Eric Treene has gone to court to defend Jews, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Muslims, and people from other minority faiths for more than 25 years. If you ask him why, he points to the Bible and the Westminster Confession.
Cardinal adviser to Pope Francis says resignation rumors are ‘cheap soap opera’
In an interview published Wednesday (June 8), Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga dismissed rumors circulating in the media that the pope might resign as nothing more than “a cheap soap opera.”
Pew: Israelis and Palestinians Find Favor in the Eyes of Americans
Americans prefer a less polarized Holy Land. But they themselves are as polarized about it as ever.
How different religions describe Hell
Many religions have a view on the afterlife that includes a dark side. Yet there are boundless misconceptions of what different religions say about hell, with sometimes wildly varying views between different denominations and belief systems. It’s rare to find…
House votes to erase ‘homosexuality’ from state crimes code
The Pennsylvania House voted unanimously on Wednesday to erase the word “homosexuality” from the definition of prohibited sexual acts in the state Crimes Code.
Invested Faith announces fourth class of fellows
A new nonprofit created to encourage social innovators has named its fourth class of fellows who will receive unrestricted grants of $5,000 and an invitation to tell their stories nationwide. Invested Faith, founded in 2019 by Baptist pastor Amy Butler,…
Tallying the dead is one thing, giving them names would take an ‘inexhaustible voice,’ as the ancient Greeks knew
The official count of Americans lost to COVID-19 has surpassed 1 million. It is the latest grim milestone that has marked the progression of deaths and infections since the virus took hold in the U.S. in March 2020.
Picture book by Sen. Raphael Warnock coming in November
U.S. Sen. Raphael G. Warnock will have a children’s book out this fall, a picture story based on his being one of 12 siblings.
Vatican bank displays financial decline, moral gains after papal reforms
Pope Francis has been clear about his vision for Catholicism as a “poor church for the poor” and the 2021 annual report of the Vatican bank shows that the pope’s wish is closer than ever to becoming a reality.
UK cinema chain cancels screenings of ‘blasphemous’ film after protests
A UK cinema chain has cancelled all screenings of a “blasphemous” film about the daughter of the prophet Muhammad after branches were picketed by Muslim activists.
Half of Americans Rule Out Pentecostal Churches
Most Americans are open to a variety of denominations of Christian churches, including many people of other faiths or no faith at all.
30 cases in a month: Abortion, guns top justices’ to-do list
Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public are long-sought goals of the conservative legal movement that the Supreme Court seems poised to deliver within the next month.







