Farmers were not burning fields out of ignorance about the harm it caused â they were burning because it was what they had always seen done. The answer? The connecting of agricultural lessons with spiritual truths. For Delhi, whose winter air quality crisis is inseparable from what happens in Punjabâs fields each October, that lesson carries direct and urgent relevance.
Read More(ANALYSIS) Remaining believers, committed atheists and the totally indifferent still share the same treacherous roads. They complain about the exact same potholes. So, yes, the Granite State holds the crown for the highest share of atheists in the nation. Yet God still manages to retain a surprisingly active local fan base. In other words, donât draft the Almightyâs obituary just yet.
Read MoreThe popeâs upcoming South America trip will temporarily double the population of his adopted hometown in Peru. With limited hotel capacity compared to Lima or Cusco, the Chiclayo government is preparing the residents to have rooms available for the visitors who will arrive to see Leo. As part of Leoâs first apostolic journey to South America, he will visit 10 cities in Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
Read MoreSpeak for the voiceless and marginalized: Support fairness and equal rights for everyone in society. Fight your indifferentism! Be different/holy!
Read MoreThe popeâs upcoming South America trip will temporarily double the population of his adopted hometown in Peru. With limited hotel capacity compared to Lima or Cusco, the Chiclayo government is preparing the residents to have rooms available for the visitors who will arrive to see Leo.
Read MoreToday the Christian legal movement is worth hundreds of millions of dollars and has touched many aspects of American life. Firms have been on a winning spree at the Supreme Court, overturning long-standing legal limits on religious expression by public officials, expanding religious exemptions and elevating the place of religious exercise to its highest point in modern times.
Read MoreGarth Pleasant, a legendary small-college basketball coach who won 720 games and four national championships in 38 seasons at Rochester Christian University in Michigan, offers life lessons from his 77 years on planet Earth.
Read More(ANALYSIS) The Catholic church is far from perfect, but the more acceptable it becomes to ignore the Vatican, the easier it becomes to declare almost anything â opposing progressive politics, endorsing Christian nationalism or spreading antisemitism â to be part of Catholicism, no matter what the pope says.
Read MoreWalk along the River Thames, and you can encounter thousands of years of history through artifacts that wash ashore. Some âmudlarkersâ spend significant time looking for the treasures â and now a nearby cathedral has named its first Mudlark-in-Residence to help visitors learn about the areaâs history.
Read More(OPINION) The complexities of Jewish-American identity donât fit in compartmentalized racial binaries. Jewish identity is inherited, interpreted, and observed differently on an individual-to-individual basis. While heritage and ancestry are certainly technical aspects of Jewish identity, there are several contemporary instances that complicate its resonance.
Read MoreThe milestone anniversary brought with it memorial rituals â wreath-laying, moments of silence, vigils and readings of victimsâ names â in tribute to a day that about half of U.S. adults remember as the most historic event of their lifetime. For many, it was also an occasion for private reflection about the attack, when terrorists used four jetliners to kill nearly 3,000 people.
Read MoreClemente Lisi was a 26-year-old general assignment reporter for the New York Post on Sept. 11, 2001. âEvery day youâd get up, and you didnât know what you were gonna do,â said Lisi, now Religion Unpluggedâs executive editor. âOne day it was covering a fire. The next day youâre covering a murder.â On that Tuesday, he was told that a plane had hit the World Trade Center.
Read MoreThe Church Watchers â all of whom are volunteers â are responsible for maintaining the openings of these small sanctuaries throughout the week. They take the job very seriously.
Read MoreâHow comfortable would you be talking about your mental health and emotional well-being with each of the following?â
Read More(ANALYSIS) The Strip has not vanished, and its âSin Cityâ label remains relevant. The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported $8.82 billion in gross gaming revenue (what operators keep after payouts) for the Strip in 2025. But the world has changed. Researchers struggle to describe online gambling today â from $100 billion global GGR in 2023 to a Gaming Compliance International estimate of $5.9 trillion in unregulated activity.
Read MoreThese prisoners are not only eyewitnesses to what happened inside Iranâs prisons. They are also earwitnesses: people whose knowledge of imprisonment comes partly through what they heard when they could not see.
Read MoreDr. Charles Ramsey happened to be in Tehran when the countryâs leader was in a helicopter crash and died. Soon, whisperings of ill intent began to emerge, and, of course, eyes fell on the American roaming around Iran. These days, he uses his experience to connect with international students at Baylor University.
Read MoreThe 9/11 attacks are often remembered as a single event. That morning, 19 terrorists turned commercial airliners into weapons and the modern era of terrorism began. A total of 2,977 people died in the terrorist attacks, the deadliest to ever take place on U.S. soil. To understand 9/11, one need to take a look at the Islamic radicalization of a movement that few in the West took seriously.
Read More(OPINION) Marx saw religion as a top-down sedative administered by elites to dull the pain of feudalism. History offers a different perspective.
Read MoreCivilian deaths increased 51 percent and abductions rose 153 percent between October and December 2025, compared to the same period a year before, researchers said. Months later, beginning in April, the government began arresting and convicting Boko Haram terrorists and others of related crimes.
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