Christianity

Man who attacked Jerusalem nun acquitted due to mental illness, hospitalized for up to six years

The ruling means that Shreiber cannot be held criminally responsible for the attack because of his mental condition at the time.

Wearing a habit and other religious symbols, nuns in Jerusalem are not able to hide their identity, making them a target of hate crimes.
People attend a Holy Mass for the canonisation of Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who will become the first millennial to be made a Catholic saint, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 7, 2025

Jewish woman elected president of Catholic Biblical Association of America - interview

Islamic and Christian leaders exchange pleasantries during a high-level meeting titled "Religion and Building Social Harmony" at an international conference on diversity and social peace in Abuja, Nigeria, August 12, 2026.

Religious leaders sign interfaith peace accord in Abuja to launch national harmony initiative

Theodor Herzl in Palestine. November 1898. Photography by David Wolffsohn. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Theodor Herzl in Palaestina. Anfang November 1898.

For Zion’s Sake: Why two Catholic theologians are taking a stand for Israel


Antisemitism: Humanity’s totalitarian swamp - Opinion

Jew-hatred spikes when societies are under stress and totalitarian thinking spreads, Left and Right.

A WOMAN holds an Israeli flag and another person covers her from the rain during the March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau in April. Born into the post-Auschwitz covenant, we considered Jew-hatred passé, doomed, like racism; alas, today, it’s surging, the writer laments.

Art by divine: Artist Joshua Borkovsky takes the Christian route to wonderment

Borkovsky’s border-hopping tending discipline culls rich pickings from across centuries of artistic endeavor of various ilks. 

Joshua (Shuky) Borkovsky displays work accumulated over the past 12 years.

Two people killed in strike on Gazan church compound, several wounded, Latin patriarchate says

The Prime Minister's Office confirmed that a "stray ammunition hit Gaza's Holy Family Church."

 A Palestinian woman walks outside the Holy Family Church after the death of Pope Francis was announced by the Vatican, in Gaza City April 21, 2025.

Nigerian curriculum fosters peace but perpetuates harmful Jewish stereotypes, IMPACT-se finds

Textbook references to Jewish people, history, and Israel vary in tone and consistency, the study finds.

 Nigerian school children.

Fire breaks out at Mount Precipice in Nazareth

Seven firefighting teams, as well as four firefighting aircraft from the “Elad” firefighting squadron, are working to extinguish the flames.

 Four firefighting aircraft from the “Elad” squadron joined the firefighting efforts

Iran war shows pursuit of peace means fighting forces that seek destruction - opinion

I don’t want to be running to my bomb shelter multiple times a day, but friends, if we aren’t ready to pay a tough price for freedom, we have to be ready for barbarism.

 People take shelter in an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv, during ongoing missile attacks from Iran, June 24, 2025.

Jewish group shoots back after Candace Owens accuses rabbi of bribing pastors to criticize her

Candace Owens claimed Rabbi Shlomo Riskin offered an unnamed pastor bitcoin to condemn her.

 Candace Owens, conservative political commentator, speaks on stage during "Turning Point's The Peoples Convention" on June 14, 2024 at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan.

Tucker Carlson: The GOAT of replacement theology - opinion

Tucker Carlson is not only the latest mouthpiece for Replacement Theology, but when it comes to “cursing Israel,” he is perhaps the most dangerous of all time.

 Senator Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson on the Tucker Carlson show, June 19, 2025.

Pope Leo, in first month, makes a break in style from Francis - analysis

"Leo is taking his time," Rev. Mark Francis, told Reuters. "While he is going to continue in the path indicated by Pope Francis, his disposition is very different."

 Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the Unites States looks on from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.

Jewish mysticism: Did hassidic masters use the Pope Joan legend to heal?

If the Pope Joan narrative is mystically powerful, and telling the tale of that narrative is also potent, then recounting the story of the tale of the narrative might alleviate the pain.

 POPE JOAN with the papal tiara, illustrated manuscript, c. 1560, Bibliothèque nationale de France.