(ANALYSIS) Thanksgiving has endured over the centuries through waves of immigration and wokeness, even though the way the holiday is taught in American classrooms has changed in recent years. The reason may be that this uniquely American tradition has a universal meaning to everyone, regardless of one’s faith or lack of it.
Read More(OPINION) For those who have never heard of it, L’Osservatore Romano is a daily newspaper that reports on the Vatican. It is printed in Italian with weekly editions in six languages, including English, and once a month in Polish.
Read More(REVIEW) What happens when you get a pope and a cardinal together? In real life, you’d get some interesting discussion. In the movie “The Two Popes,” you get lots of made-up conversation cloaked as a behind-the-scenes look at the current state of the Catholic church.
Read More(ANALYSIS) Rehman Chishti, a British Muslim and conservative born in Pakistan, will address the event on behalf of beleaguered Christians, who number 80% of all those in the world who are attacked for their faith, according to the FCO. At least 120 public buildings and 30 cathedrals across the UK will also light red.
Read More(OPINION) A new report discusses the issues in 57 countries, including registration and de-registration of religious or belief communities and security, “extremist” speech and literature, security in places of worship, restrictions on conversion and limitations on religious or belief community activities that have a foreign connection.
Read MoreIndia’s ruling Hindu nationalist party is fighting a state’s proposal to provide eggs to government daycare centers, where many of the women and children come from tribal backgrounds not adhering to vegetarian or Hindu diets.
Read MoreThe rapper explained his newfound zeal for Christianity to the televangelist and Lakewood Church’s 45,000-member congregation and their online followers.
Read MoreYoung boys in Muslim-majority Kashmir say Indian police are arresting them without cause. “There is lawlessness in Kashmir,” one of their lawyers says.
Read MoreThree march founders were removed after having come under fire over the past year for supporting Louis Farrakhan, a minister respected in the black community and reviled in Jewish circles for his anti-Semitic remarks.
Read MoreThe Mexican government has granted political asylum to the resigning Bolivian president Evo Morales as violent protests spread throughout the South American nation in response to accusations of electoral fraud. The overthrow had elements of both politics and religion.
Read More(OPINION) After Turkey’s invasion that bombed and killed civilians, Syrian Christians, Kurds and Arabs fled their homes and are in need of shelter and winter supplies. On a recent visit to the U.S, we talked to Syriac Christian Elizabeth Kourie about the geopolitical conflict and the needs of the community.
Read MoreThe trend picked up after the 2016 election. Nearly half of the 31 Muslim candidates who won an office are women.
Read More(OPINION) Let’s start with a loaded question. But it’s a questions that journalists really need to ask, because of trends during recent events in Catholic life. Is the Vatican’s press office helping to push a progressive agenda that could forever change the Catholic church?
Read More(OPINION) Beto O’Rourke made a statement that excites secular progressives but sends shockwaves through religious communities. How well will the remaining candidates navigate these subjects?
Read MoreThe new center, meant to “defend Israel’s brand,” will even feature a Donald Trump exhibit.
Read MoreA year after the faithful Catholic Supreme Court justice was confirmed, he remains a polarizing figure politically during the Trump era.
Read More(NEWS ANALYSIS) From corporations to schools, Chinese campaigns of intimidation are turning American institutions into propaganda outlets for the Chinese Communist Party.
Read More(BOOK REVIEW) Discovering Pope Francis is in a way an opportunity for fans of this papacy to defend him. It also tries to lay out common ground between those who may be liberal or conservative politically, but also Roman Catholic.
Read More(OPINION) The battle for the future direction of the church was played out among the bishops who participated in the synod aimed at addressing issues affecting Catholicism in the region of the Amazon that encompasses a great swath of South America. It’s ramifications, however, could very well impact the global church.
Read MoreKashmiris are keeping shops closed and their kids home from school in a mass civil disobedience movement to show that life is not going back to normal after India stripped the Muslim-majority region’s autonomy from its constitution.
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