The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had not yet held its first class when Matavito Horse and Leah Road Traveler were taken there in October 1879, drafted into the U.S. government’s campaign to erase Native American tribes by wiping their children’s…
Pope Leo Rebukes Donald Trump On Migration With Christ’s ‘End Of The World’ Warning
Pope Leo called on Tuesday for “deep reflection” about the way migrants are being treated in the United States under President Donald Trump’s administration and said the spiritual needs of those in detention needed to be respected.
A kosher community fridge in Chicago’s Jewish suburbs arrives amid rising food insecurity
Just off East Prairie Road in this suburb of Chicago is a sign that says, “Welcome to Hersh’s Fridge.” At the bottom is a line in Aramaic, quoting the Passover Haggadah: “Let all who are hungry come and eat.”
The Catholic megaparish packing City Hall for immigrant safety
In September, hundreds of members of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church gathered at a Vista City Council meeting to speak in support of a resolution to prohibit the city from working with federal immigration enforcement, unless legally required. Between…
Oklahoma tried out a test to ‘woke-proof’ the classroom. It was short-lived, but could still leave a mark
Oklahoma has become a testing ground for reshaping public school curriculum to reflect conservative viewpoints, Make America Great Again priorities and a push for Christian nationalism in the classroom.
Japanese cardinal opposed U.S. plan to renew testing of nuclear weapons
Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi says he is “deeply concerned” about U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he plans to renew nuclear weapons testing for the country.
The ideology that killed Rabin is alive and well 30 years later
It has been 30 years on Tuesday (Nov. 4) since the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and the echo of the gunshots still reverberates through Israel’s public square and the Jewish soul.
Review: Why I Am Protestant
I was born and raised Protestant. In fact, during my childhood, the official name of the church of my birth was the Protestant Episcopal Church of America. Later on, the word Protestant was dropped, but it remains Protestant. Decades later,…
Have We Reached Peak None?
For those who are new to the party, let me explain how quantitative scholars of American religion make sense of the last fifty years of religious change.
Trump’s Refugee Policy ‘Is Slamming the Door on Persecuted Christians’
Even when politics becomes a hot-button topic at Scott Venable’s nondenominational church outside Dallas, there’s one issue that brings members together: refugees.
Republican Jewish leaders planned a ceasefire celebration, pivoted to take on antisemitism within
Concerns that antisemitism is on the rise among Republicans burst to the surface this weekend, turning a conference of the nation’s leading Jewish Republicans from jubilation over a tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East into a clarion call to stem…
Baptist Women Celebrate 75th Anniversary of Worldwide Day of Prayer Movement
For 75 years, sisters in Christ have united in prayer for the Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer. It is an incredible honor to build upon this legacy as we gather again this year to pray in homes, churches, and…