A group of Jewish, Hindu and Zoroastrian parents and students are suing a California school district, alleging that a high school program’s field trip to a mosque — and no other houses of worship — violated the First Amendment.
Newly Found Augustine Sermons Explore Saul’s Necromancy
King Saul famously courts a medium in 1 Samuel 28, summoning the ghostly figure of the departed Samuel in a moment of distress and disconnection with God. This summer, German researchers summoned new insight on this mysterious passage after uncovering…
US Bishops launch pro-life campaign as pharmaceutical abortions on rise
The Catholic bishops of the United States are inviting Catholics to join a focused effort of prayer and action to stop the spread of abortion pills.
UN experts raise ‘grave concern’ over violence against Christian women and girls in Nigeria
UN experts have raised concerns over worsening violence and insecurity in Nigeria, warning that Christian women and girls are among those facing an elevated threat of killings, abduction, sexual violence and forced marriage.
13 US citizens denied entry to Israel for weeklong trip to learn about Palestinian Christians
A group of 13 United States citizens who traveled to Israel to take part in a weeklong trip with a Christian organization dedicated to Palestinian liberation theology were denied entry at the border last week.
Southern Baptist Preacher Tells Pentagon Worship Service that God Will ‘Fight Their Battles’
An influential Southern Baptist pastor stood Wednesday (Aug. 19) in the headquarters of the world’s largest military and, with no sense of irony, preached a message of hope for Pentagon leaders by pointing to multiple biblical passages where God miraculously…
Mike DeWine, Ohio’s Catholic governor, speaks up for immigrants and opposes death penalty
Gov. Mike DeWine, the other Catholic politician from Ohio, beyond Vice President JD Vance, is a non-household name beyond the Buckeye State.
Birmingham church bombing wasn’t an isolated act of terrorism – there were dozens of attacks on Black houses of worship during the Civil Rights Movement
Sept. 15 marks the anniversary of an infamous terror attack: the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. On that Sunday morning, members of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group, planted dynamite on the east…
Whistleblower claims Trump’s campus antisemitism crackdown was a cash grab
A new whistleblower report alleges that the Trump Administration’s investigations into campus antisemitism were merely efforts to extract millions from universities, under the pretense of rooting out hate.
The only humanist in Congress on Christian nationalism, privilege and protecting democracy
Democratic Congressman Jared Huffman has represented California’s second congressional district since 2013 and serves as the ranking member on the Committee on Natural Resources and on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He is also the only member of Congress…
U.S. ambassador calls settlers who sieged Palestinian homes in Qusra ‘terrorists’
The West Bank settlement movement’s leadership joined with one of its most prominent defenders, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, in condemning an Israeli settler outpost set up in a Palestinian family’s yard.
Trump approval still underwater in Utah, but his ‘heirs apparent’ rated better
About a year and a half into his second term, President Donald Trump’s approval rating among Utah voters continues to be underwater.