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Does The LDS Church Have A Retention Problem?
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (286+ words) (ANALYSIS) I often think of religious traditions as a styrofoam cup. Each of them has a different level of water in them at any given time. However, that volume of water never stays fixed for long, because religious groups operate…...
⚾️ Chicago White Sox Give Away 40,000 Pope Hats: 5 Things To Know 🔌
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1234+ words) “Best day at work ever.” That’s how my friend Bob Smietana responded when I asked if he enjoyed covering “Pope Night” at the Chicago White Sox game Tuesday — as the team gave away 40,000 miter-shaped hats in honor of its most…...
Crossroads Podcast: The Missing Faith Angle In The WNBA’s Culture War Controversy
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1287+ words) To say the least, Indiana Fever star Sophie (“Do the Sophie”) Cunningham’s quotes about trans athletes and women’s sports ignited a firestorm in sports, politics, social media and the elite press. In this case, the sports world includes the small,…...
‘Peak Of Permissiveness’: Is America Really Morally Bankrupt?
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (468+ words) (ANALYSIS) To believe a lot of the commentary, especially on the political right, you would think America is headed, if not already sinking, into a bottomless moral abyss. The narrative is as familiar as it is apocalyptic: A godless, hyper-permissive…...
Australians Increasingly Saying They Have ‘No Religion’ In Every Census
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (865+ words) (ANALYSIS) When I sit down to fill in my first Australian Census in 2026, one question I will be watching closely is a familiar one. Back home in India, “What is your religion?” was never really a question — although it is…...
Once Upon A Time, There Were ‘Church Choirs’
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (693+ words) (ANALYSIS) For most of the 20th century, the typical American church had a room containing rows of chairs, shelves stacked with music and cabinets full of robes and contrasting stoles for sopranos, altos, tenors and basses of various sizes. This was…...
‘Fear And Regret’: Former Boko Haram Fighters Seek God — And A Place In Society
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (1163+ words) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Ali Shu’aibu recalled that it started with religion. As a young Islamic student in northeastern Nigeria’s Damboa district, he regularly attended sermons by Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf, whose teachings drew thousands of followers in the early 2000s. “I…...
Televangelist Claims Aliens Invaded Her Body And ‘Implanted Device In Me’
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1527+ words) A charismatic televangelist who created a career out of her past as a career criminal and drug dealer now has a startling new revelation: Aliens harvested her eggs. Katie Souza, whose show “Healing Your Soul” airs on Trinity Broadcasting Network…...
A Pitch For Hope: Persecuted People Group Builds Their Own Soccer Stadium In Iraq
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (599+ words) SINJAR, Iraq — A few months ago, as a soccer game played out on a dirt pitch in northern Sinjar district before a packed crowd, Sidu Shammo al-Hamani and a group of friends had an idea. There were no proper sports…...
Christian Lawyers Aid Nigeria’s Families Targeted For Their Faith
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (639+ words) JOS, Nigeria — She had been among a dozen Christians abducted from Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Four months on, Fulani militants killed her, chopped her into pieces and forced a starving 12-year-old Christian captive boy to eat some of her flesh. Baptist…...