Entering the Nativity Store gift shop, located around the corner from the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square, the first thing many visitors notice are its oversized photos of Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis.
Remembering Martin Marty
Marty Marty, as he always introduced himself, was an ordained Lutheran minister, an editor and columnist for The Christian Century, and a professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School, where he taught for thirty-five years, until his retirement in 1998.
Judge bars Trump administration from shutting peace institute that sought to end violent conflicts
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with its dismantling of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an organization taken over in March by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Fortunately, God Loves Losers, Outcasts And The Quirky
Since Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, became the first American elected as pope, I’ve been racking my mind trying to find something semi-intelligent to write about this momentous event.
Texas Senate passes bill that would require public schools to use Christian B.C./A.D. system to track years
A bill greenlit by the Texas Senate on Monday would block school districts from purchasing instructional materials that do not use the terms “Before Christ” (B.C.) and “Anno Domini” (A.D.) when referring to historical time periods, marking the latest effort…
New standards for Oklahoma high school students promote misinformation about the 2020 election
Oklahoma high school students studying U.S. history learn about the Industrial Revolution, women’s suffrage and America’s expanding role in international affairs.
With fewer ordinations, seminaries find ways to serve young professionals in other fields
On a Tuesday evening in early April, an audience sat enraptured in Princeton Theological Seminary’s dining hall as, one by one, adults in their 20s walked up to a platform, took the microphone and shared a story.
Great Books Need More Than Good Apologists
On a recent weekend, my wife and I found ourselves in an odd place—a library. We’re used to public libraries and used bookstores, but this was different: coffered ceilings; rich built-in shelves filled with aging books; a fireplace framed by…
Do Jews fantasize about the afterlife?
I don’t know about you, but ever since Pope Francis died, TikTok has been sending me some very weird videos.
Pope Leo XIV affirms family is based on union between a man and a woman, unborn has inherent dignity
Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman,” and that the unborn and elderly enjoy dignity as God’s creatures, articulating clear Catholic teaching on marriage and abortion at the start of his…
The rise of Yehuda Kaploun: How a Hasidic fixer became Trump’s nominee for antisemitism czar
The first time Yehuda Kaploun’s name entered the Congressional Record, it was because a senator named Joe Biden had elevated his concerns about antisemitism.
Pope Leo’s ‘MAGA-Type’ Brother Goes To Confession About His Trolling For Trump
Louis Prevost, the older brother of Pope Leo XIV, said in an interview with Piers Morgan on Tuesday that he’ll likely tone down the right-wing, pro-Donald Trump posts on social media now that his older sibling is the head of the Catholic Church.