There’s no sanitary way to recount the downfall of Jerry Falwell Jr. How could there be? The saga hinges on an illicit relationship between the former president of Liberty University; his wife, Becki; and a young pool attendant at Miami’s Fontainebleau hotel….
Religion plays a role in Native American adoption case before Supreme Court
As the Supreme Court hears the case of Brackeen v. Haaland on Wednesday (Nov. 9), what is at stake for most interested parties is the decades-old Indian Child Welfare Act, considered by many to be the “gold standard” of child welfare policy.
Waiting For God At Doug Mastriano’s Election Night Watch Party
“I just feel like he has been chosen for this, I really do,” said Kristin Bailey, a healthcare worker from York, as she waited in line outside the Penn Harris Hotel on Tuesday evening before the election results watch party…
Kristallnacht survivors warn about antisemitism, hate speech
Holocaust survivors from around the world are warning about the reemergence of antisemitism as they mark the 84th anniversary on Wednesday of Kristallnacht — the “Night of Broken Glass” — when Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria.
The sacred relics of a lifetime of ministry
Two filing cabinets, one with three drawers and one with four. These seven drawers held John Zimmann’s 56 years of ministry—30 as a full-time minister and 26 more doing interim ministry and pulpit supply. Seven drawers.
Telling the Story of a Global Catholic Faith: An Interview with John McGreevy
Few institutions are both as successful and as embattled as the Roman Catholic Church. Today it reaches over a billion adherents across the globe—roughly 17.7 percent of the world’s population, by some estimates—and, as John T. McGreevy writes in his…
People of Faith Delivering Democracy This Midterm Season
Since 2012 Faith in Action has had over 5 million conversations with voters across the country focusing on Black and Brown communities that are not only ignored by political campaigns, but also communities that are targeted by decision-makers who use…
Mormon church’s celebration of Latino cultures puts spotlight on often-overlooked diversity
Every November since 2002, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has held an annual show called “Luz de las Naciones,” or “Light of the Nations.”
Religious Nationalism Holds Sway as Virginia Revokes the Rights of Trans Students
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), with board members newly appointed by Governor Glenn Youngkin, issued the “2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools” on Friday, September 16.
Haitian gang members charged with missionaries’ kidnapping
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced criminal charges against seven Haitian gang leaders for the kidnappings of numerous U.S. citizens, including Christian missionaries and children.
Why Do Chinese People See Christianity as a Cultural Invasion?
Since Christianity (or at least some form of it, the Nestorian Church) arrived on the shores of China in A.D. 635, it has been perceived as a foreign religion and hence irrelevant for the culturally Chinese.
Barack Obama denounces antisemitic conspiracy theories and the celebrities who post them online
Former President Barack Obama called out celebrities who post antisemitic conspiracy theories online. calling them “dangerous” while campaigning in Pittsburgh, the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.








