Despite a lack of religious diversity among the speakers at the Trump administration’s “Rededicate 250” event held last Sunday on the National Mall, conservative Baptists played a prominent role. The speaker lineup for the nine-hour religious festival included two Catholics…
‘Fake Christians’ in America aren’t funny, comedian warns
Comedian John Fugelsang brought some sober truth to participants at the 2026 Summit for Religious Freedom sponsored by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. While cracking joke after joke, he highlighted the dangers of Christian nationalism and offered…
Speaker Johnson joins Trump and Vance in warning to Pope Leo
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has joined President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in telling Pope Leo to stay out of U.S. politics. Johnson, a Southern Baptist who is a Christian nationalist — believing America is a…
Saga of plaque honoring January 6 law enforcement drags on
“Their service will never be forgotten,” reads a plaque honoring the thousands of law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from attackers on Jan. 6, 2021. But some officers feel forgotten after waiting years to see the plaque installed…
Republican leaders won’t denounce Islamophobia
Republican fearmongering about Muslims and Sharia Law is generating plenty of pushback from Democrats and civil rights groups across the country, but next to nothing from GOP leaders in Congress. Islamophobic rhetoric is on the rise as conservative members of…
In conversation with David Dault
David Dault teaches at Loyola University Chicago’s Institute of Pastoral Studies and is executive producer and host of “Things Not Seen: Conversations About Culture and Faith.” It was a joy to discuss his new book The Accessorized Bible and to…
Catholic congressional Dems rebuke Mike Johnson’s biblical defense of ICE
Some 40-plus Catholic Democrats in Congress have issued what amounts to a theological rebuke of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s scriptural defense for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, outlining a series of religious principles as a deadline looms for lawmakers…
Mike Johnson Just Tried To Correct The Pope On The Bible. Seriously.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was mockingly accused by critics on social media of trying to “out-Bible the Pope” after he attempted to use scripture to defend the Trump administration’s hardline immigration agenda.
Mike Johnson needs to read the whole Bible
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s foray into biblical exegesis reveals nothing new but does rehash an old evangelical template of “two kingdom” theology. In Johnson’s view, nations and governments are immune from God’s judgment when they oppress those labeled…
2025 was the year Congress gave power to Trump
Last year saw an overactive president untamed by an underactive Congress. In 11 months, President Donald Trump signed 225 executive orders in 2025, a new record, while the House of Representatives passed only 70 bills, making it one of the…
These ‘regular people’ promote a dangerous view of marriage and gender
“I’m just a regular guy,” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson told Katie Miller with his wife, Kelly, sitting next to him for the Katie Miller Podcast. “We’re simple people,” Johnson later added as the couple discussed everything from how…
House Republicans will pray to solve the problem they created
The House Freedom Caucus has announced a prayer meeting to seek God’s help solving a problem they created themselves. How ironic. Today’s prayer meeting was called, in part, to ask for divine intervention on the government shutdown, now in its…