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Don’t tell my Pentecostal mom, but I pray the Hail Mary
My Grandma Violet was the black sheep of our family. I think of her when I pray.
The White Iowans and Latino and African migrants of the meatpacking industry
Kristy Nabhan-Warren’s ethnographic study complicates familiar views of the Corn Belt.
Judge tosses convictions in killing of Malcolm X
More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers were exonerated after decades of doubt about who was responsible for the civil rights icon’s death....
New study examines how COVID has changed churches
A new study from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research provides a look at the state of churches in the wake of the ongoing pandemic....
Women in Argentina claim labor exploitation by Opus Dei
Lucía Giménez still suffers pain in her knees from the years she spent scrubbing floors in the men’s bathroom at the Opus Dei residence in Buenos Aires for hours without pay....
Video of UM church incident goes viral, causes fallout
Canceled worship services. Closed Facebook accounts. Extra security at churches....
In Catholic Italy, ‘de-baptism’ is gaining popularity
Like most of his fellow Italians, Mattia Nanetti, 25, from the northern city of Bologna, grew up with the teachings and sacraments of the Catholic Church in parochial school....
William Sterling Cary dies at 94
William Sterling Cary, a pioneering minister and civil rights activist who was the first Black person in prominent church leadership roles, including president of the National Council of Churches, ...
Marvin Olasky resigns from World magazine
Marvin Olasky, the longtime editor in chief of World, a magazine that has long aimed to pair a conservative Christian viewpoint with careful, detailed reporting, resigned on November 1, effective...
Bryan Massingale wins social justice award from Paulist Center
Bryan Massingale accepted the Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice from the Paulist Center on November 13....
God’s womb of compassion (Psalm 25:1-10; Luke 21:25-36)
Advent must respond in some consequential way to the widening uncertainty of the living of our days.
The Rittenhouse verdict and the twisting of natural law
If a protest for equal rights is a threatening provocation, then answering that threat with violence is merely self-defense.
What preachers have said in times of national crisis
Melissa Matthes well understands both the political and the religious power of mourning.
December 19, Advent 4C (Luke 1:39-45, 46-55)
It’s hard to believe in an enchanted world.
The human moments of pastoral care
There’s something uniquely precious about being physically present with people.
Searching for truth (John 18:33-37)
This John text causes us to directly contemplate the nature of Jesus’ truth claims.
Telling Native stories on TV
Rutherford Falls gambles on humor to sort out White blindness. Reservation Dogs ignores the White gaze altogether.
Christian nationalism is thriving in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Understanding the political situation in the US’s mirror-image nation
Some trees are like mothers
Scientist Susanne Simard on how trees communicate and nurture each other