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EXCLUSIVE: The Nuns Suing New York to Keep Caring for the Dying
On Friday, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne filed a complaint over the state’s new assisted dying law, arguing it forces religious workers to…
Madeleine Long
EXCLUSIVE: Ezra Jin, Pastor Jailed by China, Is Free
The church leader was reunited with his family in America on Friday, after 266 days in Chinese prison.
Frannie Block
Exclusive: Iran Plans to Seize Protestant Church
St. Peter Evangelical is the oldest Protestant church in Iran. Now the regime is threatening to take it over, warning its leaders: ‘We are no longer…
Maya Sulkin
J.D. Vance Isn’t a Catholic Statesman
He spends his new memoir in great frustration that the Church won’t issue him an indulgence so he can be a good Catholic, and also do whatever he wants.
Caitlin Flanagan
The Conversion of J.D. Vance
Most reviews of the vice president’s new memoir, ‘Communion,’ have been shaped by the writers’ opinions of his politics. I choose to take him at his…
Robert P. George
Welcome to Christian Boot Camp. Plus. . .
Niall Ferguson will make you love soccer. Trump’s tourism czar says foreigners believe ‘bullshit’ ideas about America. Why Olivia Rodrigo should believe…
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Bench-Press and Be Baptized
At this Christian men’s retreat, Jesus was the ultimate masculine role model. But amid full-volume trap music, warrior cries, and boot-camp challenges…
Josh Code
When Faith Is Just an App
Christianity is all over social media. For a while, I thought my generation might be finding God. Now I worry we are just finding content about God.
Freya India
As Ezra Jin’s Case Gains Attention, His Family Worries China’s Retaliating
Last month, Donald Trump said he was ‘optimistic’ Christian pastor Ezra Jin would be freed from a Chinese prison. But now, Jin’s been cut off from his…
Frannie Block
Arthur Brooks: The Pope’s Guide to the AI Revolution
For all the panic surrounding AI, Pope Leo offers a coherent philosophy for how individuals, leaders, and societies should actually live with it.
Arthur Brooks
Searching for God in Silicon Valley. Plus . . .
‘The Sheep Detectives’ is proof that the great family film is BACK! Alex Cooper’s pregnancy is proof that the boy-crazy will inherit the earth! The new…
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Searching for God in Silicon Valley
The work of building frontier AI has brought us to the edge of where He might be.
Avital Balwit
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