A city employee has resigned and Jewish leaders have gone to court over a ballot referendum that would prohibit Pittsburgh from working with companies that do business with Israel.
Childless women − cat ladies or not − have long played key roles in the Catholic Church
The term cat lady is often used today as a derogatory term for women with no children and who are believed to be reclusive as well as obsessed with their pets. But monasteries of childless women as well as of childless…
The competing faiths of the 2024 election
It’s Republican restorationism versus Democratic futurism.
Mediators hold new Gaza ceasefire talks and hope to head off a wider war
International mediators held a new round of talks Thursday aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and securing the release of scores of hostages, with a potential deal seen as the best hope of heading off an even larger regional conflict.
Faith groups are mobilizing thousands to march outside the DNC
The Coalition to March on the DNC has united its various constituencies, including faith groups, to demand an end to U.S. aid to Israel and standing up for Palestinians.
US government sued over alleged discrimination against Palestinian Americans
A Muslim advocacy group filed a lawsuit on Monday against the FBI and leaders of other U.S. government agencies over what it called the discriminatory and racist placement of two Palestinian Americans on a watch list.
With over 577,000 signatures verified, Arizona will put abortion rights on the ballot
Arizona voters will get to decide in November whether to add the right to an abortion to the state constitution.
Election Reporters: Here’s Why Simply Descriptors Like ‘Christians’ Can Have Enormous Consequences
Allowing political operators like TPUSA or Trump to elide the difference between “Christian nationalists” and “all Christians” may seem like a minor sin, but it can have enormous consequences. Authoritarian leaders often attempt to justify violence by claiming to protect…
Judge says Maine can forbid discrimination by religious schools that take state tuition money
Maine didn’t violate the U.S. constitutional rights of religious schools by requiring them to abide by the state’s antidiscrimination law to receive taxpayer-funded tuition assistance, a federal judge ruled. But the judge also acknowledged that a higher court will ultimately…
Latino evangelicals push for immigration reform ahead of election
With rising political power, Latino voters will make their voices heard on immigration, but Latinos, including evangelicals, are far from a unified bloc.
CBF Leaders Participate in State Department Refugee Resettlement Efforts
On August 1, the Biden Administration mobilized faith leaders at the White House to encourage churches to participate in Welcome Corps, a State Department program to assist in refugee resettlement. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) leaders participated in the gathering, including…
A popular Belgian author wrote he wanted to ‘ram a sharp knife’ through every Jew he meets. He says it was satire.
An influential Belgian author is being sued by the European Jewish Association after he wrote that Israel’s bombing of Gaza made him want to “ram a sharp knife through the throat of every Jew” he meets.