In his 1939 essay “Learning in Wartime,” C.S. Lewis posed the question of whether it was still worthwhile to study while one’s country was at war. His audience was full of young men with a sense of foreboding for the…
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson raises eyebrows in the Jewish community
Throughout his two-decade-long career as a state lawmaker in Maine, Troy Jackson built his political brand around labor and economic issues.
No Proof That Texas Midwife Violated Abortion Ban, Court Overturns Ruling To Close Clinics
Texas provided no evidence that Houston-based midwife Maria Rojas violated the state’s abortion ban, a state appeals court ruled on Thursday.
Church of England’s justification for slavery reparations is ‘a complete joke’, says MP
She claimed that Project Spire, and its proposed Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice, is “illegal” and called the plans “disastrous”, arguing that the money should instead be spent on struggling parishes.
JD Vance Fears ‘In This House We Believe In’ Signs Are ‘Butchering’ His Personal Faith
JD Vance took a moment away from promoting his new book about his late-in-life conversion to Catholicism to gripe about the home-decorating choices of many of his fellow Americans.
A Pastoral Response To Our Immigrant Neighbors
I cannot speak for anyone else, but, as for me, the current crisis facing our immigrant neighbors – tragically underscored by the deaths of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on July 7 and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero on July 13 – keeps…
These Catholic sisters want to start a new order with a difficult mission: Helping clergy abuse survivors
Sister Theresa Aletheia and Sister Danielle Lussier stand out at daily Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Lexington, Kentucky. Their heads are covered in waist-length teal veils, and black canvas work aprons cover their gray habits. The…
How to Revitalize a 400-Year-Old Church
In 2022, when John David Mangrum and his team of elders sat down with the remaining congregants of First Church in Charlestown to discuss merging their historic church with Mangrum’s plant, only two women showed up, including 90-year-old Ms. Pat,…
Jewish groups say Mamdani is abusing his office in attacks on Netanyahu
Jewish groups are criticizing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for a blistering attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made as part of a video acknowledging that the city does not have the legal authority to arrest the foreign…
The Socializing Power of the Pew: How Church Closes the Education Gap
If you’ve been around my work at all, you know very well that the relationship between education and religious attendance cuts against the prevailing view. If you walked up to the average American and asked them, “Who is more likely…
Lettuce Pray
Recent news reports allege the explosive outbreak of cyclospora-induced diarrhea in 34 states can be traced to lettuce produced by Taylor Farms, the largest producer in the country.
What Religious Left?
Every couple of years, interest spikes in the “religious left,” a nebulous, hard-to-pin-down coalition of religiously motivated actors involved with American liberal and progressive politics.