In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings.
At Trump’s inauguration, reports of a pay-to-pray
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is reportedly planning an interfaith prayer service the day before his inauguration, where participants can worship alongside the businessman and his wife, Melania.
He Fled His Gaza Home. Now He Feeds His Fellow Displaced.
The toll of war is particularly evident in Jabalia, a city in northern Gaza under double siege: The east-west Netzarim Corridor of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) cuts Jabalia off from the south, and a military operation that began in…
These Spiritual Democrats Urge Their Party to Take a Leap of Faith
As the Democratic Party wanders in the post-election wilderness after the bruising defeats of 2024, some of its newer leaders are tapping into an ancient form of connection: religion.
Lessons From Unsettling Advent
A classic tale this time of year — with multiple movie versions — is Dr. Seuss’s heartwarming The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. A less inspiring version occurred in a British elementary school last week: The Priest Who Ruined Christmas.
In Texas, an uncommon collaboration between two high-profile Catholic leaders
Sister Norma Pimentel remembers well the first time her new bishop joined the religious sisters in the Diocese of Brownsville at one of their gatherings.
The moral dimension to America’s flawed health care system
We’re seeing an outpouring of anger about health care in the United States. Your work deals with global health inequality and access – can you help put the U.S. system in perspective?
Time Bandits: How Christianity Takes Your Time (and What It’s Doing with It)
Our new book, Religion Is Not Done With You, came out on Election Day—and what a day it was. We knew the title would be true no matter what happened, but YIKES. And sure enough, religion—specifically white Christian nationalism—is currently taking a victory…
At 88, Pope Francis dances the tango with the global Catholic Church amid its culture wars
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was 17 years old when he first received his vocation to become a priest. It happened on Sept. 21, 1953 – the beginning of spring in Buenos Aires – during a spontaneous visit to the confessional, or…
What Your Anxiety Needs This Christmas
Last Sunday, I took a break from the apocalypse to focus on Christmas.
Oklahoma Proposes Chilling New Rule For Immigrant Children
The Oklahoma State Department of Education proposed a new administrative rule on Tuesday that would require school districts to collect data on undocumented students in the state.
Injunction halts New Jersey constitutional provision barring taxpayer funding for building or repairing houses of worship
Surveying recent U.S. Supreme Court cases involving questions about state funding of religion, federal judge Evelyn Padin reached a conclusion that should concern anyone who believes in religious freedom for all. “The ‘play in the joints’” historically afforded to states…