Amos Brown’s office is a civil rights museum. History covers every wall and desktop.
A book on Pope Leo’s rise already? Chris White’s compelling account takes a long view.
The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church astonished the world when they suddenly elected a new pope on May 8 in just four ballots and little more than 24 hours. Christopher White can claim a similar achievement with “Pope Leo…
A Hindu’s Heroism In A Muslim School: When Having Faith Means Saving Lives
On April 22, a group of armed terrorists stormed the Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam, a scenic stretch in South Kashmir popular among tourists. The attackers, armed with assault rifles, singled out men based on their religion before shooting them at…
The Problem of the Christian Assassin
On Saturday morning, Americans woke up to horrifying news. According to a federal criminal complaint, a man named Vance Boelter had stalked four Minnesota lawmakers and then attacked two of them — State Senator John Hoffman and State Representative Melissa Hortman…
Frederick Douglass Found His Mission in the Black Church
“The negro can go into the circus, the theater, the cars … but cannot go into an Evangelical Christian meeting,” an elderly Frederick Douglass exclaimed in 1885 to a crowd in the nation’s capital.”
Rebuilding one of the nation’s oldest Black churches begins at Juneteenth ceremony
The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia, started Thursday with a ceremonial groundbreaking.
Dave Ramsey’s company faces another setback in court over religious discrimination
A federal appeals court ruled that a lawsuit against Christian financial guru Dave Ramsey by a former employee who was fired for being pregnant while unmarried can go forward.
This Viral Video Has People Talking About Christianity Versus ‘MAGA Christianity’
Two weeks ago, Jen Hamilton, a nurse with a sizable following on TikTok and Instagram, picked up her Bible and made a video that would quickly go viral.
Don’t Blame Bible Prophecy for a War with Iran
After Israel’s recent bombing of Iran, a friend told me about a preacher who asserted that Russia might be the Gog and Magog of the Book of Ezekiel, that Iran might be one of the hostile nations pictured by the…
Orthodox churches join Catholic bishops in suing Washington over abuse reporting law
Several Orthodox churches filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Washington on Monday (June 16) over a recently passed law mandating clergy to report child abuse and neglect, even if discovered within the confessional.
Sisters began a day care for Kansas City’s working poor. Now, it’s a huge operation.
Berta Sailer and Corita Bussanmas — both Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary — had hoped to work themselves out of a job.
Iranians and Jews can get along. Go back to the Bible.
You know that line about how even a broken clock can be right twice a day? That is how I feel about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.