Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, stressed that there can be no peace in the Holy Land unless there is justice and the understanding that both sides, Israel and Palestine, have a…
The Body of Christ Cannot Be Mummified
Over the past several weeks, I was away with a Christianity Today group, teaching through Exodus up and down the Nile River in Egypt. Along the way, I found myself in lots of temples and tombs—many of them filled with…
What is the ‘great replacement theory’? A scholar of race relations explains
The “great replacement theory,” whose origins date back to the late 19th century, argues that Jews and some Western elites are conspiring to replace white Americans and Europeans with people of non-European descent, particularly Asians and Africans.
White Evangelicals Want Christian Influence, Not a ‘Christian Nation’
In a country where 80 percent of adults believe religion’s influence is in decline, white evangelicals stand out as the group most likely to want to see their faith reflected in the US government.
Revered by Hemingway and visited by popes, why Cuba’s small patron saint is such a huge symbol
One religious icon unites Cubans: The Virgin of Charity of Cobre.
Hackers Try to Take AI to Church
Nick Skytland likes to ask pastors a question.
Connecticut pastor launches armed patrols ‘to keep the streets clean’ after deadly shootout near his church – despite condemnation from Democrat mayor
The leader of a church in Hartford, Connecticut, has pushed for the formation of an armed citizen patrol to supervise the streets.
It Sure Seems Like the Courts Have Placed Christianity Above Other Faiths
“Religious freedom” is having a moment in federal courts. One of the big successful goals of the conservative legal movement was that religious freedom would be advanced in a way that it supposedly had not been before.
Thickening Webs on the Christian Right
If you’re not already paying attention, you need to be.