The Rev. Liz Rios has a simple philosophy of ministry: What God wants her to do, she’ll do.
Hobby Lobby ordered to pay $220K to transgender employee banned from women’s restroom
An Illinois appeals court has upheld a ruling that arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby should pay at least $220,000 to a transgender employee for forbidding her to use the store’s women’s restroom, violating the state’s Human Rights Act.
China’s 47-mile-long problem with the Taliban
Afghanistan looms larger in the mindset of China’s leadership than you’d imagine from the countries’ mere 47-mile stretch of shared border — a curly line that you’ll easily miss if Google Maps is not sufficiently zoomed in.
‘You can’t think yourself out of racism’: Black religion scholars call for conversion
Recently an assistant professor of African studies at a Catholic university was preparing to oversee a doctoral student’s oral examination when she heard from the theology department, in which she serves as a student adviser and teaches cross-listed courses.
What Christian Aid Workers Want You to Know About Afghanistan
Like so many, Arley Loewen knows exactly where he was when 9/11 happened. He was in Islamabad, Pakistan, working with Afghan refugees as an educator, and he had to evacuate the area for safety.
As US bishops reject exemptions, Pope Francis dubs COVID-19 vaccine ‘act of love’
Pope Francis issued a message on Wednesday (Aug. 18) encouraging Catholics to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, calling it “an act of love,” as part of a global effort to reduce the onslaught of the pandemic and convince vaccine skeptics.
Anti-abortion group targets Democrats ahead of 2022
The Susan B. Anthony List, a conservative anti-abortion group, is targeting a number of House and Senate Democrats on their stances ahead of the 2022 midterm elections in a new six-figure campaign.
Historic American church set to integrate its slavery ties
The great contradiction of Boston’s Old North Church is that a site pivotal to the freedom of the nation is the same place where slave owners and traders once worshiped.
Biden authorizes new refugee funds, fends off criticism from aid groups
President Joe Biden has authorized an additional $500 million to aid refugees from Afghanistan, pushing through the funds as the White House fends off suggestions it failed a moral test to aid those fleeing the war-torn country.
Saudi Arabia urges Taliban to protect lives under ‘Islamic principles’
Saudi Arabia on Monday urged Taliban insurgents who seized Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, completing a sweep across the country, to preserve lives, property and security as stipulated by “Islamic principles”.
Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomat
Israel on Saturday condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest.
Gina Stewart becomes first woman elected to lead US Black Baptist organization
In a pathbreaking decision, the Rev. Gina Stewart has been elected as the first woman president of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Society, marking the first time a female has been chosen for the highest post of a Black…






