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December 11, 2025

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IN THE NEWS

Church leaders protest Trump’s rhetoric, ICE raids

Grossly dehumanizing and xenophobic. This is how the Rt. Rev. Craig Loya, Bishop of Minnesota, described President Trump’s December 2 comments, in which he called Somalis “garbage” four times and said “We don’t want ’em in our country”...


‘When the church door opens, it’s like a miracle’: the phone app that’s a key to Italy’s religious art

The Santa Maria di Missione chapel in Villafranca Piemonte, northern Italy, stands at the end of a long cornfield. Behind it, the mountains rise gently, their outlines caressed by the sun. The colours of autumn frame the 15th-century frescoes that...


A year after Assad, Evangelicals help Syria heal

Last year, Nahla Ishak drove about three hours from Damascus, Syria, to attend a fundraising conference in Amman, Jordan. As the founder of Generations Over Crisis, a nonprofit supporting Syrian families affected by trauma, Ishak relies on...


Hotline claims to have identified more than 200 alleged historical child abuse offenders in secretive Christian sect

Jillian Hishon spent 38 years of her life in a secretive sect before she was silenced and removed for marrying an outsider. Very little is known about the group, which goes by various names including The Two by Twos or The Church With No Name....


Vatican report says no to ordaining women deacons—for now

The Vatican today released a synthesis report of the key themes of the study commission on the female diaconate that says “the purely historical perspective does not allow us to arrive at any definitive certainty” and that “in the final analysis....



FROM FAITH ON VIEW

How religious persecution in Laos threatens ethnic minority Christians

Religious persecution in Laos, especially against Christians, continues to escalate despite constitutional guarantees of religious freedom. Christians, who make up just 1.7% of the population, face increasing restrictions under the Communist...


Bishop Mariann Budde on faith, fear, and finding courage

Bishop Mariann Budde, leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C., became a national figure during the traditional interfaith prayer service following a recent presidential inauguration. Speaking with clarity and conviction, she felt...


Russell Moore Best Books of 2025: Faith, tech, and the stories that shaped the year

As soon as Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” hits the speakers, Russell Moore knows it’s time to list his favorite books of the year. His 2025 selections reflect a world shaped by theological questions, technological disruption, and the deep human longing for meaning. These books, each compelling in its....


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COMMENTARY

God Is Your Father, Not Your Dad

When theologian David H. Kelsey asked in 1993 what happened to the traditional doctrine of sin, his concern was not that it had disappeared. It was rather that it had migrated, moving from a frame of sickness and healing to one of estrangement...


What If Both Sides in the Birth Rate Debate Are Wrong?

The Trump administration’s ideologues keep coming back to birth rates. The new National Security Strategy, released on Friday, declares that Europe is facing “the stark prospect of civilizational erasure” because of “migration policies that are....


Why Is Christianity So Hard to Find in the Trump Administration?

As soon as he was nominated to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, with his Crusader cross tattoo and his attendance at a hard-edge Calvinist church, became a natural vessel for liberal fears about that dread concept, “Christian nationalism.”....


Does God View All Acts of Nonbelievers as “Filthy Rags”?

In the 2,000-year history of Christianity, there have been times of church renewal in which the faithful advocated reform against ritual observance and/or rote liturgy that results in insincere, non-genuine worship of God. The most prominent examples....


Trump’s White Christian Foreign Policy

The National Security Strategy document that the Trump administration released on Friday was only secondarily American—that is, rooted in our nation’s foundational creed (however imperfectly followed) of human equality. It was primarily a....


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GOOD NEWS

Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem brings hope and help to West Bank Christians

As Pope Leo XIV concluded his visit to Lebanon on Dec. 2, holding up the Levant as a model of interreligious coexistence, Michèle Burke Bowe, the ambassador to Palestine for the Order of Malta, was preparing soon to head in the opposite....


Sustainable gifts: 27 meaningful presents that do good

Looking for thoughtful presents that don’t cost the Earth — or your conscience? Our Christmas gift guide is full of sustainable, ethical, impact-driven gems that support small businesses whilst caring for the planet and its people...


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