Religion

The United States Department of State has just issued its annual watchlist of the world’s worst religious freedom offenders, and strikingly, Nigeria did not make the cut. The country is among the most dangerous in the world to be a…

Since Recession Christmas is almost here, I hope we’re all ready to play a Yuletide game normally reserved for impoverished college students and gambling addicts — Christmas Cash Reimbursement. In case you’re not familiar, this is the game…

Amid the tinsel and lights of the Christmas season, you may find Nativity displays on fireplace mantels, store shelves, and front lawns. Those displays remind us of Jesus as an infant, “wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” Many…

The Washington Post’s Senior Critic-at-Large Robin Givhan is on a theological tear of late. She’s taken aim at Colorado marketing and graphic design entrepreneur (and Christian) Lorie Smith, whose free speech case was recently argued to the…

The birth of Jesus was the beginning of the greatest act of love ever known, which leads us to devote an entire season to celebrate it. Unfortunately, the secularization of Christmas means Christ’s arrival on Earth doesn’t always get the…

In times of political turmoil, images of political unity provide hope for a troubled republic. One such image appeared in Dearborn, Michigan. As Joy Pullmann reported, conservative Muslims and Christians found common ground in demanding…

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis issued a statement Thursday deeming the sexual assault allegations against Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet as ‘insufficient grounds’ to launch a formal investigation. The announcement comes following a preliminary…

EDMONTON, AB – A massive open-air church service held at Commonwealth Stadium concluded when Pope Francis completed a 52-yard Hail Mary in the last few seconds of the mass’ regulation time. “With God, all things are possible,” stated the…

GOLGOTHA – After a tumultuous, decades-long relationship with Evangelical Christians, Jesus H. Christ finally announced He is seeking bids for new brand management. The announcement arrived today via burning bush. “I’m not supposed to…

If your neighbors seem depressed, that’s because they probably are. Americans are the unhappiest they’ve been in more than half a century, and they’re not having children. According to new data from the General Social Survey highlighted…