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A God-Loving Democrat Flees to Illinois to Stop Trump in Texas
From a tiny hotel room that resembles a prison cell, James Talarico says that he will stay away ‘for however long it takes’ to stop a Trump-backed…
Evan Gardner
On Pilgrimage with 20,000 Young Catholics
‘Tradition is the only safe future we have,’ says a 24-year-old, on the way to Chartres Cathedral. ‘What are you going to build your life on, if not…
Rod Dreher
Can You Marry Across the Religious Divide?
Josh Hammer and Coleman dive into the ethics of interfaith marriage, Christian-Jewish alliances, and why Israel is central to Western survival.
Coleman Hughes
1HR 20M
My Husband Wants to Be Cremated. I’d Ignore His Dying Wish.
‘The Mortician,’ HBO’s horrifying docuseries about a sociopathic undertaker, is proof that my family is right: Sitting up with a corpse is the best way…
River Page
How Catholicism Got Cool
Young Americans and people around the world are flocking to the Catholic Church. The Free Press spoke to them to find out why.
Madeleine Kearns
Who Betrayed Anne Frank? We May Now Learn the Answer.
A newly opened Dutch archive challenges the myth of a nation that protected Jews—and sparks a reckoning with the present.
Ruth Franklin
Can America Survive Without Christianity?
Author Jonathan Rauch joins Bari on Honestly to discuss how the success of liberal democracy depends on a healthy Christianity to support it—and if…
Bari Weiss
1HR 3M
The Passion of Pope Francis
There’s a striking symmetry in the timing of Francis’s death: The most influential figure of the global left departs just as right-wing populism rises…
Francis X. Rocca
America and the Exodus
The story of Passover is not just a Jewish one. Our Founding Fathers were profoundly inspired by it. So was Cecil B. DeMille.
Meir Soloveichik
Hallowed Be Thy App
Since it was launched in 2018, the Christian prayer app Hallow has been downloaded 23 million times. Is this the beginning of a religious revival?
Madeleine Kearns
Things Worth Remembering: Death Is a Friend
My ancestors, the ancient Celts, understood that mortality is not an enemy, but something to be embraced.
Sean Fischer
What I Discovered Deep in the Canyons
If I’d come here to hear romantic platitudes about the past, I’d come to the wrong place.
A.M. Hickman
WATCH: Does the West Need a Religious Revival?
Ross Douthat and Ayaan Hirsi Ali face off against Michael Shermer and Adam Carolla in our latest live debate.
Isaac Grafstein
1HR 26M
The Life and Death of the Oldest Hostage in Gaza
Shlomo Mantzur fled Iraq as a child. He tried to never look back. Then came October 7, 2023.
Matti Friedman
Does the West Need a Religious Revival? Join Us for Our Next Live Debate.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Ross Douthat face off against Adam Carolla and Michael Shermer on February 27 in Austin, Texas.
The Free Press
The Miracle of the Light
Winston Churchill wasn’t Jewish. But he understood, from the burning bush to the Maccabees to the modern state of Israel, the meaning of the flame.
Meir Soloveichik
A Merry Little Chrismukkah
Hanukkah and Christmas don’t just share a calendrical coincidence.
Liel Leibovitz
I Took Religion Out of Christmas. I Regret It.
I decided my family could do without Christianity. I didn’t realize how much structure and beauty it could give us.
Larissa Phillips
Inside Assad’s ‘Human Slaughterhouse.’ Plus. . .
Syria’s Christians fear what comes next.
Oliver Wiseman
Syria’s Christians: ‘We Have No Reason to Trust Al-Jolani’
In the wake of Assad’s fall, Syria’s 500,000 Christians are living in limbo. Here’s what they told us about their fears.
Madeleine Rowley
The Young Catholic Women Bringing Back Veils
A new generation of worshippers is longing for a ‘lost type of Catholicism.’
Madeleine Kearns
How Does the Pope Really Feel About Gay Rights?
Francis has reportedly warned against the Catholic church’s widespread atmosphere of frociaggine—literally, faggotry.
Mattia Ferraresi
WATCH: An Atheist Finds Faith Among the Mormons
‘These guys produced the last normal Republican presidential nominee. Who am I to judge?’
Ben Kawaller
Things Worth Remembering: The Resurrection of the Body and the Immortality of the Soul
Preacher-poet John Donne gave voice to his faith with a sermon on how God will raise the dead.
Douglas Murray
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