Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart died yesterday. He’ll be remembered in many ways—as a charismatic preacher and talented singer (Swaggart was Jerry Lee Lewis’ cousin). But perhaps his most lasting legacy is as a creative pioneer in the art of managing a…
In a first for Conservative Judaism, synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings
A Conservative synagogue in Minnesota has become the first in its denomination to allow its clergy to participate in — but not officiate — weddings of Jews who marry outside their faith.
Vatican says leaked documents were only part of information Pope Francis used to restrict Latin Mass
Leaked documents seemingly undermining Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass provided an incomplete reconstruction of the evidence that informed his 2021 decision to crack down on the spread of the ancient liturgy, the Vatican said Thursday.
Former VP Mike Pence’s Conversation with Russell Moore
Former vice president Mike Pence appeared on The Russell Moore Show four years after the January 6, 2021, US Capitol rioters threatened not only his life but also the lives of his wife and daughter. He discussed former second lady Karen Pence’s frosty…
ISIS Victims Welcome Christian Help, Not Christian Conversion
The previous article in this series highlighted the impact of USAID cuts on the vulnerable Yazidi community in Iraq. ISIS displaced Yazidis from their historic home of Sinjar in northern Iraq in 2014, killing and enslaving thousands.
A Tohono O’odham family integrates Catholic and Native beliefs in the Arizona desert
On St. John the Baptist’s feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O’odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, where they gather to harvest saguaro fruit in a process sacred in their Native spirituality.
Scandinavian Church’s Dark History Of Assimilating Indigenous People
Tapio Luoma, archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, delivered an apology to the Sámi, the only recognized Indigenous people in the European Union.
I Let My Parents Down to Set Myself Free
Back in the summer of 2019 my cell service allowed people with blocked numbers to leave voice mail messages. It was through this loophole that I learned my mother, at that point blocked for the better part of three years,…
The Biblical Imagery Behind Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Season 3
“Squid Game” is a series that’s no stranger when it comes to weaving religious imagery into its narrative. Season 3 culminates that thread with both subtle and striking references, particularly when it comes to Christian symbolism. The season, it turns out,…
Catholic school fires teacher after his husband’s obituary reveals their marriage
Alongtime music teacher at a Catholic school in the New Orleans area recently lost his job when it was revealed to an evidently “disgruntled” parent that he was another man’s widower, igniting a scandal within an archdiocese that has otherwise…
Broglio juggles roles as leader of US bishops and shepherd of Catholic troops
On June 22, the morning after President Donald Trump announced U.S. forces had bombed several nuclear sites in Iran, Archbishop Timothy Broglio issued two responses, one for each of the two hats he wears — president of the U.S. Conference…
How Democrats in America’s most Jewish city embraced a critic of Israel for New York mayor
In choosing Zohran Mamdani as their candidate for mayor, Democrats in America’s most Jewish city have nominated an outspoken critic of Israel, alarming some in New York’s Jewish community and signaling a sea change in the priorities of one of the party’s…