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Members of Rebel Catholic Group in Schism, Excommunicated, Vatican Says

1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (659+ words) The Vatican said on Thursday that priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval were in schism with the wider Church and now'excommunicated. In a strong decree, the…...

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sojo. net > magazine > july-2026 > culture > why-are-so-many-drawn-authoritarianism

Why Are So Many Drawn to Authoritarianism?

16+ hour, 15+ min ago  (350+ words) Ibram X. Kendi's Chain of Ideas explores the collapse of American democracy THE QUESTION IS no longer whether we live in a time of democracy's collapse in the U. S. The question is how we got here. Historian Ibram X. Kendi might have uncovered…...

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sojo. net > magazine > july-2026 > cooling-ministries-can-save-lives

Cooling Ministries Can Save Lives

16+ hour, 28+ min ago  (354+ words) Sojourners Cooling Ministries Can Save Lives IT'S GOING TO be 109 today. The 100s have come early this year. It feels oppressive on the body, the whole being. The desert should have cool evenings and mornings, even if it's hot during the…...

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sojo. net > magazine > july-2026 > new-and-noteworthy-friendlier-churches-democracy-and-more

New and Noteworthy: Friendlier Churches, Democracy, and More

16+ hour, 27+ min ago  (218+ words) Three culture recommendations from our editors. The Straight White American Jesus podcast believes "democracy depends on religious literacy." Hosts Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller, both former evangelical pastors, offer weekly Sunday interviews and refreshing insights on current events. Axis Mundi…...

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sojo. net > magazine > july-2026 > what-claude-cant-generate

What Claude Can't Generate

16+ hour, 30+ min ago  (357+ words) In an AI world, how do we know what is real? Artificial intelligence is a closed system. The material it uses to generate output is whatever we feed it, which can be up to the entirety of what exists on…...

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sojo. net > magazine > july-2026 > culture > story-bible-inviting-kids-scriptures-complexity

A Story Bible Inviting Kids Into Scripture's Complexity

16+ hour, 26+ min ago  (629+ words) Building biblical literacy with people of all ages feels like a necessary, quiet act of resistance. Without a doubt, this Bible centers justice, portraying Jesus" ministry as a "promise of liberation, hope, and revolutionary love." More than that, it offers…...

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sojo. net > magazine > july-2026 > retired-not-done

Retired, Not Done

16+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1253+ words) Christian baby boomers are joining the "gray tsunami" of elders working for social justice. AS A FEDERAL WORKER, Peter Goering was never told he couldn't participate in social activism, but the message was clear: "We didn't have any explicit prohibitions…...

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sojo. net > magazine > july-2026 > how-christian-nationalists-took-control-us-military

How Christian Nationalists Took Control of the U. S. Military

16+ hour, 33+ min ago  (827+ words) The conflation of God, war, and country did not begin with Pete Hegseth. FORMER FOX NEWS host and current Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has some revealing tattoos. Across his right bicep is the phrase Deus Vult (God wills it),…...

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sojo. net > magazine > july-2026 > pursuing-faithful-response-election-subversion

Pursuing A Faithful Response To Election Subversion

16+ hour, 32+ min ago  (236+ words) What Sojourners is doing, and what you can do. THE FIRST TIME I voted, at age 18, I was both nervous and filled with a sense of sacred responsibility. As someone mesmerized by the Civil Rights Movement, I was painfully aware…...

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sojo. net > magazine > july-2026 > theological-uncertainty-condition-abandonment-decision

Theological Uncertainty Is a Condition. Abandonment Is a Decision

16+ hour, 32+ min ago  (769+ words) A letter to Christians on trans neighbors and the authoritarian road map. THE AUTHORITARIAN MOVEMENT reshaping American public life has a Christian vehicle'and it is the fastest-growing sect of Christianity in the country today. The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), which…...

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