Augustine of Hippo is one of history’s great minds, which makes it all the more remarkable that he spent so many years being devious, promiscuous and extremely busy explaining why he wasn’t quite ready to change. He eventually ran out…
Baptist Pastor Urges Department of Labor to Seek a ‘Living Jesus’ Not a ‘Dead Jesus’ During Monthly Worship Service
Three days after Christians around the world gathered in churches for Easter Sunday, a Southern Baptist pastor turned a government auditorium in Washington, D.C., into an Easter worship space for employees of the U.S. Department of Labor during their workday….
New Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit Is the Real Deal
Most of the people who come to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, to see the Dead Sea Scrolls can’t read the fragments that are on exhibit through September. The scrolls are written in Hebrew, or perhaps ancient…
Black church leaders revive civil rights playbook to mobilize voters for midterms
Ahead of the midterm elections this fall, Pastor Mike McBride, a longtime Black voter mobilization strategist, is spearheading an initiative for church and community leaders to sit down together for Sunday dinners to learn from each other.
National support group for interfaith Jewish families guts staff amid funding crisis
A national nonprofit that supports interfaith Jewish families has slashed its workforce after facing an unanticipated budget shortfall.
Philadelphia’s 40‑year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador
In the midst of a civil war, married couple Ernesto and Linda Fuentes fled their home country of El Salvador and headed for Philadelphia, via Mexico, in November 1983.
Jewish protesters hold Passover Seder at Palantir’s NY HQ over ICE contract
Hundreds of protesters gathered at Union Square in Manhattan on Monday afternoon (April 6) for a Passover Seder to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies and corporations working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Pope Leo XIV calls Trump’s threat to end Iran ‘truly unacceptable’
Catholics across the ideological spectrum, including Pope Leo XIV, expressed alarm and condemned President Donald Trump’s threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” unless Iran strikes a deal with the United States by 8 p.m. Eastern on April 7.
From Hegseth to RFK Jr., leaders are using religion as symbol — not substance
In the past several weeks, religious language has been used in American public life with unusual intensity and disturbing clarity. President Donald Trump ended an Easter morning obscenity-laced threat of violence to Iran with the mocking words “Praise be to…
Trump administration agencies post Easter messages celebrating Christ’s resurrection
Numerous previous presidents have issued statements in recognition of Easter Sunday. This year, the Trump administration went a step farther, with several key Cabinet departments heralding Christ’s resurrection on their official social media accounts.
Why Catholic initiations are surging this Easter: From influencers to sacraments
Catholic dioceses across the United States are reporting a notable increase in adults entering the church this Easter, with some reporting the largest Christian initiation classes in history.
Fight Over Funding Islamic Schools in Texas Exposes G.O.P. Tensions
A floor-to-ceiling image of President Trump watched over the prayer hall at Iman Academy, an Islamic private school in Houston, in the same space where students also recite the Pledge of Allegiance.