Ohio state Rep. Gary Click recalls the comfort he felt going to church as a child and when he declared his faith before a congregation at the age of 12.
Muslim principal in Texas reassigned, investigated after right-wing backlash
Days after naming a Muslim woman as principal of a North Texas high school, conservative backlash prompted the district to reassign her and open an investigation
Women’s ordination movement has always been about ‘more than ordination’
It’s time to completely rethink what ordination could look like in the Catholic Church, said one keynote speaker at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Women’s Ordination Conference.
British Museum says Jewish Culture Month lecture cancelled over ‘disruption’ concerns will happen next month
The British Museum postponed a lecture titled ‘‘Ancient Israel and Judah” that was scheduled to take place Thursday on its premises.
After protests outside synagogues, New York makes it a crime to block entry to a house of worship
Blocking someone from entering a house of worship, or acting in a way that makes worshippers entering the building fear for their safety, is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations…
All Christians should listen to Pope Leo on AI
Sometimes the pope knows how to nail some theses to the door, too.
To combat polarization, a Houston interfaith group embraces riskier dialogue
In the months after Oct. 7, 2023, Shariq Ghani, the 44-year-old Muslim executive director of the Houston-based civic multifaith nonprofit Bridges, began hosting regular, emergency meetings with Jewish and Muslim community partners in the city.
Conservative Christians love this painting of George Washington. The event it depicts may not have happened
Not everyone sees the same thing when they look at an image. A picture of George Washington praying might seem unremarkable to some. To others, it’s a powerful statement about how the United States was founded as a Christian nation.
How the Trump administration uses the Bible to justify military invasions and immigration raids
As massive immigration enforcement actions were underway in Minnesota this January, the Department of Homeland Security released a video that, at first glance, appeared to resemble a cinematic trailer.
Main Takeaways From Pope Leo’s Encyclical on A.I.
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.”