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The Bible Is on Trial in Europe
A Finnish parliamentarian quoted the word of God in a social media post. Then she was charged under her country’s Crimes Against Humanity law.
Kara Kennedy
I Thought I Didn’t Need God. I Was Wrong.
I spent decades dismissing religion as superstition. But the more I learned, the less my own certainty made sense.
Charles Murray
The Next Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal Is Taking Place Right Now—in Bankruptcy Court
A Free Press investigation reveals how dozens of Catholic dioceses are subverting the Child Victim Act, stopping lawsuits in their tracks and pressuring…
Laurie P. Cohen
Arrested Again—for Holding a Sign
The UK’s clampdown on free expression snags 75-year-old Rose Docherty—for the second time. Her alleged crime: offering to chat outside a hospital that…
Josh Code
‘The Shooter’s Wife Is Our Neighbor’
Thousands of Latter-day Saints have donated over $200,000 in a day and a half to support the family of the man who attacked a meetinghouse in Michigan…
Jillian Lederman
Arthur Brooks: How to Heal Our Country? Love Your Enemies.
Moral courage is standing up to the people with whom you agree, on behalf of those with whom you disagree.
Arthur Brooks
He’s Christian. In Nigeria, That Meant Torture and Prison.
More than 7,000 Nigerian Christians have been slaughtered by Islamists so far in 2025. We spoke to one of the survivors.
Josh Code
Erika Kirk and America’s Religious Revival
‘There is an extreme atmosphere of spiritual hunger and a huge outpouring of people looking for answers.’
Maya Sulkin
I’m an Orthodox Jew Because of Charlie Kirk
A campus encounter with Charlie Kirk sparked a journey that reshaped my faith, deepened my Jewish identity, and changed the course of my life.
Adam Sharf
How the West Lost Its Soul
We’ve abandoned the founding religious story that has sustained us for 1,500 years. The result is the greatest age of abundance we’ve ever known—and a…
Paul Kingsnorth
The Ancient Roots of the First Millennial Saint
How a 15-year-old Italian boy just became the patron saint of the internet.
Matthew Walther
Egypt’s War Against the World’s Oldest Christian Monastery
The state’s suppression of St. Catherine’s is a microcosm of Egypt’s broader campaign against the country’s Christians—including my family.
Mariam Wahba
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