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A Journalist in Church, Hiding in Plain Sight

By Andre Tartar

…years, other personal rules also fell by the wayside. I began signing off phone calls with Paz de Cristo (Peace of Christ), and exclaiming Graças a Deus (Thanks be to God) when celebrating life’s good fortunes. Though Jesus’ divinity remains a mystery to me, I became increasingly comfortable wishing to others the Peace I knew they’d found in Christ. More than once, I felt an all-too-spiritual tingle as I crescendo-ed in collective song. During ch…

Where’s Wallnau? A NAR Apostle Takes Aim at Swing Counties in ‘The Battle for the Mountain of Government’

By Frederick Clarkson

…to what happens in the tent, Bramnick left early in order to meet with “Hispanic pastors” at Vida Church in Mesa, Arizona—a strategic hub in their electoral mobilization scheme. Similarly, General Wallnau told another gathering at Vida Church, on March 26, 2024 (translated into Spanish by Pastor Benjamin Diaz) that while evangelists will also target other swing states and wage the spiritual “War over America,” the ground game will also be critical…

Why Antisemitism is an Insufficient (and Risky) Explanation for Hamas’s October 7 Attack on Israel

By Shane Burley

…atred of Jews because they’re Jews. In the same magazine, Gal Beckerman compares the Hamas attack to his grandparents’ experience in the Majdanek concentration camp. But those who understand Hamas’s brutality this way employ a fixed and broad definition of antisemitism: animosity towards Jews supposedly as Jews is all the label requires. In this formulation, antisemitism is an eternal, causeless hatred that defines Jews’ lachrymose history. It pre…

Mike Johnson isn’t Just Your Average Christian Right Avatar — He’s Influenced by Fringe Movements Unfamiliar to Most Political Analysts

By Annika Brockschmidt

….” Johnson is a White Christian nationalist (and a true believer at that), part of a growing number who see right-wing reactionary Christianity, White supremacy, and authoritarian politics as an integral part of “real” American identity. Those who do not fall under it must submit, or be forced, if need be, through violence. Johnson was elected to the House of Representatives in 2016, after serving two years in the Louisiana state legislature. Befo…

Our Lady of Good Hope and Excellent Behavior: Why this Apparition and Why Now?

By Lisa Bitel

…tue’s face) for submission to the new pope soon after his ascension to the papal throne, but Civitavecchia has not become another Medjugorje or Champion. Grillo has been removed from office. A Stranglehold on Official Religion Why was the Bishop of Green Bay able to keep his job? Why are the visions of Adele Brise, a pious Belgian woman, more acceptable to Church leaders and the public—and even reporters, who have cracked nary a joke about the sch…

Gambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…stitution and 20 percent opposed, Ireland’s Catholic bishops launched a 15-page pamphlet setting out its position…. “To put any other view of unions on the same level as christian marriage would be disservice to society rather than a service,” Bishop Liam MacDaid told a news conference. “In a same sex union, children would be deprived of what a man and woman can give to children in a stable marriage.” Chile: Son of Former Interior Minister on Bein…

Gay Marriage Supporters Rally People of Faith for Washington’s November Vote

By Nicole Neroulias

…n, whose Ohio birth certificate can’t be amended to reflect that she changed genders as an adult. “We would like to get married, but the only way we can right now is if I change my gender, and I’m not throwing a bouquet,” he said, with a chuckle. His fiancée, an Episcopal vicar, made an “It Gets Better” video: But will it? If Referendum 74 passes, their state will become the first to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote. Washington United for…

The Pope in My Pocket; We Are All Dilettantes Now

By Michael A. Elliott

…actually a little slow out of the gate. Last year, an Italian priest named Paolo Padrini devised a popular iBreviary, an application that provides the user access to the official, daily prayers of the Catholic church (offering a meager five languages). Future versions, according to the swirling rumor mill of the Catholic-technocrati suggest that future versions will include audio accompaniments, perhaps Gregorian chants. Roman Catholics, of course…

Spiritual McCarthyism and the Catholic Vote

By Bill Berkowitz

…it was clear Bush had closed the gap. The turnaround was in part due to a Republican Party project specifically aimed at courting Catholic voters. GOP organizers, together with longtime conservative and neoconservative Catholics, brought the “traditional family values” mantra to the table, highlighting the supposed agreement between Catholics and conservative evangelical Christians on two major issues; abortion and same-sex marriage. In the congr…

How Muslim Civic Activism Helped Pass California’s Prop 47

By Nick Street

…und checks on prospective job candidates. “We’re definitely seeing greater participation from different Muslim communities,” said Zach Hoover, executive director of LA Voice. “At the press conference for the Fair Chance Initiative, we prayed Jummah on the lawn in front of City Hall. For Prop 47 we had over two hundred Muslims, Jews and Christians gathered at West Angeles Church on the eve of Sukkot. It’s just really beautiful.” In the broader fait…