Writing as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and the father of three children who survived the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Brent Leatherwood pleaded with Tennessee’s elected officials to “oppose…
Texas county will not shutter libraries in book ban dispute
A rural county in Texas will keep its libraries open after leaders considered shutting them down in the wake of a federal judge’s order to replace 17 banned books on their shelves, officials here decided Thursday.
Abortion pill rulings undermine religious freedom, interfaith leaders say
Multiple faith groups object to Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk’s ruling on mifepristone, saying it is motivated by a sectarian version of Christianity that tramples over their beliefs.
A Well of Conservative Support for Public Schools in Rural Texas
A national movement to give parents public vouchers to spend on private schools has run up against the deep loyalty Texas has always had for its public schools.
Holy Land Christians say attacks rising in far-right Israel
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land has warned in an interview that the rise of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has made life worse for Christians in the birthplace of Christianity.
Embodying a story of trauma and liberation, Ukrainian Jews celebrate Passover amid a new normal
Yuliia Krainiakova fled her home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, after Russian troops invaded last year and made her way to Berlin, where she and her daughters settled for 10 months with the help of Jewish organizations.
NASA Astronaut Asks for Prayer for Moon Mission
Victor Glover will pray his way to the moon.
Indigenous activists share mixed feelings on Vatican repudiation of Doctrine of Discovery
Steven Newcomb, who is Shawnee and Lenape, recalls first writing to the pope in 1992 to ask him to revoke the papal bulls behind the Doctrine of Discovery.
Report details ‘staggering’ church sex abuse in Maryland
More than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused over 600 children and often escaped accountability, according to a long-awaited state report released Wednesday that revealed the scope of abuse spanning 80 years and…