A stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church in Rhode Island, shows Jesus as a dark-skinned man. Most Western depictions portrayed him as a European, with light skin and sometimes even with blue eyes. A Black Jesus at this time was…
Doing a Dukakis (but with Jesus) — Biden does not need to be more publicly Christian
There are many factors that may determine whether incumbent president Joe Biden wins reelection this November. Whether the very Catholic president is visibly “religious enough,” however, is absolutely not one of them.
New Vatican document condemns gender theory, surrogacy
In a new document on human dignity issued Monday (April 8), the Vatican’s department that guides Catholic doctrine reinforced the church’s opposition to abortion, surrogacy, gender theory and any attempt to change one’s sex.
Dawkins and ‘cultural Christianity’: what does it all mean?
Dawkins’ admiration for “cultural” Christianity is not new. What has changed is the dawning realisation of how much we have lost.
The fight against Hindu nationalism in the United States is multifaith, says a newly formed coalition
When the Rev. Peter Cook led a dozen fellow church leaders on a trip to India in 2018, most of them were turned away at the airport.
NYC to pay $17.5M to settle suit over forced removal of religious head coverings during mug shots
New York City has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by two Muslim women who were forced to remove their head coverings to be photographed after they were arrested.
Catholic parishes disproportionately closed in poor, Black and Latino neighborhoods
While the number of U.S. Catholics is increasing, the total number of Catholic parishes nationwide declined 9% between 1970 and 2020, according to a new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
The strange world of Catholic ‘integralism’ — and Christian nationalism
In 2017, as Donald Trump settled into the presidency thanks in no small part to broad support from conservative Christians, a Vatican-approved magazine published an article bemoaning the “surprising ecumenism” found among far-right Protestants and Catholics who sought a “theocratic type of…
Pope shows off rosary of slain Ukrainian soldier, denounces ‘madness of war’
Pope Francis led thousands of people in a moment of silence Wednesday to pray for the aid workers killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza and a young Ukrainian soldier named Oleksandre who was killed in ‘’this madness of war.”