Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Emanuel Hana Shaleta, the leader of Chaldean Catholics in the Western U.S., the Vatican announced Tuesday (March 10), after Shaleta was arrested at the San Diego International Airport on Thursday on charges of…
Ramadan During a War
I was on a train the other night, speeding toward a mosque in north London, in a moderately — well, very — bad mood. I’d spent the day deep in news of the war, counting bodies and bombs for the…
What James Madison can teach Americans about religious freedom today
As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, debates about religious freedom continue to occupy the center of American public life.
Vatican Issues Cosmetic Surgery Warning: ‘Cult Of The Body’
Jesus will still love you as you age, even if you have a few wrinkles on your face, according to a Vatican document issued on Wednesday.
Women of the Rosenstrasse protest challenged the Nazi regime for their detained Jewish husbands’ freedom – and won
On the cold evening of Feb. 27, 1943, Charlotte Israel gathered with a small crowd of women on the Rosenstrasse, a narrow street in central Berlin. They were not Jewish, but their husbands were, and the men had just been…
Deportations surge, aid collapses and faith groups in Latin America struggle to respond
At least once a week, relief workers from Jesuit Refugee Service Mexico see a grim routine: Newly arrived deportees step off planes in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, near Mexico’s southern border, still wearing gray detention uniforms issued in the United States. Transported…
‘Send Me’: Jesse Jackson’s Legacy And The Courage To Answer The Call
In the book of Isaiah, God is looking for a messenger to guide a hardened and resistant people. And the Lord asks, “Whom shall I send and who will go with us?” To which Isaiah replies, “Here I am, Lord,…
The Deepak Chopra-Jeffrey Epstein friendship tells of a spirituality industry in crisis
“The system isn’t just the abusers. It’s also the ones who stay silent. If you are a leader in the industry, or just want to help, I wrote this for you.”
Jewish groups ask Pentagon to stop Messianic chaplains from wearing Jewish insignia
For more than a century, U.S. military chaplains have worn insignia identifying their faith — a cross for Christians and tablets with a Star of David for Jews. Now Jewish chaplaincy groups are asking the Pentagon to intervene after chaplains…
Trump’s War on Iran Isn’t About Armageddon, It’s the First Meme War
On Monday, two days after the U.S. and Israel carried out a series of attacks on Iran—dubbed “Operation Epic Fury” by the U.S. and “Operation Roaring Lion” by Israel—reports began circulating of commanders telling U.S. troops that the war is…
Conservative Anglican bishops seek ‘disengagement’ from Canterbury without naming rival leader
Weeks before the Rt. Rev. Sarah Mullally is officially installed as the first female archbishop of Canterbury, a group of conservative Anglican prelates known as GAFCON renamed their body the Global Anglican Communion and elected a set of leaders to…
The Moral Reasoning Gap in American Christianity
One of the books I’ve read in the last couple of years that has really stuck with me is Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind. It’s a distillation of a lot of his work on how people manage to puzzle their way…