Kashmiris are welcoming the Indian government’s move to restore religious sites, including a Hindu temple, now in a Muslim neighborhood, vacated when Kashmiri Hindus fled the region’s armed rebellion in the 1990’s.
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(OPINION) The election season goes into hyperdrive with the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden that will take place Tuesday in Cleveland.
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A group of racist “zoombombed” the Sharpe Road Church of Christ, a predominantly Black congregation in North Carolina. The church filed a report with authorities, the minister says.
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During Yom Kippur, on Sept. 27 this year, Rabbi Ellie Bachman and students part of his campus ministry prepared meals with holy food for students in self-quarantine who couldn’t leave their rooms. He’s one of many campus ministry leaders forced to adapt and think of ways to safely encourage students off of Zoom as student athletes wait to see how and when they can resume their games.
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Indian police have long been known to abuse their power, but this summer, a particularly brutal case made headlines shortly after the American outcry for George Floyd’s death. In a court order allowing charges to be filed, a majority-Hindu court made a surprising reference to the Bible.
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Black Lives Matter erased a page from their official website that included a controversial manifesto that’s been debated in Christian circles grappling with how to support efforts to fight racism without sacrificing Christian beliefs. Conservative Clergy of Color, a Christian ministers’ organization organized against the Black Lives Matter movement, is questioning the reason for BLM’s wording change.
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Here’s everything you need to know about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s faith, her past statements regarding abortion and whether religion should impact judicial philosophy.
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(REVIEW) “Infidel,” the new faith-based political thriller, has attracted several Christians and political conservatives — giving it a reasonably good box office opening. But the movie is lacking in quality, and may disappoint the audience it seeks to please.
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This week’s Weekend Plug-in highlights religion-related news coverage of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week, vs. that of her potential successor, Amy Coney Barrett.
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Some Christians, regardless of who they plan to vote for in the 2020 election, agree that politics are dividing them. They share ways that they have discussions about politics without letting them end relationships.
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(REVIEW) Marilynne Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005 for her novel Gilead. Jack is the fourth book in her Gilead series that goes back in time to show Jack’s point of view in an interracial friendship and forbidden romance that reflect God’s love.
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Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen gunman who shot and killed Black Lives Matter protesters in Wisconsin, awaits a hearing set for Friday, Sept. 25. Some donors to his legal fund, hosted by the Christian platform GiveSendGo, invoke biblical arguments for self-defense to defend Rittenhouse, though there is scant evidence Rittenhouse is himself religious.
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(OPINION) Will age play a role in determining the next Pope? Some will say the rule of thumb has moved to older popes, as with the U.S. presidency.
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(ANALYSIS) The repeal of the Johnson Amendment has become a cause celebre among the Christian right and President Trump campaigned on a promise to overturn it, but it’s more complicated than a simple executive order. And left-leaning religious groups are more likely to be politically involved than their right-leaning counterparts.
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The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, a massive public art display dedicated to the Christian heritage of the United Kingdom, was approved for planning earlier this month.
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After the controversial election of President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus, Christians have staged peaceful protests. Many of them have been arrested, and some say the government has threatened to take away their children.
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Hundreds of Catholics in San Francisco held a “Free the Mass” march on Sept. 20 to protest the state’s COVID-19 restrictions on religious services.
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(OPINION) The Religion Guy tackles the question of whether or not religion is “worth it” in the United States. He addresses both a secular and religious viewpoint—citing studies about the nature of human flourishing and happiness.
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The Fetzer Institute study finds that more than 80% of Americans say they are spiritual in some way, and that the more spiritual a person says they are, the more likely they are to engage in politics.
Read MoreThe newest EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research poll on Catholic priorities this election season finds that while former Vice President Joe Biden enjoys a 12-point margin over Donald Trump, the president continues to do best among those who regularly attend Mass on Sundays.
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