Pope Leo XIV’s major new teaching on safeguarding humanity in the age of artificial intelligence is a forward-looking document, arriving at the precipice of what many see as a new technological age that will profoundly reshape human life.
Are “Real” Catholics as Conservative as Evangelicals?
Here’s a common occurrence for me on social media. I post a graph that’s really basic: how a bunch of religious traditions feel about a controversial political issue. Could be a pathway to citizenship for folks who came here illegally,…
Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See’s own role in legitimizing slavery
Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”
Arkansas Group Allegedly Rejected Woman’s Land Purchase Due To Jewish Ancestry, Black Husband
A real estate broker says an organization denied her the opportunity to purchase land in an Arkansas development because of her Jewish ancestry, and because she has a Black husband and biracial children, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in…
MAGA and Christian Nationalism Satire “The Boys” Leaves Us With a Superhero Dilemma
“Jesus… as we all know was tortured, stripped of his dignity, and killed. And that’s all well and good,” says Homelander, the psychopathic all-powerful superhero in his address to the nation from the Oval Office on the final episode of The…
Good News Club receives permanent access to Oakland schools; lawsuit ends
The Good News Club, a faith-based after-school organization, has been granted permanent access to school facilities in one of California’s largest school districts after more than a year of litigation.
America’s faith in war is a spiritual crisis — not just a political one
The United States is back at war, this time in Iran, and as the war plays out, we will be having important and necessary conversations about the ongoing conflict. These conversations will happen in churches and schools, around dinner tables…
New Jersey ‘prophet’ controlled members through fear, sex: Indictment
A New Jersey man accused of being a cult leader controlled members through fear, starvation, forced labor, and sex for more than a decade, and has continued to exert his control over some of them even behind bars, prosecutors allege in court…
Vatican turns attention to Cuba amid heighted tensions with US
As tensions between the United States and Cuba intensify, the Vatican is paying close attention to the situation, with one top official condemning the use of humanitarian aid as a political weapon.
German Espionage: End of Persecution of a Fake Threat
After nearly three decades of federal surveillance, Germany has ended its separate nationwide monitoring of the Church of Scientology — a landmark moment for religious freedom and democratic accountability.
Another Mass Shooting. More Dead Muslims. This is America.
These are stories I have written about for a quarter of a century. The only reason it hasn’t been longer is because I’m relatively young. I’m only one-fifth the age of the country.
America Needs a Better Gospel than Christian Nationalism
This past weekend, on the National Mall in Washington, thousands gathered for Rededicate 250, a national prayer service tied to the coming 250th anniversary of the United States. President Donald Trump appeared by video reading 2 Chronicles 7.