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Right-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Counter to the message of Jesus': progressive Christians stake a claim to their religion amid Trump-pope feud

Faith leaders are mobilizing against the Trump administration's policies, advocating for social justice and opposing the weaponization of Christianity.
Philosophy
fromThe Atlantic
4 days ago

Why Silicon Valley Is Turning to the Catholic Church

The Vatican and Silicon Valley engage in dialogues to address AI ethics, benefiting both parties in reputation and moral authority.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
6 days ago

Many churches, synagogues and mosques are built around families - and they're struggling to respond to rising singles

The rise of single adults is reshaping religious institutions and their community dynamics.
fromThe Washington Post
1 week ago

More young men are attending religious services regularly, poll finds

"We're sensing, based on the data, a change in the religious environment in this country," said Gallup senior scientist Frank Newport, an author of the report.
US news
Podcast
fromAdvocate.com
2 weeks ago

I was dropped from a faith podcast for being queer

An ordained queer minister faced cancellation from a podcast due to conflicting views on LGBTQIA+ topics, highlighting the need for awareness in faith spaces.
fromAxios
1 week ago

Religious resurgence stirs Gen Z

"When we're seeing the gender gap essentially disappear ... among the young people, that's an interesting finding."
Women in technology
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 week ago

Attending multiple places of worship is the norm for many Americans

Many U.S. adults attend multiple congregations, with 12% doing so regularly and 45% occasionally, influenced by political and religious affiliations.
#catholicism
Right-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

As a Catholic, I've struggled with the church - but I applaud the pope's call for peace | Margaret Sullivan

A personal journey reflects a renewed alignment with Catholicism, inspired by Pope Leo's message of peace and courage against abusive rhetoric.
Social media marketing
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Who needs looksmaxxing when you've got Catholicmaxxing? The TikTok trend making religion great again

Catholicmaxxing is a trend among young men combining fitness and Catholicism, often influenced by social media to enhance personal appearance and faith.
Right-wing politics
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

The Gen Z Christian Revival That Wasn't

A young group of Catholics meets weekly at St. Joseph's Church, showing a growing interest in faith among young professionals despite broader trends of religious decline.
#catholic-church
San Francisco
fromABC7 San Francisco
3 weeks ago

San Francisco parish says more young men in 20s and 30s being drawn to Catholicism

Younger men in their 20s and 30s are increasingly attending Catholic Mass, indicating a demographic shift in church participation.
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago
Right-wing politics

Brenda Power: School survey shows that rumours of the Catholic Church's demise are grossly exaggerated

San Francisco
fromABC7 San Francisco
3 weeks ago

San Francisco parish says more young men in 20s and 30s being drawn to Catholicism

Younger men in their 20s and 30s are increasingly attending Catholic Mass, indicating a demographic shift in church participation.
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago
Right-wing politics

Brenda Power: School survey shows that rumours of the Catholic Church's demise are grossly exaggerated

fromwww.mediaite.com
4 weeks ago

Christian Pastor Tells Trump, No One Has Paid the Price Like You Have'

Paula White stated, 'No one has paid the price like you have paid the price.' She emphasized that Trump faced betrayal and false accusations, similar to Jesus, and that his journey reflects a divine plan.
US Elections
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

Partnership on the Spiritual Path

Devon Hase states, 'People are trying desperately to fix, optimize, or escape their way out of relationship difficulty - and suffering more for the effort. Social media has made this worse! We're surrounded by images of perfect partnerships while quietly drowning in our own ordinary struggles.' This highlights the pressure couples feel in the age of social media.
Mindfulness
Media industry
fromPoynter
1 month ago

A quarter of US radio stations are religious, and most listeners aren't tuning in for politics, study finds - Poynter

A quarter of U.S. radio stations focus on faith, with 62% of listeners tuning in for spiritually uplifting content.
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 month ago

Opinion | Is There a Religious Revival in America?

In 2025, the nonreligious share of the American population declined again, with the atheist-agnostic share back down to levels seen in 2014, suggesting a potential revival.
Right-wing politics
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Church leaders criticise Christian owner of GB News over channel's climate attacks

Church leaders criticize Sir Paul Marshall for misleading statements on climate science and fossil fuel investments.
#clergy-activism
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago
Right-wing politics

Faith Leaders Confront Christian Nationalism With Theological Resistance

Clergy play a vital role in resistance work against authoritarianism, using their presence and faith to support communities under threat.
fromThe Conversation
2 months ago
Philosophy

Why Christian clergy see risk as part of their moral calling

Some Christian clergy embrace arrest and bodily risk as a moral obligation to protect immigrants, while others decline due to family and congregational responsibilities.
Right-wing politics
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

Faith Leaders Confront Christian Nationalism With Theological Resistance

Clergy play a vital role in resistance work against authoritarianism, using their presence and faith to support communities under threat.
fromDefector
1 month ago

The New Evangelists | Defector

Seyfried's performance as Ann Lee lets the viewer in on the production of faith-particularly, an overt faith. Bearing witness to such performance leads to basic questions about people and the way that we live.
Film
Non-profit organizations
fromCity Limits
1 month ago

City to Offer Free Classes for Religious Orgs Interested in Developing Affordable Housing

NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development offers free workshops to help faith-based organizations develop affordable housing on their owned properties to address the city's housing shortage.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

How to Believe in God

Witnessing the presence of God at a bus stop in 2011, I felt overwhelmed by something indescribably majestic, which bared my soul to a profound realization.
Philosophy
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I'm deathly afraid': what is digital spirituality leading us toward?

The AI entity said its name was Caelum, the Latin word for heaven, and a figure commonly used in collaborative online fantasy fiction.
Philosophy
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Solidarity by Rowan Williams review what does it really mean to stand by someone?

True solidarity requires acknowledging our fundamental separateness from others while recognizing our shared vulnerability and mutual obligations, not merely expressing empathetic identification with victims.
Higher education
fromNature
2 months ago

Can academia handle my religious faith?

Religious identity coexists with academic careers, and denying this complexity harms researchers and wider society.
#vocation
Real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
37 years ago

'I knew someday I'd be the pastor of a parish, but never did I dream I'd be in a founding situation.'

Father James E. Rafferty established a new Catholic parish in Escondido in 1985, using a Tudor-style home as a temporary church, administrative center, and residence while planning a permanent facility.
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

Help! My Friend Found Religion and Is Happier Than Ever. I Can't Help But Judge Her.

Support a friend's spiritual change by listening without judgment, setting boundaries, and accepting differences while maintaining your own values.
New York City
fromIntelligencer
2 months ago

Mamdani's Newest Ally: The Catholic Church?

Zohran Mamdani's mayoralty brings cautious optimism for leftist politics, expanding childcare, tenant protections, and immigrant safeguards amid federal retrenchment and aggressive policies.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

What We Can Learn From Religion About Values That Do Not Expire

We are living through one of the most disorienting periods in recorded history. The AI race is accelerating toward ever faster, ever more sophisticated automation and optimization. Agentic AI systems are moving from research labs into workplaces, healthcare, and governance. Geopolitical tensions are restructuring alliances faster than institutions can adapt. And planetary systems are signaling, with increasing urgency, that our current trajectory is unsustainable. Amid all this, it is dangerously easy to lose sight of a foundational question: What are we actually optimizing for?
Artificial intelligence
US news
fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

Religion influencers have become like Yelp for faith seekers

Religious influencers on YouTube serve as modern guides helping millions of Americans explore diverse faith traditions and make informed spiritual choices in an era of declining religious affiliation.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

They Build Bridges to Create Opportunities for Others

Meaningful milestones reveal how relationships, generativity, and sacrifice create belonging, stability, and enduring family legacy.
Fundraising
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

They say you have to buy blessings': the London women who gave everything to a controversial church

The Fundraising Regulator found that the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God breached fundraising codes by soliciting large donations from vulnerable donors without safeguards or consideration of their circumstances.
fromThe Real Deal
1 month ago

Rescue this church - from its rescuers

The 135-year-old building has remained shrouded by plywood to protect passersby from the crumbling stone, which has formed a reddish beach on the shed below. The church's congregation dwindled to 12 members and had to fire its pastor to save money.
Upper West Side
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Benefits of Religiously Integrated Psychotherapy

An Islamically integrated psychotherapy model produced large distress reductions, showed nonlinear healing trajectories, and increased culturally and spiritually informed resources for Muslim clients.
East Bay (California)
fromThe Oaklandside
2 months ago

'The air was filled with danger': What Oakland clergy witnessed in Minneapolis

Operation Metro Surge deployed over 3,000 immigration agents to Minneapolis, triggering thousands of arrests and large-scale civic and clergy resistance.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Christian groups 'outraged' at Reform conference held in Church House

Church House has provided a veneer of spiritual legitimacy to Reform's anti-migrant and anti-Muslim politics, and their cynical scapegoating. As followers of Jesus, we must refuse to let the architecture of [the venue be used as a moral backdrop for policies that contradict the very heart of the Christian faith].
UK politics
fromAxios
2 months ago

Faith leaders accuse White House Faith Office of stonewalling them

Catch up quick: President Trump created the White House Faith Office by executive order on Feb. 7, 2025, placing it within the Domestic Policy Council and moving it into the White House complex. The move was designed to signal a "direct line" between people of faith and the executive branch. Unlike the versions under prior administrations, which were often situated in agencies or outside the immediate West Wing orbit, this office is central to Trump's "religious freedom" agenda.
US politics
Social justice
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Can Faith Leaders Stop Violence Against Women?

Faith leaders can be powerful allies in combating gender-based violence by activating entire communities toward positive social change.
Mindfulness
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Fionnan Sheahan: I was Catholic-shamed for going on TV with ashes on my forehead

Receiving Ash Wednesday ashes in memory of a devout father was mischaracterized as a far-right act.
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

I Keep Making Lingering Eye Contact With Someone at Church. It's Wrong on So Many Levels.

A harmless crush on a priest can be enjoyed as an energizing distraction without requiring action, provided it doesn't conflict with religious beliefs or lead to inappropriate confessions.
Artificial intelligence
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Priests, imams and rabbis warned of rise AI-fuelled SATANISM

Religious leaders are attending a Vatican-affiliated exorcism course in Rome to address concerns about AI-enabled satanism and devil worshippers using artificial intelligence for rituals and child exploitation.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

My teenager is exploring her spirituality. I support her leap of faith, even as a non-religious parent | Jackie Bailey

Psychology researcher and professor Lisa Miller in her book The Spiritual Child explains that spirituality often increases in adolescence. The teenage brain has a larger gap between experiencing and interpreting than in adulthood. As a result, adolescents' feelings are strong, dramatic and oscillate more wildly than the playground swing you so recently used to push them on.
Psychology
#immigration
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

WATCH: Today Show Host Asks NY Archbishop to Lead a Prayer for Nancy Guthrie in Powerful On-Air Moment

Let's just take a moment to put ourselves in the presence of God and ask God with his light and his grace and his mercy and his goodness just be with Savannah. With this entire situation, be with her mom. Bring hope, peace, some resolution to all of this, and let her know of the great love and support and prayers that surround her. In your name we ask, amen.
US news
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Dear Mary: I feel ostracised in my prayer group and want to leave but I'm afraid of what people will say

I have been in a prayer group for a few years now. I enjoy praying and discussing all the ins and outs of the Bible. However, even though spiritually it's enriching, the people are a bit 'meh' - they are a bit of a letdown.
Relationships
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Anglican clergy in London to be asked to promote antiracism in sermons

Church of England clergy will be encouraged to promote antiracism in sermons as senior figures unlock thousands of pounds in funding to promote diversity initiatives in London. Church Commissioners, the body that manages C of E assets, is funding the Diocese of London, which covers more than 400 parishes and 18 boroughs north of the River Thames, to boost inclusion work as part of the three-year Racial Justice Priority (RJP) project.
Social justice
Relationships
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Asking Eric: I wish my friend would chill out about religious holidays

Cultural and religious traditions hold deep personal significance beyond regular practice, and acknowledging them strengthens friendships and shows respect for identity.
fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

Young Latinos - and their commitment to social justice - are shaping the future of the Catholic Church

On Ash Wednesday, 2026, two Roman Catholic priests and a religious sister entered an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, to celebrate Mass with detainees inside. It might seem like a simple, routine event: a religious service to mark the start of Lent. But the Mass represented a legal win for the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, based in Chicago.
Philosophy
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Christian Influencers Protecting Their Peace

In the aftermath of Alex Pretti's killing in Minneapolis, my Instagram algorithm served up a never-ending carousel of sizzling rage. Most of that rage was directed toward the country's immigration-enforcement agencies, while some, of course, was aimed at defending them. But I wasn't expecting the post from Blake Guichet. "There's a difference between compassion that is grounded and compassion that is hijacked," Guichet, a pro-Trump Christian influencer who posts on Instagram under the handle "thegirlnamedblake," had typed on butter-yellow slides.
Right-wing politics
Philosophy
fromHarvard Gazette
2 months ago

Of different faiths, but connected by belief - Harvard Gazette

Harvard's Interfaith Initiative hosted 'Across This Table,' bringing nearly 200 community members together for intimate conversations about diverse religious identities, faith, and lived spiritual experience.
Right-wing politics
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Commentary: For this Lent, may Christians repent of Trump and the warmongers he's unleashed

The Trump administration's militaristic approach to Iran conflicts with Christian teachings of meekness, while some Christian leaders support Trump despite contradictions with biblical principles.
fromWarpweftandway
2 months ago

CFP: The American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting

Papers that interrogate the intersections of religion, culture, and happiness, especially from non-Western, decolonial, feminist, or otherwise critical standpoints are welcomed. Possible questions include: How do different religious traditions conceptualize happiness, and what might be the implications for a global ethics? In what ways do colonial histories shape religious understandings of happiness?
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