The Swedish Academy is a famous institution, awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature since 1901. This year, there will be no winner awarded. On December 10, traditionally the day of the Prize Award Ceremony and banquet, for the first time in 70 years, one chair will be empty.
Read MoreHate crimes against religious minorities have been on the rise in India since Modi’s election in 2014.
Read More(COMMENTARY) In democracies, politics and politicians come and go, but Trump or no Trump, Jew-hatred moves steadily along its historic path as an unrivaled and utterly devastating source of evil.
Read MoreCheseto was found nearly frozen to death, with his running shoes frozen to his feet. Doctors had no other option but to amputate both legs just below the knees in order to save his life. He would recover to conquer the world’s biggest marathon, in record time.
Read More(COMMENTARY) Since 2017, there has been a rapidly broadening pattern of assaults on believers, faith leaders and worship centers in China.
Read More(COMMENTARY) Cable TV’s holiday movie season is full of Christmas titles. Do Jews want more representation?
Read MoreChristmas is more than just Santa Claus, bright lights and presents. For Christians, the season, marked by the start of Advent, begins a period that culminates with the birth of Jesus. While Christians of many denominations observe this period, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the four weeks preceding Christmas with many special observances in order to prepare for the coming of Christ.
Read MoreThe leaders of Tibet’s exile community have been shifting their stance from sacred to secular as His Holiness ages, preparing to carry on the world’s longest-running non-violent resistance movement— with or without a spiritual leader.
Read More(OPINION) There are several more religion stories to be told surrounding the murder of the former Washington Post op-ed writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Read More(OPINION) Journalists should be paying more attention to sexual abuse stories from Protestant churches.
Read More(ANALYSIS) A report identifies serious failings in the Equalities and Human Rights Commission revealed in its ten-year review. The stunning admission comes on top of a catalog of failures that reveal that most stakeholders do not know what the quango exists for, or what its priorities are.
Read MoreWilliam Buckley’s ability to articulate a strong national defense, need for small government and a devotion to God and traditional values became the bedrock of the modern American conservative movement. It was Buckley’s Catholic faith that proved central to his life and ideology. He was a man who not only lived his devotion daily, but one that helped to inspire future generations of politicians, thinkers and broadcasters.
Read More(COMMENTARY) The Vatican is investigating whether to grant a Mississippi African-American woman sainthood.
Read MoreA 27-year-old American, John Allen Chau, was killed by members of the Sentinelese tribe in the North Sentinel Island of Andaman, India after he made several unsuccessful attempts to contact them, allegedly to preach Christianity.
Read MoreRichard Ostling explains seeming discrepancies in what archaeologists find and the Bible teaches.
Read More(COMMENTARY) Jordan Peterson, a psychology professor turned Youtube theologian, mixes science, art and faith from a nuanced secular perspective.
Read More(OPINION) The Thanksgiving meal in 1621 between the Pilgrims and Native Americans in Massachusetts may not have been the first of its kind. Some historians say the first meal has a connection to Catholicism and that it took place more than 50 years earlier in Florida.
Read MoreDeeply stirring documentary “Emanuel” about the 2015 Charleston Church shooting, directed by Brian Ivie, unearths a hidden parallel tale of living amidst hate. The film, which premiered on November 14 at the New York Documentary Festival, shows how one community chose to respond to tragedy with forgiveness.
Read More(COMMENTARY) The case of Asia Bibi has proved that Pakistan’s government is intimidated by its own draconian legislation.
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