Among Donald Trump’s most alarming, repeated and ambitious commitments as a candidate was to arrest and deport up to 12 million undocumented immigrants. Many are Mexican and have been in the United States for more than 10 years.
Kamala Harris memes questioning her cultural background highlight Americans’ contradictions with race
Even after Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election, Americans continue to argue about her race.
They love Donald Trump — and hate the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal he demanded
One American president, said Yuval Malka, presented a “window of opportunity” for Israel to have free rein across the Middle East. But the other, he cautioned, was fickle, appearing to love Israel but liable to leave it in the lurch…
More than $5 billion spent on Catholic sexual abuse allegations, new report finds
Over two decades, Catholic dioceses, eparchies and men’s religious communities spent more than $5 billion on allegations of sexual abuse of minors, according to a new report released Wednesday (Jan. 15) by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate…
Europe must combat antisemitism as thousands of Jews abandon the continent, top Jewish leader says
Governments across Europe need to immediately take action against a precipitous rise in antisemitism that’s driving thousands of Jews to abandon the continent, the leader of a prominent European Jewish organization said Monday.
‘Ancient Christianities’: A Look At The Church’s Evolution Over Its First 500 Years
Christianity’s evolution, we are told in this densely packed, deeply analytical history of the faith’s early centuries, “involves a large cast of characters.” They included “not only theologians, bishops, and emperors, but also gods and demons, angels and magicians, astrologers…
Speaker Mike Johnson pushing to replace House chaplain
House Speaker Mike Johnson has launched an effort to select a new House chaplain, working with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on a framework to select a new person to fill the post just days after the current chaplain offered a…
Some US lawmakers want more Christianity in the classroom. Trump could embolden their plans
Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the separation of church and state by inserting Bible references into reading lessons and requiring teachers to post the Ten Commandments.
Prominent Filipino Pastor Accused of False Teaching
In late June, controversy erupted in the Filipino evangelical corner of the internet.
In San Antonio, a pioneer of modern faith-based community organizing has deep roots
“Back then, when it was going to rain, we knew we were going to lose somebody,” said Linda Davila about her San Antonio, Texas, neighbors a half-century ago. At the time, the South Texas city’s all-white City Council had neglected…
The power of friendship: How a letter helped create an American bestseller about antisemitism
Eighty years ago, the Jewish American novelist Laura Z. Hobson was contemplating her next writerly move and was seeking a little help from her friends.
Why Pete Hegseth nomination is a milestone for the rightwing Christian movement he follows
To his brotherhood within a theologically conservative, hard-right church coalition, Fox News host Pete Hegseth’s ascension as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department wasn’t merely opportunistic.