Five faith leaders were arrested while praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday (May 5), the second time in as many weeks clergy and others have been handcuffed as they speak out against the Republican-led budget bill.
BYU trio among handful of college basketball players paying it forward
It’s no easy chore for BYU basketball players to escape the program’s soaring expectations, which, like the morning sun, seem to rise brighter each day. Whether it’s Joe Lunardi’s projection as a No. 2 seed for next year’s NCAA Tournament…
USCCB’s immigration chief: ‘We announce the gospel, in season and out’
In 2022, Pope Francis was asked about the U.S. bishops’ conference and identified one man, El Paso, Texas, Bishop Mark Seitz, as an example of a “good pastor.” Seitz, who had just been named to head the U.S. Conference of…
China Bans Missionary Work Without State Approval in New Restrictions
The Chinese Communist Party enacted new restrictions on foreign missionaries there May 1, preventing them from preaching, evangelizing and establishing various religious organizations among other activities without official government approval.
How a reading group helped young German students defy the Nazis and find their faith
For three weeks in April 2025, my “Theology of Christian Martyrdom” class studied how a group of German students and professors from Munich and Hamburg formed a resistance movement from 1942 to 1943 known as the “White Rose.”
These women are giving their legislators a piece of their mind — one quilt square at a time
The card holders on the long dining room table offered guidance to the women assembled around it: “Keep it Constitutional” and “Keep it Kind.”
Flourishing or Floundering? How Young People See Their Lives
One of the most interesting lines of survey research in the last couple of years has been led by Tyler VanderWeele at Harvard. It’s focused on a fairly simple but incredibly consequential aspect of life – human flourishing.
Presbyterian World Mission Closes, Lays Off Dozens of Missionaries
Hundreds will meet near Pittsburgh in June as part of a 120-year tradition deemed the longest-running annual missions conference in the US.
What Christians Hold in Common with ‘Aspirational’ Conservatives
There are few terms more prone to misinterpretation today than religious freedom and conservative. Religious freedom could mean constitutional safeguards for practicing sincerely held religious beliefs, or it might mean a veiled justification for discriminating against those with whom you disagree.
The Bitter Wisdom of Moshe Dayan
The eulogy famed Israeli military commander Moshe Dayan delivered for Roi Rotberg on April 30, 1956, sixty-nine years ago today, has been called “the defining speech of Zionism.” Like most things having to do with Zionism, it is complicated, at once aspirational…
Martin Scorsese and Pope Francis teamed to produce a documentary called ‘Aldeas — A New Story’
Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff’s work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death.
BWA Director Set to Step into New Role
Carolina Carro de Mangieri, Director of Global Events and Fellowship for the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), has accepted the role of Chief Executive Officer / Publisher for Editorial Mundo Hispano / Casa Bautista de Publicaciones headquartered in El Paso, Texas, USA.