Yavorsky, a 40-year-old Christian from the southwestern city of Ivano-Frankivsk, is preparing an appeal against a one-year jail term handed down on April 6 for refusing mobilization on grounds of conscience. If his appeal fails, he will be taken…
North Carolina clergy demonstrate against legislature’s new abortion limits
Led by the Rev. William J. Barber II, a dozen Christian clergy stood in the hallway of the North Carolina General Assembly Friday (May 12) to denounce a bill approved earlier this month that bans abortion after 12 weeks of…
J. K. Rowling’s Witch Hunts Put Us on Trial
Back in the early- to mid-2000s, I would guest-host a Christian talk radio program from time to time, and I learned a lot from the experience.
Florida rejects Holocaust education textbooks in clampdown on ‘woke’ instruction
Florida’s state education department rejected two new Holocaust-focused textbooks for classroom use, while forcing at least one other textbook to alter a passage about the Hebrew Bible in order to meet state approval.
Pope could meet with Ukrainian president Zelenskyy on Saturday at Vatican, officials say
Pope Francis could meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Vatican this weekend, a Vatican official said Thursday.
California bill barring caste discrimination overwhelmingly passes state Senate
The California state Senate on Thursday (May 11) overwhelmingly passed a historic bill that would outlaw caste-based discrimination in the state.