The Black church and Black Christians have played an indispensable role in shaping American and church history. For hundreds of years, African American congregations have operated as hubs of spiritual formation, community, and activism, fighting for the social change necessary…
Should Religions Have Rituals Such As Baptism For Infants?
The Religion Guy’s Answer: This question might seem absurd, since religious birth rituals are so universal. But Christian baptism of infants is being assailed by a prominent (though alienated) Catholic, Mary McAleese, who was the president of Ireland from 1997…
‘We’re praying with our feet’: a year of pro-democracy prayer vigils in New York
On a recent Monday evening as commuters hurried past, a group of faith leaders set out a microphone and battery-run candles at the Columbus Circle entrance of Central Park in Manhattan for their weekly prayer vigil and held up a…
NYC new antisemitism czar says she aims to ‘expand the communal table by pulling up additional chairs’
Phylisa Wisdom says she is ready to show the world what “a real, progressive commitment to combating antisemitism” looks like.
Pope makes first visit to Roman parish, issuing call to humility and peace
In his first visit to a Roman parish since his election nine months ago, Pope Leo XIV urged parishioners to leave behind any attitude of division and conflict, and to instead cultivate peace and love through attention to the poor…
Catholic congressional Dems rebuke Mike Johnson’s biblical defense of ICE
Some 40-plus Catholic Democrats in Congress have issued what amounts to a theological rebuke of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s scriptural defense for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, outlining a series of religious principles as a deadline looms for lawmakers…
What Carrie Prejean Boller tells us about Christian Zionism in the US
Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California and a recent Catholic convert, was removed Wednesday from the White House’s Religious Liberty Commission after she made some controversial remarks about Jews and Israel in a hearing on antisemitism.
Why fewer Latin Americans claim religion — but still pray and believe
The number of Latin Americans who say they are not affiliated with a religion has long been steadily increasing. And over the past decade, according to a 2024 Pew Research Center survey, the percentage of those known as “nones” roughly doubled…
At Labor Department Prayer Service, MAGA Preacher Says Employees are Working for God and Trump
During the third monthly Christian worship service held inside the U.S. Department of Labor’s office building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday (Feb. 11), a Trumpian pastor baptized the work of the federal agency. Leon Benjamin, a charismatic preacher who leads a nondenominational…
Church of England winds down Living in Love and Faith as deep divisions remain over same-sex blessings
Living in Love and Faith (LLF), the years-long process of discernment in the Church of England that led to same-sex blessings, is to be formally wound down in July.
What is and isn’t new about US bishops’ criticism of Trump’s foreign policy
In recent weeks, Catholic leaders have been increasingly outspoken in their criticism of the Trump administration’s foreign policy, especially its military intervention in Venezuela and saber-rattling over Greenland.
Vatican extends olive branch to breakaway SSPX society
In a bid to stop members of a breakaway traditionalist society from incurring excommunications through the illicit ordination of new bishops, the Vatican has offered a path forward based on theological dialogue.