xploring interfaith dialogue using knitting is the surprising theme of a new touring event taking place around the United Kingdom.
What a sunny van Gogh painting of ‘The Sower’ tells us about Pope Leo’s message of hope
In his first general audience in Rome, Pope Leo XIV referred to Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sower at Sunset” and called it a symbol of hope. A brilliant setting sun illuminates a field as a farmer walks toward the right, sowing seeds.
‘Remigration’ is American for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
The Trump administration has announced that, as part of its reorganization of the State Department (along with the now familiar gutting of important programs and firing of topic-area experts), it plans to create what it calls an “Office of Remigration.” Arguments over…
Nigerian Catholic priest who had recently served in the US abducted by extremists, church says
A Nigerian Catholic priest who recently served in the United States has been abducted by extremists along with other travelers in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, the church said.
Mike Johnson violates spirit of congressional chapel
As Mike Johnson ascended to the House of Representative speaker’s chair in October 2023, he quickly showed off his evangelical Christian faith. He led the GOP caucus in prayer at a press conference, declared during his acceptance remarks in the House chamber that God…
‘Loyal to the oil’ – how religion and striking it rich shape Canada’s hockey fandom
Déjà vu is a common occurrence in the world of sports, and the Edmonton Oilers are no strangers to repeat matchups. The Canadian team faced off against the New York Islanders in both 1983 and ’84 for hockey’s biggest prize, the Stanley…
Pope has phone call with Putin same day Trump does
As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to escalate despite international efforts to broker a ceasefire, Pope Leo XIV Wednesday afternoon had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Does Trump Actually Think He’s God?
“I’m supposed to be dead,” Donald Trump said, the day after he got shot at his rally last summer in Butler, Pennsylvania. “I’m not supposed to be here,” he said four days after that. “But something very special happened. Let’s…
He Attended Prayer Meetings in the White House. Now He’s Chairman of a Gaza Aid Group.
As the world condemned the killings this week of dozens of hungry Palestinians near U.S.-backed aid sites in Gaza, the group responsible for distributing that aid quietly appointed a new leader: an evangelical Christian with ties to the Trump administration.
‘The Ritual’ A Refreshingly Earnest (If Unoriginal) Return To The Exorcism Genre
Americans — and Hollywood studios — never seem to get tired of exorcism movies, whether it’s two starring Russell Crowe within a year of each other (“The Pope’s Exorcist” and “The Exorcism”), another “The Exorcist” sequel (“The Exorcist: Believer”), a…
PEPFAR and the Uneasy Conscience of American Christianity
We are so accustomed to seeing every public argument as a cage fight that it can be genuinely surprising to see a mind changing in the course of a conversation. On The Joe Rogan Experience last week, songwriter Bono laid out for Rogan…
Pope Leo XIV Returns to Tradition
When the monks of Canterbury Cathedral prepared Thomas Becket’s body for burial in the year 1170, they discovered a hairshirt hidden under his vestments. The British faithful considered it evidence of the martyred archbishop’s piety. G.K. Chesterton considered it symbolic of the…