Cardinal Robert McElroy wasted no time pointing out that this year’s World Day for Migrants and Refugees is not like the others — at least not in the U.S.
How Social Issues Are Driving a Wedge Between Young Women and Young Men
Let me just start this post off by saying that I got the inspiration for this data exercise from reading Dan Cox’s excellent Substack – American Storylines. It was specifically this post from March 20 – “The Gender Gap in Church…
Ruwa Romman, Georgia’s first Muslim woman legislator, launches bid for governor
In 2022, Ruwa Romman made history as the first Muslim woman to be elected in the Georgia House of Representatives. Now she hopes to make more history as the first woman and first Muslim to win the governor’s mansion in…
Religion often shapes someone’s view of abortion – but what about a woman’s actual decision?
Many factors can shape how someone views abortion – gender, age and education, to name a few. Around the world, however, religious belief is the most powerful predictor that someone will disapprove, as I document in my 2025 book, “Fetal…
An Ode to the Long Season
Major League Baseball, what’s not to love?
Filipino parish makes anti-corruption statement by rejecting a pickup truck
A historic Filipino parish known mostly for an annual fertility festival recently may have acquired a new reputation for moral integrity, by virtue of returning a pickup truck donated by a former government engineer implicated in a corruption scandal.
Tibetan Buddhist nuns are getting advanced degrees − and the Dalai Lama played a major role in that shift
In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious institutions across India and Nepal – a record number – gathered at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in northern India to take various levels of the “geshema” examination. These exams are in preparation for…
A federal probe into US’s largest Hindu temple leaves questions for minority faiths
Federal authorities, led by the U.S. Department of Justice, have ended a four-year-long investigation into alleged human rights violations in the construction of the largest Hindu temple in the United States — an extensive probe that spanned two presidential administrations….
Where Refugees Were Seen as an Opportunity from God
Joakim Lundqvist never thought he would be pastor to hundreds of people named Muhammad.
Latest update of 1844 American songbook reflects new generation of ‘Sacred Harp’ singers
More than 700 singers convened in Atlanta this month to celebrate the latest edition of the songbook at the heart of one of the country’s oldest Christian music traditions.
The Most Segregated Hour? Rethinking Race and Religion in America
If I asked you to think of one quote about race and religion in the United States, I am going to bet that if you could conjure one up quickly it would be, “11:00 on Sunday morning is the most…
The Vatican Welcomed LGBTQ+ Catholics — Can it Do the Same for Women?
Over the past few days, I’ve watched in awe at the extraordinary achievements of my greater LGBTQ+ Catholic community in Rome as they participate in a pilgrimage as part of the Jubilee Year. They have walked through the Holy Doors—out…