(OPINION) This post isn’t some esoteric exercise in press freedom or news judgement. It’s about something real that is plaguing the national press in this country at this very critical moment in time.
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The second night of the Republican National Convention featured Billy Graham’s granddaughter Cissie Graham Lynch, a prisoner turned criminal justice reformer Jon Ponder, Pastor Norma Urrabazo of Las Vegas, former Covington Catholic high school student Nick Sandmann and First Lady Melania Trump.
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The Catholic Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan opened the Republican National Convention with a prayer for Americans, the elections, and specifically the unborn and the police during civil unrest over police brutality and racism.
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(OPINION) Vice President Mike Pence has the role of firming up Trump’s base over the coming weeks, making sure evangelicals and traditional Catholics pull the lever for the president.
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The Democratic National Convention kicked off the week with a Sunday interfaith service featuring many different religious leaders but no Catholics, though Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden identifies with Catholicism. On Thursday, Father James Martin, a Catholic priest known for his work to advance LGBTQ acceptance in the church, is expected to speak and include pro-life views. Sister Simone Campbell, a progressive nun and friend of Biden’s, is also expected to speak.
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(REVIEW) Traditionalists versus progressives is the major plot of a new novel called The Order by writer Daniel Silva, who puts these sinister inner workings that highlight this modern-day Vatican political power struggle — albeit a fictional account in this case — into greater focus.
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Zimbabwean human rights, democracy and Christian groups are rallying behind Catholic bishops in the southern African country after leaders were attacked over the weekend by the government. Government authorities labelled the bishops “evil” after they voiced their concerns over the country’s worsening economic and human rights crisis in a pastoral letter that has given new life to the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter online protest.
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This week Kamala Harris, presidential candidate Joe Biden’s running mate, will take the main stage at the virtual Democratic National Convention in events streamed online, kicked off Aug. 16 by an interfaith service featuring Christian, Native American, Hindu and Jewish religious leaders.
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(OPINION) Forgiveness has been crucial throughout history to heal tensions between races after injustice and evil. It’s just as important today.
Read MoreA growing Christian security movement focuses on training churches and ministries how to protect their congregations in case of gun violence.
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In the heart of Beirut’s downtown, the recent explosion is not the first blast Saint Elias Cathedral has survived. The cathedral has witnessed several wars in Lebanon and has a special symbolism as a sanctuary not only for Christians, but also Muslims who gather annually for a Ramadan feast hosted by the cathedral’s community. Father Agapios, priest of the church, spoke to Religion Unplugged about surviving the blast and his hope for Lebanon.
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(OPINION) As national news outlets increasingly abandon objectivity and transition into advocacy, some very important stories and trends — like the recent cases of vandalism against Catholic churches — never get to readers.
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(OPINION) A recent New York Times story about evangelicals in Sioux Center, Iowa confirms stereotypes more than the more nuanced reality of a diverse Christian community that serves each other more than seeks power.
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(OPINION) During this time of cultural reckoning, some have tried to lump Catholic saints like St. Damien into the same category as treasonous Confederate generals. That has forced Republicans to come out as defenders of traditional Christian values, while Democrats get dangerously closer to socialism.
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Although St. Peter’s Church in Kampala had received their land through a donation, a title was never given, and the donor’s children sold the land. Thirteen people have been arrested so far in connection with the church’s demolition, which took place late at night during the government’s curfew hours for COVID-19.
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Christian leaders in Zimbabwe are cautiously optimistic that a recent government move to pay $3.5 billion compensation to white farmers violently forced off their land in 1999 to resettle black families can revive the southern African country’s struggling economy by boosting its agricultural sector.
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Chan Young-man, a 69-year-old pastor, has been on the frontlines of Hong Kong’s protests since starting a petition to withdraw the proposed extradition bill. Now, since China’s new security law meant to punish dissidents in Hong Kong, he is continuing to help Christians hold onto hope in dark times.
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(OPINION) A journalist on the ground reflects on how the Indian-administered lockdown on Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region, has impacted the people one year after their semi-autonomy was stripped from the Indian Constitution. The lockdown has brought major job losses, disconnected Internet and phones, arbitrary detentions, house arrests of politicians, excessive force and more.
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(REVIEW) The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates by the National Catholic Register's longtime Rome correspondent Edward Pentin delves into the lives of the cardinals most likely to follow Francis.
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(OPINION) A simple removal of the “Whites Only” signs from water fountains, restrooms and waiting rooms missed the larger problem of segregation. The era of legalized racial segregation and discrimination was marked by the economic exploitation, political disfranchisement and social subordination of African Americans.
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