The Religion Guy’s Answer: As the complexities in Venezuela continue to evolve, President Donald Trump held his first face-to-face meeting on Jan. 16 with democratic opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Universal consensus says her party won the 2024 presidential vote…
History mocks us
María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, gifted her Nobel to U.S. President Donald Trump in a Jan. 15 White House meeting. Trump has long coveted the prize, something that seemingly stems from his…
Violence is not the greatest force in the ‘real world.’ People of faith know this.
Archbishop Óscar Romero once said, “Let us not grow tired of preaching love, for this is the force that will overcome the world.”
The Ugly Religious History Behind Trump’s Coup in Venezuela
Last week, in an attempt to justify his military attack on the sovereign nation of Venezuela and the ensuing arrest of President Nicolás Maduro, Trump stated, “The Monroe Doctrine is a big deal, but we’ve superseded it by a lot, by…
Letter to the Editor: Ten Commandments hypocrisy
Dear Editor: Over the course of the previous year, Christian nationalists in Texas pushed through Senate Bill 10, which requires public school classrooms in the state to display the Ten Commandments. The rationale behind this legislation is the claim that…
America’s dangerous double standard in war and law
More than 20 years ago, Queen Padmé Amidala, portrayed by Natalie Portman in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, delivered a line that has aged like prophecy: “So this is how liberty dies — with thunderous applause.”…
Religious leaders react to Maduro’s capture with conflicting views
The capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has been a hit among President Donald Trump’s Christian nationalist allies while the reaction from moderate and progressive Christian leaders has varied from concerned to condemning. “We have a president who acts decisively…
We need to learn again from the Black Church tradition
Growing up, my parents — Evangelist Idella Cora Thomas and Leonard Thomas — guided me spiritually. They emphasized the importance of spiritual discernment in navigating the world and advocating for justice. They wanted me to understand where evil lurks within…
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
In the course of my 73 years, Christmas greetings from governmental agencies always have been cautiously nonsectarian. On a typical Sunday morning in the mid-1950s, half the population of the United States was in church, and more than 90% of…
Don’t shoot the boats!
The U.S. military sank Venezuelan vessels at least six times since early September. A strike on Oct. 14 killed six people. After a strike on Oct. 17, the U.S. took survivors into custody, and the death toll from these attacks…
Venezuelan Churches Divided Over March for Jesus Rescheduling
It was never about politics. Aristóteles López just wanted Venezuela’s evangelicals to have a public presence. And for years, he provided the space for that.
Federal judge finds Trump TPS ruling ‘lacking in evidentiary support’
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from revoking the Temporary Protective Status of about 350,000 Venezuelans as a lawsuit against the federal government continues. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen issued a 78-page decision March 31 declaring the revocation…