Our columnist didnât think he was a dog person. Then basset hound named Frannie came to live with him and his wife.
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Soon after becoming president, Democrat Jimmy Carter signed the Hyde Amendment into law â barring the use of federal funds for abortions, except in cases of rape or incest, or when the life of the mother is at stake. When the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration attempted to kill the Hyde Amendment, a small â but symbolic â group of Democrats appealed to the elderly Carter for help.
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Despite his success, boxer Mike Tyson was plagued by demons. Emotional pain and a violent temper led to a series of personal and professional breakdowns. In 1992, he was convicted of rape and sentenced to six years in prison. It was during those years that Tyson encountered the Islamic faith. It would take years before he would eventually find redemption.
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(REVIEW) âMartin Scorsese Presents: The Saintsâ is an eight-episode docudrama series following the lives and sacrifices of saints: Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, Moses the Black, Sebastian and Maximillian Kolbe. Each episode features a dramatization of their lives, narration by Scorsese and a panel.
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(ANALYSIS) For over 40 years, six people from Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, have claimed to see and speak with the Virgin Mary. For almost as long, hordes of pilgrims have traveled to visit sites of the virginâs alleged appearance and to observe the seersâ daily trances. The Vatican has never approved the pilgrimage or issued official judgment of the visionaries â until now.
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(OPINION) It was all the rage back in 2020. A chorus of prophetic leaders announced with certainty that Donald Trump would be reelected and serve a second term in the White House, but he did not â at least, not in 2020.
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(ESSAY) When we finally arrived, I was greeted with an obvious sort of curiosity. I later learned that I was the first white person to visit the city since the violence broke out over a year ago. I was stunned by this revelation. In a city that is under siege and giving refuge to 40,000 people, not a single emissary, journalist or missionary from a Western nation had bothered to visit?
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Church of England, stepped down after an investigation found he had failed to notify civil authorities about serial physical and sexual abuse when he became aware of it. âIt is very clear that I must take personal and institutional responsibility for the long and retraumatizing period between 2013 and 2024,â Welby said.
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Freedom of religion or belief, a right that speaks to something so deep-seated in each of us that it practically defines what it is to be human, is under attack in many parts of the world. Repressive laws, exclusion, deportation, imprisonment and out-and-out genocide threaten the liberty of far too many religious communities in far too many places.
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As President-elect Donald Trump huddles with his transition team to shape his new cabinet, several influential figures who played a key role in his campaignâs outreach to Arab American voters in Michigan are pushing for him to adopt a more favorable stance toward Palestinians in a post-war effort for regional peace.
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(ANALYSIS) We are social scientists who spent the past five years conducting research on the role of faith at work. Our findings confirm that there are many challenges when religion comes into the workplace. However, the costs of ignoring or suppressing workersâ faith often exceed those risks and challenges.
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Members of the small Jewish community in Amsterdam confronted the cityâs deputy mayor Friday morning, demanding answers for its failure to prevent violent attacks on Israeli soccer fans the night before that international Jewish organizations and leaders condemned as a pogrom. Videos showed men running through the streets beating Israelis and shooting fireworks at them.
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This weekâs Weekend Plug-in explores three key storylines after the election â again â of Donald Trump as president.
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As I watched Tuesdayâs returns roll in, I kept noticing that much of the ânewsâ in the 2024 election was actually old news for people who have been following the âCrossroadsâ podcast for the past decade.
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(REVIEW) Despite its flaws, âAgatha All Alongâ gives a refreshingly honest look at grief, relationships, the false promises of power and selfishness. In a world that churns out superhero movies with nothing to say, this is a welcome thing. In a world that tries to idealize the witch lifestyle, this show gives a far more accurate take than most forms of media have the guts to. The world of âAgathaâ is one without hope in the face of death.
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Fethullah Gulen was an Islamic cleric who had built a powerful global movement â but eventually found himself exiled in the U.S. and caught up in accusations that he had orchestrated a military coup against Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan.
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(ANALYSIS) Forget the opinions of newspaper czars. The question many voters needed to know in this feverish White House race was simple: Who did Hell endorse? Writing in the style of âThe Screwtape Lettersâ by Christian apologist C.S. Lewis (in which a veteran tempter lectures lesser demons), Dominick Baruffi didn't answer the question.
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Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris and returning to the White House for the second time following his unexpected victory in 2016. The win marked an unlikely political comeback for Trump. Faith voters were a big reason why Trump and the GOP dominated the 2024 election cycle.
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Last October, one present and one former student of Hillsdale College filed a federal lawsuit alleging the institution failed to adequately investigate their claims of rape and misrepresented how safe they would be on campus. Hillsdale prevailed in getting the lawsuit dismissed by U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering last month.
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(ANALYSIS) Hereâs a behind-the-scenes bit of information: I donât have any raw data at my disposal about how religious groups are intending to vote in the 2024 presidential election. However, I do have a way to back into some information about how things should shake out come Tuesday night.
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