For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic synagogues has held a Jewish worship service.
Bishop Joseph Espaillat challenges Catholics to listen to Latino youth
When Bishop Joseph Espaillat, an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of New York, took the stage in front of hundreds of Spanish-speaking Latino Catholics at the National Eucharistic Congress on July 20, he was ready to deliver some hard truths.
Donald Trump Uses 1 Word To Appeal To Female Voters. Here’s Why It Should Scare You.
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has been using one word in an effort to convince women to vote for him, and it’s one that sets off alarm bells for me as an exvangelical, or former member of the evangelical church.
A realistic statue of Mary giving birth was criticized, then vandalized − but saints and artists have often reimagined Christ’s birth
A sculpture of the Virgin Mary showing her giving birth to Jesus was recently attacked and beheaded. Called “Crowning” by the artist Esther Strauss, the sculpture had been part of a temporary exhibition of art outside the Catholic St. Mary Cathedral in…
You Don’t Need a Rule of Life
Contemporary culture is brimming with exhortations to discipline. From Jordan Peterson’s runaway bestseller 12 Rules for Life to Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic to James Clear’s Atomic Habits, we have no shortage of guidance for embracing a life of order. And that guidance isn’t all…
On Yom Kippur, New York Jews plan to publicly mourn Palestinian deaths
On Yom Kippur (Oct. 12), the holiest day of the Jewish year, hundreds of Jews will gather at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza for a religious service to publicly mourn the lives of Palestinians killed by Israelis over the past year.
Trump has long blasted China’s trade practices. His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there
Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices — China.
Bring your pets to church, Haitian immigrant priest tells worshippers. ‘I am not going to eat them.’
As pet lovers gathered in a church garden here Saturday (Oct. 5) with dogs and photographs for the annual Blessing of the Animals, they were greeted with an assurance unlike any in years past.
Nuns on the Bus tour members say God wants everyone to thrive — so vote accordingly
After six years without hitting the road for a political advocacy tour, the Nuns on the Bus are back, and this time they have brought friends along for the ride.
New Doc Strives for Christian Unity—But What if Unity is the Problem?
Pundits, academics, and church leaders alike decry our current age as a time of partisan rancor and disunity. People, we are told, are locked in “echo chambers,” and they refuse to listen to those with whom they disagree. The Right…
‘The UK is entering its first atheist age,’ say researchers
The proportion of atheists in the UK has grown to such an extent that it is now possible to speak of the country’s “first atheist age”, a group of researchers has said after publishing the findings of a major study…
Columbia pro-Palestinian group endorses violence and walks back apology for student who said ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’
The most prominent pro-Palestinian student group at Columbia University walked back an apology it had issued for a student who said “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”