A classic tale this time of year — with multiple movie versions — is Dr. Seuss’s heartwarming The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. A less inspiring version occurred in a British elementary school last week: The Priest Who Ruined Christmas.
In Texas, an uncommon collaboration between two high-profile Catholic leaders
Sister Norma Pimentel remembers well the first time her new bishop joined the religious sisters in the Diocese of Brownsville at one of their gatherings.
The moral dimension to America’s flawed health care system
We’re seeing an outpouring of anger about health care in the United States. Your work deals with global health inequality and access – can you help put the U.S. system in perspective?
Time Bandits: How Christianity Takes Your Time (and What It’s Doing with It)
Our new book, Religion Is Not Done With You, came out on Election Day—and what a day it was. We knew the title would be true no matter what happened, but YIKES. And sure enough, religion—specifically white Christian nationalism—is currently taking a victory…
At 88, Pope Francis dances the tango with the global Catholic Church amid its culture wars
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was 17 years old when he first received his vocation to become a priest. It happened on Sept. 21, 1953 – the beginning of spring in Buenos Aires – during a spontaneous visit to the confessional, or…
What Your Anxiety Needs This Christmas
Last Sunday, I took a break from the apocalypse to focus on Christmas.
Oklahoma Proposes Chilling New Rule For Immigrant Children
The Oklahoma State Department of Education proposed a new administrative rule on Tuesday that would require school districts to collect data on undocumented students in the state.
Injunction halts New Jersey constitutional provision barring taxpayer funding for building or repairing houses of worship
Surveying recent U.S. Supreme Court cases involving questions about state funding of religion, federal judge Evelyn Padin reached a conclusion that should concern anyone who believes in religious freedom for all. “The ‘play in the joints’” historically afforded to states…
Pennsylvania’s Bethlehem: The city founded by Moravians on Christmas eve keeps its traditions alive
On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this Pennsylvania city after the biblical birthplace of Jesus. Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem.