Mayor Eric Adams declared that his rise to the mayoralty was driven by God as he launched a new City Hall office for faith-based initiatives Thursday.
Black Muslim life honored in new online portrait exhibit
A new online exhibit featuring portraits of Black Muslims was launched by Sapelo Square, a Black Muslim education and media collective, on Feb. 2. Captured in dramatic lighting and paired with audio clips of the subjects speaking, the portraits aim to…
Virginia Senate Democrats defeat 20-week abortion ban
A Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate committee defeated a bill Thursday that would have prohibited abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy in most circumstances.
Princeton University scraps exhibit of Jewish American artists with Confederate ties
Last summer, Princeton University agreed to organize an exhibit of works by American Jewish artists in the second half of the 19th century.
Fordham names first woman and first layperson as president
fFordham University, a Jesuit institution in New York, has named Tania Tetlow as its new president. She is the first woman and first layperson to lead the school in its 181-year history.
The Most Dangerous Form of Deconstruction
With all this talk of deconstruction these days, one problem is that very few people mean precisely the same thing when they use that word.
Conservative PAC sues Biden administration, targeting nuns, liberal Catholics in records request
Conservative political action committee CatholicVote is suing President Joe Biden’s administration in an effort to secure records of communication between the U.S. government and Catholic groups in regard to two hot-button issues: humanitarian aid at the Southern border and recent…
Jefferson Quran returns to US as Dubai Expo 2020 winds down
A rare, two-volume Quran owned by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson found itself carefully packed away Wednesday for a return flight to America after being on display at Dubai’s Expo 2020, a sign that the pandemic-affected world’s fair is beginning to…
Pope Francis decries ‘madness’ of war in Ukraine but doesn’t condemn Russia
Pope Francis on Wednesday decried the “madness” of war as tensions escalate in Ukraine as the leader of Ukraine’s Eastern-rite Catholics suggested a visit by Pope Francis could tip the balance toward peace.
Christian revival at school prompts student walkout in W.Va.
Between calculus and European history classes at a West Virginia public high school, 16-year-old Cameron Mays and his classmates were told by their teacher to go to an evangelical Christian revival assembly.
In Ukraine, Mission Work Goes on During Russia Standoff
Missionaries serving in Ukraine have sent out urgent prayer requests and asked the Lord for his protection and wisdom as they consider what’s ahead for them and their ministries as the threat of invasion looms.
Appeals court rules in Biden’s favor on abortion referrals
Federally funded family planning clinics can continue to make abortion referrals for now, a federal court ruled Tuesday, in a setback for a dozen Republican attorneys general who have sued to restore a Trump-era ban on the practice.




