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

By Lisa Bitel

…rimages are much easier now, at least for the middle class that can afford plane tickets to Medjugorje and Civitavecchia. Pilgrims learn from major apparition sites exactly how to watch for the Virgin and what to do when someone spots her. And it’s much easier for the news of an apparition to reach reporters, now that visionaries and their witnesses use video cameras and the World Wide Web. President Obama made the news last week when he made a pi…

A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation

By Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné

…self as “The Apostle of Strategic Prayer.” Duncan-Williams is known as the spiritual father of Apostle Paula White-Cain, who in turn is the spiritual advisor for Donald Trump. He claims that his network of over 500 churches in Africa, Europe, the UK and five states in the US comprises “one church in many locations.” In the UK, Duncan-Williams is “the General Overseer of Christian Action faith Ministries” with over 100 churches in North America, Eu…

The Elite Movement Laying the Foundation for a MAGA That Will Outlast Trump and Remake America: Inside NatCon Part I

By Ben Lorber

…nce,” the array of voices clustered under the NatCon banner align around a number of goals and priorities. These include a near-total moratorium on immigration (whether documented or not); a robust Christian nationalism to dominate the public square; a rollback of LGBTQ rights; economic nationalism and opposition to “globalist” supranational institutions; hostility to China as a civilizational enemy; a seething vendetta against so-called “woke eli…

Pope Francis Brokers End to Cuba Embargo, Despite Opposition of Catholic Pols

By Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado

…ach it at all.” Today, Cuba is more in our reach. As a Cuban-American from Miami I have been raised amidst the existential crisis of the Cuban exile community, a community with a rabid anger towards the Castro regime and simultaneous love and compassion for their fellow Cubans on the island. I, like many children of exiles, was raised holding my breath for the death of Fidel Castro, for any change in the Castro regime, for a dramatic end to the ex…

White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II

By Ben Lorber

…will be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites.” Noting the large number of Gen-Z white men lurking around, I ask Hadar Hazony if he thinks any are supporters of white nationalist Nick Fuentes and his largely Gen-Z America First/groyper movement. He is certain, he claims, there are groypers at this year’s NatCon—or at least, the individuals he has in mind supported Fuentes last year. Despite this, he tells me that NatCon is vital, because…

What a Turn-of-the-Century Anti-Abortion and Contraception Crusader Reveals About GOP Efforts to Ban Abortion Pills by Mail

By Steven K. Green

…items within their borders (as is already the case federally with lottery tickets). A Republican-controlled Congress could then impose a nationwide ban on the mailing of abortion pills or certain contraceptives. (Republican-controlled state legislatures have already demonstrated a willingness to enact questionable legislation for nothing more than its intimidation factor.) Which brings us back to Anthony Comstock. In 1878, the Supreme Court uphel…

AIDS Progress is Paradoxical

By Susan Henking

…,387 who had colonoscopies at Murfreesboro; 3,341 who had colonoscopies at Miami; and 1,069 who were treated at the ear, nose, and throat clinic in Augusta—at risk of blood-borne infections. There have also been six positive tests for hepatitis B and 19 for hepatitis C at the three centers, the VA said. How long have we known about universal precautions? What’s wrong here? Perhaps the same thing that is wrong when we see rising numbers in various…

Christianity’s Concussion Crisis: Where Football and Faith Collide

By Sean O'Neil

…players at that position, the Cowboys’ Tony Romo and Ryan Tannehill of the Miami Dolphins. Pastor Ed Young had made a pragmatic move to absorb, rather than compete with, the rival religion: Football is essentially a religion in our country. And historically speaking, the new football season flattens church attendance—even at Fellowship. But we’re ready with this series! We want to show people that football can meet faith. You don’t have to choose…

Burning Down the Temple: Religion and Irony in Black Rock City

By Sarah M. Pike

…Ironic Religion In her recent book, Theatre in a Crowded Fire: Ritual and Spirituality at Burning Man, religious studies scholar Lee Gilmore argues that Burning Man is a quintessential case of Americans who claim to be “spiritual but not religious.” Most Burners would probably agree with her, yet many of the activities that take place during Burning Man are explicitly religious. In Burning Man’s guide to events, “What, Where, When,” hundreds of r…

Republican Jewish Coalition Calls Obama Out for “Donors” Mention

By Evan Derkacz

…ctated U.S. policy to Cuba for decades…” Also from last month, there’s the Miami Herald which wrote, in a piece on Jeb Bush telling the US-Cuba Democracy PAC that the embargo should be strengthened rather than lifted, that “[t]he crowd of donors [was] the backbone of Cuba’s exiled elite.” A meeting with the former Florida governor, brother and son of presidents, and likely 2016 presidential hopeful? That’s donor power. Then, from 2010, there’s the…