Victor Glover will pray his way to the moon.
Indigenous activists share mixed feelings on Vatican repudiation of Doctrine of Discovery
Steven Newcomb, who is Shawnee and Lenape, recalls first writing to the pope in 1992 to ask him to revoke the papal bulls behind the Doctrine of Discovery.
Report details ‘staggering’ church sex abuse in Maryland
More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused over 600 children and often escaped accountability, according to a long-awaited state report released Wednesday that revealed the scope of abuse spanning 80 years and…
Ukrainian court puts an Orthodox leader under house arrest
A Kyiv court ordered a leading priest to be put under house arrest Saturday after Ukraine’s top security agency said he was suspected of justifying Russian aggression, a criminal offense. It was the latest move in a bitter dispute over a famed…
How Black clergy are reframing approach on abortion with congregations
For the Rev. Irene Prince, discussions around reproductive choice start in Bible study.
Mount of Olives becomes latest target in fight for control of Jerusalem
Even in a city as storied as Jerusalem, some places are holier than others. The Mount of Olives, studded with churches marking events in the lives of Jesus and Mary, home to the most sacred Jewish cemetery in the world…
MLK’s vision of social justice included religious pluralism – a house of many faiths
The life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have been the subject of ongoing debate ever since his assassination on April 4, 1968.
Minaret Foundation improves the lives of Texas Muslims by looking outward
More than a dozen years ago, Shariq Abdul Ghani, a local Muslim leader, and Rabbi Steve Gross, of the Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism, decided to make the best of one of the most uneventful days of the whole year…
The Harlem Sunday school teacher who led Trump’s indictment
Manhattan’s District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, is best known these days for leading the probe of whether former president Donald Trump and his company broke state laws in 2016 to buy Stormy Daniels’ silence about an alleged affair.
Federal judge blocks Tennessee law restricting drag shows
A federal judge temporarily blocked a Tennessee law restricting drag shows on Friday, the day before it was set to go into effect.
The intellectual source code for national conservatism can be found at this niche Catholic publication
First Things describes itself as “America’s most influential journal of religion and public life.” You might not have heard of First Things—the magazine’s circulation wouldn’t drain a bathtub and its web traffic is quite modest—but its slogan is no idle boast.
Kazakh Authorities Continue To Punish Individuals For Expressing Faith Online
Kazakhstan’s authorities are known to have brought at least 143 administrative prosecutions in 2022 — an average of 12 per month — to punish individuals and organizations for their exercise of freedom of religion or belief.