Walter Bingham was 14 years old when Nazis plundered Jewish businesses and places of worship across Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass.”
On Dorothy Day’s birthday, the life and work of the last living Catholic Worker who knew her
Jane Sammon was terrified the first time she met Dorothy Day, the Catholic Worker founder now being considered for sainthood by Rome.
Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism
The headlines documenting President Donald Trump’s plan to send federal troops to San Francisco followed a familiar arc. “Trump claims ‘unquestioned power’ in vow to send troops to San Francisco,” The Guardian reported on Oct. 20, 2025. The next day, the San Francisco…
BWA Appoints Ambassador for Standing Against Gender-Based Violence
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Valérie Duval-Poujol from France as the first BWA Ambassador for Standing Against Gender-Based Violence. Approved unanimously by the BWA Trustee Committee, this pivotal role includes a five-year term of…
Mamdani win likely to give other Muslim progressive candidates momentum
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani spoke unapologetically about his Muslim faith and democratic socialist roots during his victory speech on Election Day (Nov. 4). In a sharp rebuke to the Islamophobic attacks he faced during the campaign, Mamdani said…
Members of the last surviving gnostic sect prepare for the ‘Little Feast’ in Texas
As the morning sun of Central Texas burned off the lingering crispness of a recent autumnal Sunday, Valid Ebadfardzadeh, an older man with a long white beard who was dressed in a stark white cotton turban and robe, lifted his…
Europe’s Christian Pacifists Reconsider Peace by Arms
Over the last ten centuries, Nikolaikirche—a Protestant church in Eisenach, Germany—has witnessed its share of war and civil strife, dictators and destruction. But this year, in the encroaching darkness of early autumn, its Romanesque stone arches are bathed in candlelight,…
US teen deported, Israeli rabbi wounded as tensions mount for Jewish activists in the West Bank
Having spent the night in an immigrant detention center in Ramle, Israel, Leila Stillman-Utterback, still handcuffed, began to daven shacharit, the morning prayers, as dawn broke.
The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had not yet held its first class when Matavito Horse and Leah Road Traveler were taken there in October 1879, drafted into the U.S. government’s campaign to erase Native American tribes by wiping their children’s…
Pope Leo Rebukes Donald Trump On Migration With Christ’s ‘End Of The World’ Warning
Pope Leo called on Tuesday for “deep reflection” about the way migrants are being treated in the United States under President Donald Trump’s administration and said the spiritual needs of those in detention needed to be respected.
A kosher community fridge in Chicago’s Jewish suburbs arrives amid rising food insecurity
Just off East Prairie Road in this suburb of Chicago is a sign that says, “Welcome to Hersh’s Fridge.” At the bottom is a line in Aramaic, quoting the Passover Haggadah: “Let all who are hungry come and eat.”
The Catholic megaparish packing City Hall for immigrant safety
In September, hundreds of members of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church gathered at a Vista City Council meeting to speak in support of a resolution to prohibit the city from working with federal immigration enforcement, unless legally required. Between…