Mitchell Lands couldn’t make the trip south from Canada, where he lives on the traditional lands of the Migisi Sahgaigan, or Eagle Lake First Nation, in the province of Ontario. But Lands’ voice echoed in early October outside the concrete and…
Some churches got mega PPP loans. A few got tiny ones.
When the Rev. Janet Gullickson heard that churches would be eligible for Paycheck Protection Program loans at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she sprang into action.
Supreme Court to hear arguments on FBI’s surveillance of mosques
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a case involving an FBI undercover operation at a mosque in California. Area Muslims are suing the FBI over a nearly year-long surveillance program that, at least publicly, yielded no results and…
Tuition costs cut by more than one-third at Truett Seminary
Tuition costs at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary will be 36 percent less expensive in the 2022-23 academic year.
As Students Rally for Victims, Liberty Board Approves Title IX Review
Liberty University students and alumni prayed and protested in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault as they called on the school’s board of trustees to authorize an independent investigation into its response to reports of abuse.
Radicalization’s path: In case studies, finding similarities
In the months before he was charged with storming the Capitol, Doug Jensen was sharing conspiracy theories he’d consumed online. But it hadn’t always been that way, says his brother, who recalls how he once posted the sort of family…
Nebraska AG finds 258 victims of Catholic church sex abuse
A Nebraska attorney general’s office investigation identified 258 victims who made credible allegations of sexual abuse against 57 Catholic church officials in the state going back decades, including many that high-ranking church leaders knew about and didn’t report to the…
Top US Catholic bishop calls social justice movements ‘pseudo-religion’
Archbishop José H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, railed against “new social justice movements” during a speech Thursday (Nov. 4), decrying them as “pseudo-religions” that ultimately serve as “dangerous substitutes for true religion.”
U.S. Supreme Court declines to halt vaccine requirement for Maine health care workers seeking religious exemption
By a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court last week refused to issue an emergency injunction sought by a group of Maine health care workers against the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously declined…
Pence took inspiration from Madison, Bible on Jan. 6
Former Vice President Mike Pence said he took inspiration from former President James Madison when he certified the results of the Electoral College vote despite intense pressure from former President Trump and his allies to not do so.
Rachael Denhollander, Liberty students to hold rally calling for abuse investigation
A group of Liberty University students and alumni plans to hold a prayer rally on the school’s campus in Lynchburg, Virginia, on Thursday (Nov. 4), calling for an independent, third-party investigation of Liberty’s handling of sexual assault and harassment cases.
Voters approve ban on state limiting religious gatherings
Voters approved eight amendments to the Texas Constitution on Nov. 2, including one barring the state from limiting religious services.