Michelangelo’s fresco of “The Last Judgment,” covering the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, is being restored. The work, which started on Feb. 1, 2026, is expected to continue for three months.
Breakaway Catholic group rejects Vatican talks, indicating collision course for pope
A breakaway Catholic traditionalist group on Thursday rejected the Vatican’s offer of talks, suggesting a collision course with Pope Leo XIV over its planned consecrations of new bishops without his consent.
Ash Wednesday protests and Masses make solidarity with immigrants a Lenten theme
Christian leaders — from Catholic cardinals and Episcopal and Lutheran bishops to moderate evangelical Christians — took their faith’s day of penitence and prayer as an opportunity to speak out on behalf of immigrants and against President Donald Trump’s mass…
Blaming ‘Paganism’ for Trump’s Violence Fails to Reckon with Christian History
“In a recent New York Times op-ed called “Donald Trump, Pagan King,” journalist and filmmaker Leighton Woodhouse highlights the apparent contradiction between the Trump administration’s violent “might makes right” mentality and Christian ethics that prioritize protecting the weak and oppressed.
Review: Dispatches From Mormon Zion
When I was around seven years old, my family stopped in Salt Lake City during a trip to Denver to visit relatives. For some reason, our visit to Temple Square has stuck with me through the years. By the time…
Jesse Jackson’s complex history with American Jews
For me, the moment that defined the late Rev. Jesse Jackson was the celebratory rally after Barack Obama won the presidency. I was watching it on television with my father, of blessed memory. When the camera focused on Jackson, you could see…
Pope laments ‘ashes of international law’ left by today’s conflicts in Ash Wednesday liturgy
Pope Leo XIV opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday and lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” that have been left by today’s wars and conflicts.
How business students learn to make ethical decisions by studying a soup kitchen in one of America’s toughest neighborhoods
For the past decade I have volunteered at St. Francis Inn, a soup kitchen in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Actor Robert Duvall Wove Faith And Flawed Humanity Into His Films
The death of Robert Duvall on Sunday at age 95 marks the passing of one of America’s most searching and soulful actors — a man whose performances were forged not only from craft, but from conviction.
For its 400th anniversary, St. Peter’s Basilica embraces AI and structural surveillance
In the 15th century, the basilica that Emperor Constantine had built around the tomb of St. Peter was cracked and falling apart, having stood for 1,100 years. Through taxes, papal revenues and the controversial sale of indulgences, Pope Julius II launched…
Doug Wilson Preaches at Pentagon, Compares Services to Day of Pentecost
Controversial Christian Nationalist preacher Doug Wilson stood at a podium inside the Pentagon on Tuesday (Feb. 17) as the guest preacher for the latest monthly Christian worship service held there for leaders of the U.S. military. The Idaho pastor and self-described “paleo-Confederate” preached about…
Whatever This Is, It Isn’t Anti-Zionism
If you ever wanted a succinct explanation for more than 2,000 years of vicious Christian antisemitism, all you had to do was to tune in to a meeting of the Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission last Monday.