Sylvester Stallone has spent five decades being asked about those famous steps in Philadelphia. Now, with the release of his new memoir, “The Steps,” the actor is finally telling that story on his own terms — and the timing couldn’t…
Jim Bakker’s daughter apologizes for harm caused by family’s ministry, urges LGBT donations
The daughter of the late televangelist Jim Bakker is apologizing to anyone she says her “family’s ministry” has harmed and is urging people to donate to LGBT groups, as she reflects on her father’s death last week.
Catholic Schools and Weekly Mass Aren’t Solving the Retention Crisis
A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about the retention crisis facing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The headline finding is pretty straightforward: nearly half the kids who are raised as LDS no longer identify…
New anthology explores the myriad ways of being Black and Jewish
Shoshana Akua Brown was one of few students of color at her Orthodox Jewish day school in New York City in the 1990s. Hoping to fit in, she decided to go by the name Tiffany — a nod to “Saved…
Americans who go to church and trust science are also more likely to believe in ghosts and curses, new research shows
Americans who trust science and reason more than their churches’ teachings, but still believe in God or attend services, are also more likely to believe in magic than those who prioritize religious teachings.
Doctors say Pope Leo’s lung has recovered well from surgery and say his post-operative tests normal
Pope Leo XIV’s lung has recovered well from surgery to remove a cancerous nodule, and he resumed working from the hospital on Thursday, his doctors and the Vatican reported.
Hegseth’s New ‘Office of Religious Affairs’ Will Accelerate the Military’s Christian Nationalism
In his September 30 ‘State of the Force’ speech before 600 E-6s and O-3s, staff sergeants, and captains at Quantico, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth formally announced the “establishment” of a new Office of Religious Affairs (ORA) for the military chaplaincy. Reading…
Review: Devils of Democracy
The title of the book — Devils of Democracy — may be a bit misleading. At first glance, you might think this was simply a book about metaphorical political demons that inhabit the current political sphere, but in reality, this is…
In Israel’s election, Netanyahu faces a reckoning over Oct. 7 failure
With barely two weeks remaining before Israel’s Oct. 27 election, the country has been consumed by an extraordinary confrontation between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior former aides over what he knew before the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023,…
Traveling crosses remember those who died in immigration custody, ICE operations
More than 100 white wooden crosses stand in solemn rows outside Chicago churches, bearing the names, ages and countries of origin of immigrants who died in U.S. immigration custody or during enforcement operations. Among them are names of people from…
Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh groups say FBI data undercounts bias
Three dozen organizations — including the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Sikh Coalition and the Union for Reform Judaism — have come out against the FBI’s 2026 Hate Crimes report, raising concerns about incomplete…
Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer highlights growing number of nonsmokers diagnosed with the disease – and younger people too
When many people think of an average lung cancer patient, they often imagine an older man smoking. But the face of lung cancer has changed. Over the past 15 years, more women, never smokers and younger people are being diagnosed…