Blocking someone from entering a house of worship, or acting in a way that makes worshippers entering the building fear for their safety, is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations…
All Christians should listen to Pope Leo on AI
Sometimes the pope knows how to nail some theses to the door, too.
To combat polarization, a Houston interfaith group embraces riskier dialogue
In the months after Oct. 7, 2023, Shariq Ghani, the 44-year-old Muslim executive director of the Houston-based civic multifaith nonprofit Bridges, began hosting regular, emergency meetings with Jewish and Muslim community partners in the city.
Conservative Christians love this painting of George Washington. The event it depicts may not have happened
Not everyone sees the same thing when they look at an image. A picture of George Washington praying might seem unremarkable to some. To others, it’s a powerful statement about how the United States was founded as a Christian nation.
How the Trump administration uses the Bible to justify military invasions and immigration raids
As massive immigration enforcement actions were underway in Minnesota this January, the Department of Homeland Security released a video that, at first glance, appeared to resemble a cinematic trailer.
Main Takeaways From Pope Leo’s Encyclical on A.I.
Pope Leo XIV’s major new teaching on safeguarding humanity in the age of artificial intelligence is a forward-looking document, arriving at the precipice of what many see as a new technological age that will profoundly reshape human life.
Are “Real” Catholics as Conservative as Evangelicals?
Here’s a common occurrence for me on social media. I post a graph that’s really basic: how a bunch of religious traditions feel about a controversial political issue. Could be a pathway to citizenship for folks who came here illegally,…
Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See’s own role in legitimizing slavery
Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”
Arkansas Group Allegedly Rejected Woman’s Land Purchase Due To Jewish Ancestry, Black Husband
A real estate broker says an organization denied her the opportunity to purchase land in an Arkansas development because of her Jewish ancestry, and because she has a Black husband and biracial children, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in…
MAGA and Christian Nationalism Satire “The Boys” Leaves Us With a Superhero Dilemma
“Jesus… as we all know was tortured, stripped of his dignity, and killed. And that’s all well and good,” says Homelander, the psychopathic all-powerful superhero in his address to the nation from the Oval Office on the final episode of The…
Good News Club receives permanent access to Oakland schools; lawsuit ends
The Good News Club, a faith-based after-school organization, has been granted permanent access to school facilities in one of California’s largest school districts after more than a year of litigation.
America’s faith in war is a spiritual crisis — not just a political one
The United States is back at war, this time in Iran, and as the war plays out, we will be having important and necessary conversations about the ongoing conflict. These conversations will happen in churches and schools, around dinner tables…