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President Biden's Summit for Democracy hasn't yet provoked the sort of debate about Biden's relationship to his church that abortion has. But... Read More

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Why The Pope Dresses Like He Does

Fr. Peter John Cameron on Christmas as Hope for Humanity

The Uyghurs in China: An Inconvenient Genocide

Bishop Barron on the Historical Reality of Jesus

What Liz Cheney Can Teach American Evangelicals

Russell Moore, Christianity Today

Some people in her own party want Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) to lose her membership on committees and even her place within her party's... Read More

The Terrifying Silence on the Synagogue Attack

Eve Barlow, Grazia

The only thing more frightening than a violent act of antisemitism, is a violent act of antisemitism that the world is happy to ignore. Last... Read More

What It Means to Be Pro-Life

Patrick Kelly, Wall Street Journal

Hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates will gather in Washington on Friday for the annual March for Life. Every year it is one of the... Read More

Pro-Choice Christians Motivated By Faith, Too

Annie Klingenberg, Sojourners

Since 1974, anti-abortion activists have gathered each January in Washington, D.C., to protest the abortion rights granted under Roe v. Wade... Read More

Synagogue Attack Shakes Expectation of What US Is Meant to Be

R. Hakakian, WP

This past Saturday, as I watched images of FBI agents pacing the perimeter of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Tex.,... Read More

Van Gogh's God

Peter Leithart, First Things

As I wound my way through the immersive Beyond Van Gogh exhibit at the Birmingham Jefferson County Civic Center a few days after Christmas, a... Read More

Treasure What God Has Revealed on Marriage

Cassandra Hedelius & Jeff Bennion, PS

On social media and other discussions, it's very common for people who care about LGBTQ+ issues, thinking they are being helpful, to invoke... Read More

Thich Nhat Hanh, Influential Buddhist Monk, Dead at 95

Brooke Schedneck, TC

Thich Nhat Hanh, the monk who popularized mindfulness in the West, died in the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam, on Jan. 21, 2022. He was 95.... Read More

From MLK to Silicon Valley: Thich Nhat Hanh's Lasting Influence

Bryant, Guardian

Before he got sick, Thich Nhat Hanh urged his followers not to put his ashes in a vase, lock him inside and "limit who I am". Instead, the... Read More

What an Antisemite's Fantasy Says About Jewish Reality

Bret Stephens, NYT

A man travels 4,800 miles from the north of England to the heart of Texas. Once there, appearing to be homeless, he gains entry into a... Read More

RCReligion Analysis

The Crises Awaiting the New Ambassador for International Religious Freedom

Thomas F. Farr, RealClearReligion

There was a time when religious freedom was a unifying issue in America. In 1993, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Religious Freedom... Read More

Facing the Realities of Abortion

Archbishop William E. Lori, RealClearReligion

Today, thousands of pro-life activists will rally in Washington, D.C. for the 49th annual March for Life. With the Supreme Court of the... Read More

Biden’s Blind Spot on Democracy

D. G. Hart, RealClearReligion

President Biden's Summit for Democracy hasn't yet provoked the sort of debate about Biden's relationship to his church that abortion has. But... Read More

Videos

Why The Pope Dresses Like He Does

Fr. Peter John Cameron on Christmas as Hope for Humanity

The Uyghurs in China: An Inconvenient Genocide

Bishop Barron on the Historical Reality of Jesus

Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church

Eric Miller, Michael O'Loughlin, Religion & Politics

Between 1980 and 1996, more than 581,000 Americans were diagnosed with AIDS. Most were gay men, and approximately 362,000 of them would die from the disease. Those who survived carried the memories of those lost, bearing witness at once to the horrors of the plague itself and to the stigma born by its victims. Rejected by family, accused, and condemned by politicians and religious leaders, the men... Read More

Religious Persecution & Discrimination

The Ugly Truth: Do We Care About the Uyghurs?

Rod Dreher, American Conservative

Billionaire venture capitalist says neither he nor anyone else really cares about Uyghurs persecuted by Beijing. To our shame, he's right.... Read More

Religious Freedom

The Crises Awaiting the New Ambassador for International Religious Freedom

Thomas F. Farr, RealClearReligion

There was a time when religious freedom was a unifying issue in America. In 1993, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, with the support of virtually all Americans of both parties. Five years later, Congress unanimously passed the International Religious Freedom Act, again with broad public support. Both laws were signed by President Bill Clinton. Since then, religi... Read More

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