A dispute over a single word in a COVID-era relief law — and the political divides over Israel – have cost a Jewish advocacy group dearly.
Church of murdered pastor supports execution. Another man of God says it should be stopped
Exodus 20 in the Bible lists Christianity’s 10 Commandment. Among them: “Thou shalt not kill.”
Luce, a cartoon mascot for Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, appeals to a younger generation while embracing time-honored traditions
Luce, the anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, whose name means “light” in Italian, has been getting a lot of attention on social media. Some people love the cartoon and find her “cute,” but a few others consider her “unsuitable”…
The first-ever full-scale replica of Anne Frank’s secret annex opens in NYC
Photographs and postcards. A children’s calendar, filled with games, poems and stories. A partially darned sock, remnants of a project that was never finished.
Anabaptists commemorate 500 years with new study Bible and more
Anabaptists around the world are commemorating 500 years since their founders performed the first adult baptisms outside Zürich and kicked off the Radical Reformation. A tradition that includes Mennonites, Amish, Church of the Brethren, Hutterites and other small Christian groups,…
On ‘SNL,’ Dave Chappelle recalls uproar over Jimmy Carter’s book ‘Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid’
Hosting “Saturday Night Live” in its final broadcast before the inauguration of Donald Trump, comedian Dave Chappelle concluded with advice for the new president.
The Unrecognized Great Awakening
Prophet or activist? Pastor or social reformer? In the six decades since his death, the testimony and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. has been so extensively documented and analyzed that it seems almost asinine to imagine posing a new question…
The Religion and Politics of Students Who Were Homeschooled
I went to a fairy conservative Southern Baptist Church in rural Illinois as a kid. It was a big congregation – I bet we had 300 in worship on an average Sunday when I was a teenager.
Pope welcomes Cuba’s prisoner release following talks with Vatican as part of long-standing dialogue
Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prayed would be undertaken elsewhere, as he welcomed an agreement the Vatican helped facilitate as part of a three-way dialogue with Washington…
What ‘American Primeval’ gets wrong about Mormon — and American — history
What does the popular new Netflix series, “American Primeval,” get wrong about the Utah War? Just about everything. Utah historian and author Barbara Jones Brown explains why that matters in the below guest column.
US Supreme Court to hear dispute over LGBT books in Maryland school district
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by religious parents to keep their children out of classes in a Maryland public school district when LGBT storybooks are read, the latest case to come to the justices…
Assessing the Israel-Hamas Peace Deal: Amid Tragedy, Cautious Optimism
After 15 months of war and failed negotiations, Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to pause fighting and to begin exchanging hostages imprisoned in Gaza for Palestinians in Israeli jails.