Donald Trump’s Waco rally this past weekend was, in the end, filled with echoes of the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian compound—just not the kind we like to talk about. And, despite the Huffington Post and New York Times profiles of the Q-adjacent current leader…
Judge rules immigration officials violated pastor’s religious freedom rights
A New York pastor and immigrant rights activist has won a protracted legal battle against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with a judge ruling last week that federal agents violated her religious freedom and retaliated against her following a…
A ‘historic’ day in Israel ends with a political compromise — and big questions about the future
Like hundreds of thousands of her fellow Israelis, Kelly Breakstone Roth’s instinct on Sunday was to take to the streets.
NY’s power to regulate religious schools trimmed by judge
Parents cannot be required to pull their children from private schools in New York that fail to meet state-designated standards, a judge decided, striking down a key provision of rules recently passed to strengthen oversight of such schools, including those…
Amid rise in antisemitism, Yeshiva University focuses on Holocaust education
In 2008, Shay Pilnik was a Ph.D. student living in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, whose first university gig came in the form of a Holocaust course that nobody wanted to teach.
Is Pope Francis ‘The Only One Who Can Make A Difference’ In Uganda’s Anti-LGBTQ Bills?
The Episcopal priest who first documented links between U.S. evangelicals and an anti-gay bill in Uganda, the Rev. Kapya Kaoma, says that the “only person who can make a difference now in Africa is Pope Francis.”
“We Will Fight You for It”: Can Womenpriests Save the Catholic Church?
Every Sunday, 17,000 Roman Catholic parishes in the United States hold Mass. For the most part, the service in Brownsburg, Indiana, looks and sounds like the rest.
Whitney Houston’s family wants to highlight her gospel roots
Whitney Houston’s brother remembers when his young sister listened to their mother during gospel rehearsals before she mimicked every tune that was sung.
Pelosi on cleric who barred her from Communion: ‘That’s his problem, not mine’
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a rare public rebuke of her home bishop on Thursday (March 23), voicing choice words for Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and other prelates during a wide-ranging interview about the intersection of politics and her Catholic…
Criminal or Not, Trump’s Case Is a Moral Test for Christians
As I write this, I have no idea if or when we will see something no generation of Americans has ever witnessed: a mug shot of a former president of the United States. What I do know is that the…
Netanyahu vows more active role in Israel’s judiciary fight following a day of tense protests
After a day of raucous protests, arrests and clashes in the street protesting the Israeli government’s controversial judicial overhaul, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a televised speech encouraging Israeli unity, pledging to protect minority rights — and vowing that the…
Jimmy Carter’s religious values were never far from his presidency or his policy
As the United States and friends around the world have learned of Jimmy Carter’s decision to enter hospice care, many leaders and writers search for fitting ways to name his legacy.