The Super Bowl attracts millions upon millions of television viewers. While the game decides which is the NFL’s best team, the Super Bowl is also a boon for advertisers looking to attract eyeballs to their products.
Indian state passes uniform marriage legislation opposed by Muslims as a Hindu code applied to all
An Indian state has approved an unprecedented uniform code for marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance for Hindus, Muslims and other religious communities under new legislation that also requires couples that live together to register with the government or face punishment.
Pro-Trump ‘prophets’ are taking their show on the road
A group of pro-Trump “prophets” who are 2020 election deniers are taking their show on the road with FlashPoint Live, which will visit seven cities before this year’s presidential election. As Religion News Service reported, FlashPoint Live is based on…
How Indigenous Conflicts in Chile Ended up Targeting Christians
Last week, the Argentine government blamed a fire that has consumed more than 7,000 acres of a national park in Patagonia on arson by an armed indigenous group known as the Resistencia Ancestral Mapuche (RAM).
Evangelicals venture to Israel in show of solidarity
Gerald McDermott, an American Anglican priest and retired professor of theology, had visited Israel 22 times before his most recent trip. The author of two books on Christian Zionism and the meaning of Israel to Christianity, he was invited to…
Florida Asks State Supreme Court To Tank Abortion Ballot Proposal
Florida’s conservative Supreme Court considered the wording of a ballot proposal Wednesday that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution — a measure that Florida officials are hell-bent on stopping.
Israel aid debate reveals differences among Jewish groups over immigration
As Congress debates various bills that would send emergency military aid to Israel, Jewish groups across the political spectrum have advocated for their passage.
Russia Restricts Churches in Ukraine. Divided Orthodox Critique Both.
Religious freedom is under threat in Ukraine. Some question by whom?
Black communities are using mapping to document and restore a sense of place
When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became “Black History Month” in 1976, he sought not to just celebrate prominent Black historical figures but to transform how white America saw and valued all African Americans.
A giant statue of Emperor Constantine looks out over Rome again with help from 3D technology
Emperor Constantine, the 4th century ruler whose embrace of Christianity helped spread the faith throughout the Roman Empire, now has a reconstructed statue befitting his larger-than-life role in history.
The Synod on Synodality called for better liturgy. Will anyone listen?
One of the surprises to come out of the Synod on Synodality was a call for better-written liturgies. The final report of the October 2023 session of the synod referred to “the widely reported need to make liturgical language more accessible to the faithful…
Race is already a theme of the 2024 presidential election – continuing an American tradition
I imagine that lots of people won’t like this article. They’ll feel attacked. They’ll feel it’s unfair. The depth of that response will show just how deeply rooted American politics is, and has always been, in racial fears.







