Early on Tuesday (Oct. 20), workers in the capital of Missouri removed the city’s lone Confederate monument after months of advocacy by community leaders that included Word&Way Editor Brian Kaylor. The city council voted 8-2 the previous evening to remove…
In battleground states, American Jews prefer Biden over Trump by a wide margin
A pair of surveys of likely Jewish voters in two key battleground states shows that former Vice President Joe Biden has a massive lead over President Donald Trump in the upcoming elections.
Pope Francis voices support of civil unions for LGBTQ couples in new documentary
Pope Francis spoke in favor of civil unions for LGBTQ couples in a documentary presented in Rome on Wednesday (Oct. 21), departing from official church teaching for the first time as pontiff.
Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly gay and lesbian teachers weren’t welcome in…
Jewish group condemns auction of Hitler speeches in Germany
A prominent European Jewish organization slammed a Munich auction house’s decision to sell several of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s handwritten speech notes, saying Tuesday it “defies logic, decency and humanity” to put them on the market.
The history of oath ceremonies and why they matter when taking office
The confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett have drawn much notice for her religious worldview.
Both candidates went to church this weekend. Their experiences were very different
Joe Biden and Donald Trump both visited churches over the weekend, a common practice for presidential candidates in the lead up to an election.
Most US clergy avoid hellfire threats over abortion politics
James Altman is a Roman Catholic priest in Wisconsin, little known outside his parish until a few weeks ago. Robert Jeffress is the high-profile pastor of a Baptist megachurch in Dallas. They have a message in common for members of…
Poll: White evangelicals are religious outliers on every issue of concern to voters
As they head to the polls, nearly all religious Americans say the coronavirus is the most critical issue facing the country, a new study by PRRI shows. But there’s one notable exception: white evangelicals.