Religion

It didn’t take long after Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, emerged onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday as the new leader of the Catholic Church for social media commentators on the right to begin…

VATICAN CITY—Angrily stomping on his vestments and throwing his zucchetto on the ground, Cardinal Pietro Parolin told reporters Friday that being passed over for pope meant he had devoted his life to God for absolutely nothing. “Five…

As luck would have it, I found myself in Amsterdam last November the night a pogrom broke out. My six-hour layover coincided with a soccer match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax Amsterdam, after which North African immigrants hunted down…

His Holiness Leo XIV, the new pope elected on Thursday by Catholic Cardinals, is the first American pope in history, but he also has an extensive record of reposting left-wing political views online, from open borders to climate change to…

VATICAN CITY – In a clear administrative error by the Holy See, the recently convened Conclave to choose the next pope has mistakenly included both the entire College of Cardinals as well as the starting line-up of the 2025 St. Louis…

The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday marked the end of a complicated chapter in the life of the Catholic Church. His was a papacy defined by a deep concern for the marginalized, a preference for dialogue over confrontation, and a…

In February, a group called Singularism scored a troubling victory under the Utah Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), claiming police violated their rights by confiscating otherwise illegal magic mushrooms…

The public square has never been theologically or morally neutral. Therefore, the church must and will continue to heed its divine obligation to publicly speak the holy Word of God. Only a godless culture would dare to claim that the public…

Russell Moore, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, said nothing when the publication he heads published a piece during Holy Week questioning the inerrancy of Scripture and insinuating that perhaps Jesus was roped, not nailed, to a cross.…

Late last month, the Supreme Court held oral arguments on a case that looks at what behavior counts as religious activity. The court seems poised to overturn Wisconsin’s absurd decision that self-giving acts of charity are not religious…