A woman who was molested for years by her stepfather has been awarded $2.28 billion by a California jury in a lawsuit that also implicated her mother and the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which both…
60 years on, King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ relevant as ever, say faith leaders
It’s been more than half a century since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on scraps of paper, but faith leaders say his response to white clergy critics endures as a “road map”…
Shifting Shape To Survive: St. Gertrude’s Monastery Reaches Beyond Sworn Sisters
As a young mother with four spirited kids at home, Jane Somerton needed some serenity.
18 Christian Colleges Closed Since the Start of COVID-19
Iowa Wesleyan University freshman Emma Soukup started crying when she heard the news that her school, a 181-year-old United Methodist institution, would close at the end of this semester.
Kansas senator’s message to non-Christian constituents: ‘I would be happy to try and convert you’
A Republican senator told a Muslim woman that he would be happy to convert her to Christianity when she asked him how he planned to fairly represent all his constituents, not just those who shared his religion.
Texas Woman Who ‘Nearly Died’ Savages Ted Cruz At Senate Hearing Over Abortion Ban
Amanda Zurawski tore into GOP Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn of Texas at a Senate hearing on Wednesday over the state’s abortion ban, saying she “nearly died on their watch” after being denied care in a pregnancy crisis.
What Are Evangelical Voters in Iowa Focusing On: Everything
Sitting in rows of rectangular tables and eating boxed dinners from Chick-fil-A, over a thousand evangelicals in Iowa got their first look at 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls.
Pope Francis clears way for women and lay Catholics to vote in upcoming bishops’ meeting
In a series of changes to the upcoming Synod of Bishops on Synodality announced Wednesday (April 26), Pope Francis cleared the way for lay women and men to participate as voting members.
Ron DeSantis’ stop in Israel highlights appeal to religious voters: Jewish and evangelical
The historic relationship between the U.S. and Israel will be Ron DeSantis’ main topic when he visits Jerusalem this week, but the trip also touches on the Republican Party’s appeal to two key groups.