When researchers for the American Bible Society’s annual State of the Bible report saw this year’s survey statistics, they found it hard to believe the results. The data said roughly 26 million people had mostly or completely stopped reading the Bible in…
Benedict XVI turns 95 as book focuses on anomaly of 2 popes
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI turned 95 this past weekend, a significant milestone on its own but even more given he has now been a retired pope longer than he was a reigning one.
Clarence Thomas and his wife’s text messages highlight missing ethics rules at the Supreme Court
Time and time again, the nation’s highest court has come under fire for failing to manage potentially unethical behavior by its justices.
Most of the World Breathes Air Detrimental to Health
Nearly everyone on the planet is breathing air that could have adverse health impacts, according to a Word Health Organization report published April 4.
Hillsong Church’s scandals imperil the future of the megachurch
The hits keep coming at Hillsong Church, but they aren’t worship songs. The latest scandal regarding the global megachurch involves a 2021 internal investigative report leaked to The Christian Post that, according to the publication, details extensive stories of sexual abuse and…
New York Times makes Joseph Kahn its 5th Jewish executive editor since 1964
The New York Times named Joseph Kahn as its next executive editor, the fifth Jewish editor in the position since it was instituted in 1964 as the newspaper’s top journalist job.
Macron attacks Le Pen on Russia, Muslim headscarf ban pledge
French President Emmanuel Macron tore into his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a television debate Wednesday for her ties to Russia and for wanting to strip Muslim women of their right to cover their heads in public, as he…
DA seeks to stop ‘unethical’ execution of Baptist inmate
A South Texas district attorney has withdrawn the death warrant his office issued for the execution of a death row inmate whose case led to the recent ruling allowing spiritual advisers to lay hands on and pray for a prisoner in the…
As COVID-19 shutdown lifts, Mecca’s pilgrims bring Islam’s holiest city back to life
Mariam is sipping on a juice box while sitting on the front steps outside a hotel not far from the Grand Mosque in this holiest of cities for Muslims. Mariam first says she is 10 years old, but then decides…
Health Care Sharing Ministry Sharity Leaves 10K Families with Millions in Unpaid Bills
Around 10,000 families whose faith led them to “share in one another’s medical expense burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ” have instead ended up with unpaid bills totaling over $50 million after their health care sharing ministry shut…
The scientific meltdown over a controversial discovery of ‘biblical Sodom’
What everyone agrees on is that something unusual happened at Tall el-Hammam, an ancient settlement near the Dead Sea.
Amid Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine, Putin Demands Jerusalem Church As Israel Promised
As Russia’s two-month-old invasion of neighboring Ukraine continues, Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding that Israel grant the Kremlin control of a Russian Orthodox church named after the medieval Kievan Rus prince Alexander Nevsky in Jerusalem’s Christian quarter — as…