Robert Keith Packer, a 57-year-old Virginian, achieved a measure of infamy at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot when he was photographed wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with a skull and crossbones along with the words “Camp Auschwitz.”
Don’t Leave Migrant Ministry to the Border
Through media and social media, it gets painted like most people are at one crazy extreme or another on immigration, when I think most people are trying to grapple with what they feel is ethically right and compassionate.
‘Faith-Based FEMA’: Relief Organizations Mobilize To Help After Hurricane Ian
Over the years, I’ve covered the faith-based response to a variety of hurricanes.
Appeals court rules Texas courtroom can open with prayer
A deeply divided federal appeals court has ruled that a Texas judge may start the day with prayer, overturning a district court decision.
Christian Nationalism Cannot Save the World
Just as some North Americans are explicitly claiming the label of “Christian nationalism,” the ideology is advancing around the world.
Religion is shaping Brazil’s presidential election – but its evangelicals aren’t the same as America’s
With one week to go before Brazil’s presidential election, the two front-runners are battling for the religious vote.
Orthodox church in the Hamptons calls people with autism ‘part of our community’
Dressed in the yellow robes of an altar server, Dimitri Donus dutifully held the tall, golden sacramental fan as he processed with other acolytes during the Divine Liturgy on a recent Sunday at his Greek Orthodox church in this resort…
How TikTok turned the Orthodox favorite Miami Boys Choir into pop culture phenomenon
“K-pop is over,” one Twitter user declared. “We’re listening to Orthodox Pop from now on.”
Churches defend clergy loophole in child sex abuse reporting
It was a frigid Sunday evening at the Catholic Newman Center in Salt Lake City when the priest warned parishioners who had gathered after Mass that their right to private confessions was in jeopardy.
LGBTQ-friendly church OK with getting Southern Baptist boot
When her teenage daughter came out as a lesbian several years ago, one of the first things Caroline Joyce did was to Google, “Can you be gay and be a Christian?”
Orphan Forced from Christian Home Highlights Islamic Ban on Adoption
Four years ago, Shenouda was an infant found at the door of a Coptic church. Today, renamed Yusuf, the boy is found in a state-run orphanage. In between lies the care of a priest, the devastation of a Christian family,…
Christians Love a Comeback Story. Too Often It’s Cheap Grace.
For the first time in nearly two years, Carl Lentz, former pastor of Hillsong New York, recently shared an update. “It’s been a challenging road but we are alive, we are at peace and thanks to the grace of God…







