The Bible translation industry takes in about $500 million per year in donations. With all that money, it produces about 15 completed Bible translations each year. That comes to more than $30 million per translation. At this pace, it will take…
25 years later, Legion of Christ victims seek reparations
A Connecticut newspaper exposed one of the Catholic Church’s biggest sexual abuse scandals by reporting 25 years ago Wednesday that eight men had accused the revered founder of the Legion of Christ religious order of raping and molesting them when…
Arab Christian Scholars: Trade Minority Mindset for Abundant Life
A group of academic Christians in the Middle East has thrown down the gauntlet: The local church, bound in fear to its minority mindset, needs to walk afresh in the Holy Spirit.
After Seeing My Synagogue Attacked, How Can I Reconcile Security With Openness?
Two days after the trauma at my synagogue, I finally broke down in tears, trying to understand why anyone would target Congregation Beth Israel, a small congregation in an out-of-the-way place.
Israeli authority backs down from Mount of Olives park plan
Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority on Monday said it was backing down from a contentious plan to encompass Christian holy sites on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives in a national park following vociferous outcry from major churches.
Christian College Cancels Speaker From Faith Week Over Sermon On LGBTQ Issues
Students at Gordon College organized a rally “in solidarity with women and the LGBTQA+ community” after a speaker made what were characterized as misogynistic and transphobic remarks during a chapel service.
Make no mistake, if there’s a war between Russia and Ukraine, it will be a religious war
Putin has now ordered Russian troops into Donetsk and Luhansk. The first major conflict between two Orthodox Christian nations since the War of the Stray Dogs in 1925 has likely just begun.
Amid book bans, Muslim authors, parents advocate for children’s books representing Islam
When in September 2021, Pennsylvania’s Central York School District banned “The Arabic Quilt,” Aya Khalil’s award-winning debut picture book about fitting in at school, Khalil decided to write a book about her experience. “The Banned Books Bake Sale,” due out in spring of 2023,…
Christian Millionaires Say They’re Motivated By Faith And Patriotism To Pay More Taxes
Once upon a time — way back in the 1950s and ‘60s — the wealthiest Americans paid a top tax rate of over 90%. Now, the top tax rate is 43%, but many of the richest Americans use a variety…
Lay Catholics fill the enthusiasm gap on Francis’ Synod on Synodality
When Pope Francis announced the Synod on Synodality, Robert Choiniere, a lay minister, said, “This is the thing I’ve been waiting for.”
Anti-Asian violence spiked in the US during the pandemic, especially in blue-state cities
It’s widely known that Asian Americans felt – and were – persecuted during the pandemic. But the extent of this violence, and its uneven geographic distribution across the U.S., is now much clearer, thanks to research I conducted with collaborators at the University of…
Jewish federations umbrella releases new document adding gun reform and LGBTQ advocacy back to policy priority list
Less than a week after the Jewish Federations of North America removed hot button items such as addressing gun violence and defending LGBTQ rights from their annual priorities list, the umbrella group added them back into a subsequent and more detailed…