An unnamed Turkish man dug through the rubble. The stench from rotting corpses filled his nostrils; the cries from trapped survivors pierced his ears. Finally, he located a little girl he could help, removed the surrounding debris, and gently pulled…
Pope at Lent’s start: end ‘dictatorship’ of the superficial
Pope Francis ushered in the annual Christian Lenten period of sacrifice and reflection by encouraging people on Ash Wednesday to cast off what he called the “dictatorship” of heavy agendas and superficial needs.
A quick look at religious freedom bills proposed in Georgia, Texas and South Carolina
As state legislative sessions are in full swing across the country, several are considering bills on issues related to religious liberty. Here is a quick rundown of a few that caught my eye.
A Conversation With Two Asbury Students About What The 13-Day Revival Means For Gen Z’s Faith
Over the span of two weeks, Asbury University, a small evangelical college in Wilmore, Kentucky has been the center of a revival attracting thousands of believers from across the country for two straight weeks of 24-hour prayer and worship.
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod president calls for excommunicating white nationalists
The president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has called for the excommunication of unrepentant white supremacists in the church’s ranks, rebuking an extremist effort to exert influence within the conservative Lutheran denomination.
Pope intervenes again to restrict celebration of Latin Mass
Pope Francis has intervened for the third time to crack down on the celebration of the old Latin Mass, a sign of continued friction with Catholic traditionalists.
The Mundane History of White Christian Nationalism
Of all the songs I loved singing as a child at my church’s Vacation Bible School every summer, my favorite was one called, “I’m in the Lord’s Army.”
Some Anglican bishops reject leader Welby over gay marriage
Several Anglican bishops from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific said Monday that they no longer recognize Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as their leader, deepening a rift within the global Anglican Communion over gay marriage.
Do American Evangelicals Suffer ‘Second Class’ Status Among Political Conservatives?
One reason the media often fail to “get” American evangelical Protestantism is that it’s a complex mashup of elements, not simply an alliance of conventional church bodies.
In corruption trial, Vatican Bank chief says his office refused to bail out real estate deal
In Thursday’s 46th session of the Catholic Church’s marathon corruption trial, the president of the Vatican Bank said he had no choice but to report to prosecutors what he knew about the London real-estate deal at the heart of the…
Suspect in shooting of 2 Jewish men in LA faces hate crimes
A man who allegedly shot and wounded two Jewish men as they left synagogues in Los Angeles this week was charged Friday with federal hate crimes.
Montana lawmaker: There’s a religious right to abortion
Abortion rights groups are challenging abortion bans in some states by arguing the bans — supported by certain religious principles — violate the religious rights of people with different beliefs.