As the world condemned the killings this week of dozens of hungry Palestinians near U.S.-backed aid sites in Gaza, the group responsible for distributing that aid quietly appointed a new leader: an evangelical Christian with ties to the Trump administration.
‘The Ritual’ A Refreshingly Earnest (If Unoriginal) Return To The Exorcism Genre
Americans — and Hollywood studios — never seem to get tired of exorcism movies, whether it’s two starring Russell Crowe within a year of each other (“The Pope’s Exorcist” and “The Exorcism”), another “The Exorcist” sequel (“The Exorcist: Believer”), a…
PEPFAR and the Uneasy Conscience of American Christianity
We are so accustomed to seeing every public argument as a cage fight that it can be genuinely surprising to see a mind changing in the course of a conversation. On The Joe Rogan Experience last week, songwriter Bono laid out for Rogan…
Pope Leo XIV Returns to Tradition
When the monks of Canterbury Cathedral prepared Thomas Becket’s body for burial in the year 1170, they discovered a hairshirt hidden under his vestments. The British faithful considered it evidence of the martyred archbishop’s piety. G.K. Chesterton considered it symbolic of the…
Faith leaders, health care advocates arrested while protesting GOP budget bill in Capitol
A group of clergy, faith-based protesters and disability advocates were once again arrested in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday (June 2) while praying against the Republican-led federal budget bill, including a wheelchair user who said potential cuts to health…
Streaming Has Killed Attention Spans, Taste and Community: Will Faith Be Next?
Across America, a growing number of people of all ages are communing with the Holy Spirit via their smartphones and laptops. Once the stuff of pews and pulpits, faith now flows through fiber optics. It’s convenient, sure. No parking, no…
Duane Rollins’s Life Testified to the Cost of Abuse
Duane Rollins died on Friday, May 23. I never met him, but his story met me when I needed to know I wasn’t crazy and I wasn’t alone.
Watching Rome from Chicagoland: Muslims measure new pope’s promise
The announcement of the first U.S.-born pope is important for all Americans but resonates especially strongly in Chicago and its larger community, known locally as Chicagoland. Born on the city’s Southside and raised in the nearby suburb of Dolton, Robert…
Poland votes for its next president, with Polish-Jewish history on the ballot
Poland is heading to the polls in a neck-and-neck presidential election that will shape the country’s future on the world stage — and its approach to history.
Why Do Our Bibles Keep Changing?
The Religion Guy’s Answer: There are two reasons, translations and texts, both of which have cropped up in the news of religion this year. The venerable King James Version (KJV) appeared without changes over centuries.
Franklin Graham meets Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin
American evangelist Franklin Graham has met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin.
European Evangelism Congress Preaches Hope Despite Rising Secular Tide
When evangelist Billy Graham came to West Germany in 1954, more than 80,000 people packed into Berlin’s Olympic Stadium to hear the American preacher’s message. It’s hard to imagine that big of a crowd gathering in Germany to hear a sermon these…