Tag: Christianity

Pope Rejects Trump’s “Board of Peace” Invite

[embedded content] Colbert said that he didn’t “want an adversarial relationship with the network. I’ve never had one,” and lamented the fact that CBS’s parent corporation appears to have preemptively abided by the FCC’s new interpretation of the equal-time rule, which used to exempt talk shows that were not considered “bona fide news” until FCC […]

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Christian Nationalists Are All in on Trump—and Vice Versa

As compared to “skeptics” or “rejecters” of Christian nationalism, adherents and sympathizers are also more likely to agree that “because things have gotten too far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country.” Christian nationalist beliefs were also strongly correlated with support for authoritarianism. Seventy-three percent […]

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This Is What Actual Christianity Is Supposed to Sound Like

Mary and Joseph presented Jesus at the Temple, an important moment in their family’s life. Imagine their surprise when they were accosted without warning by two elderly prophets, Simeon and Anna, whose wisdom, gleaned from long faithful lives, gave them insight. They saw how special Jesus was and shared what they saw, in word and […]

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Police Arrest 100 Clergy Blocking Key Minnesota Road in ICE Protest

The sheriff excoriated the agents for their conduct, saying the arrest had changed his mind about the federal government’s immigration actions. “We’re being told one story, which is totally different than what’s occurring or what occurred [Wednesday] night,” Joyce said, noting that the recruit had passed the county’s application process to qualify as a corrections […]

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Police Arrest Huge Group of Faith Leaders in Minneapolis ICE Protest

The sheriff excoriated the agents for their conduct, saying the arrest had changed his mind about the federal government’s immigration actions. “We’re being told one story, which is totally different than what’s occurring or what occurred [Wednesday] night,” Joyce said, noting that the recruit had passed the county’s application process to qualify as a corrections […]

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The Minneapolis Faith Community Is Showing How to Fight ICE

Sherman-Conroy said that Movement Chaplains only go where they are invited, wearing orange shirts to identify their presence. “When we go into these spaces, we don’t center ourselves, right? We center our community. So for us, the idea is that community is a spiritual practice,” she said. There has been some tension in Minneapolis faith […]

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Wannabe Christian Crusader Pete Hegseth Is Just Getting Started

Peter Brian Hegseth is an Iraq War veteran and former alcoholic with a rape allegation, a crusader’s mentality (and crusader’s tattoos), and a genuine disdain for women and fat people. He has written multiple books arguing that the Pentagon, of all places, is too “woke,” and is apathetic towards war crimes and human rights violations—potentially […]

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Pete Hegseth Is Just Getting Started

Peter Brian Hegseth is an Iraq War veteran and former alcoholic with a rape allegation, a crusader’s mentality (and crusader’s tattoos), and a genuine disdain for women and fat people. He has written multiple books arguing that the Pentagon, of all places, is too “woke,” and is apathetic towards war crimes and human rights violations—potentially […]

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2025 in A-K Valley sports: WPIAL, PIAA champions highlight calendar year

Dec. 29—This year was the setting for many memorable moments where Alle-Kiski Valley athletes and teams shined with championship performances and accomplishments in all arenas of competition. Here’s a look back at a number of the top stories of the year in the A-K Valley. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement 10. Burrell hockey wins Challenger Cup Burrell […]

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Why Russell Vought Is Worse Than Watergate

“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work…. We want to put them in trauma.” —Russell Vought, May 2023. “[The Center for Renewing America is] an organization that I helped turn into the Death Star…. I want to be […]

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Did Homeland Security Just Violate the First Amendment on Christmas?

“Well we track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. Santa’s a very good person. We want to make sure that he’s not infiltrated, that we’re not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa,” Trump said, inventing a new problem for American children to mull. “So, we found out that Santa […]

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ICE Agents Violently Detain Black Pastor on Christmas Eve

“As you know by now, I have taken the ‘short route’ home,” Epstein wrote, appearing to reference his later death by suicide. “Good luck! We shared one thing… our love and caring for young ladies and the hope they’d reach their full potential. Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a […]

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ICE Agents Violently Detain Pastor on Christmas Eve

“As you know by now, I have taken the ‘short route’ home,” Epstein wrote, appearing to reference his later death by suicide. “Good luck! We shared one thing… our love and caring for young ladies and the hope they’d reach their full potential. Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a […]

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Nigeria Clarifies What Really Happened With Trump’s Airstrikes

“As you know by now, I have taken the ‘short route’ home,” Epstein wrote in the alleged letter, appearing to reference his later death by suicide. “Good luck! We shared one thing… our love and caring for young ladies and the hope they’d reach their full potential. Our president also shares our love of young, […]

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Erika Kirk and Bari Weiss’s Weird Pro-Israel Religious Revival

So, since you probably missed it, here’s what the town hall was: a religious revival disguised as a news event. It was also a holy mission statement by Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News, and David Ellison, the owner of its parent company, Paramount Skydance. All was revealed in a remarkable sermon by […]

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Christianity Today Editor Slams Trump’s “Disgusting, Immoral Behavior”

Reiner was found stabbed to death in his Los Angeles home Sunday, alongside his wife, producer Michele Singer Reiner. Their son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner, was taken into custody early Monday and is being held on $4 million bail. The motive for the gruesome killing is not clear. But in Donald Trump’s mind, the murder is […]

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University Of Oklahoma Student Protests Failing Grade On Gender Essay

Source: Kirby Lee / Getty A psychology instructor at the University of Oklahoma is on leave after a student accused them of religious discrimination.  According to The New York Times, junior Samantha Fulnecky filed a complaint against the instructor after receiving a failing grade on an essay about gender identity. Students were assigned a scholarly […]

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Pope Leo Warns Trump About Next Steps in Venezuela

Hegseth wrote that he pulled the platoon aside after the briefing and told them, “I will not allow that nonsense to filter into your brains. Men, if you see an enemy who you believe is a threat, you engage and destroy the threat. That’s a bullshit rule that’s going to get people killed. And I […]

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Faith a foundation and exploration for Trout

Nov. 27—Religion has long been a part of boxer/bare-knuckle fighter Austin Trout’s life. He grew in the Christian faith. In recent years, though, the former Las Cruces resident has been seen and heard speaking in Hebrew at the beginning of pre-fight and post-fight interviews. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement It is not, he said during a recent […]

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What Are Nicki Minaj and Trump Up to in Nigeria?

“[President Donald Trump] said he enjoys war. And it’s clear he’s dying to make war,” Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian author Wole Soyinka said this month. “He says he wants to help Nigeria. Of course—anybody, any leader, any nation, would gladly accept assistance from anywhere to get rid of this vicious fundamentalist group, whose principle, whose understanding […]

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Why in the World Is Nicki Minaj Working With Trump’s U.N. Ambassador?

His remarks had been hurtful, she said. “However, I have something in my heart that I think is incredibly important for our country, and that is to end the toxic fighting in politics. And this has been going on for years.… The most hurtful thing he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me […]

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Nicki Minaj Confirms Plan to Work With Trump’s U.N. Ambassador

His remarks had been hurtful, she said. “However, I have something in my heart that I think is incredibly important for our country, and that is to end the toxic fighting in politics. And this has been going on for years.… The most hurtful thing he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me […]

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JD Vance Snaps Over Backlash to His Comments on Wife’s Religion

“Anyone who thought that there was some sophisticated strategy to try and intimidate Kim didn’t know the truth,” Taylor said. “Which was that, the president was freestyling. It was scaring his team. The secretary of defense walked out of one of those meetings and turned to us at the Department of Homeland Security and said, […]

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JD Vance Seems to Think His Wife Is Going to Hell

Riley previously worked as a partner at McKinsey & Company, and completed a Ph.D. in social policy and an M.Sc. in contemporary Chinese from Oxford, according to her LinkedIn. She joined the ranks at DOGE and was assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services, where Politico reported she pushed for massive layoffs earlier […]

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Vance Seems to Think His Wife Will Go to Hell as She’s Not Christian

Riley previously worked as a partner at McKinsey & Company, and completed a Ph.D. in social policy and an M.Sc. in contemporary Chinese from Oxford, according to her LinkedIn. She joined the ranks at DOGE and was assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services, where Politico reported she pushed for massive layoffs earlier […]

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Republican Rep. Says There Is a King in America, Actually

“The old societies of Europe are collapsing,” he said, “and the United States is applauding its new Hitler. It’s not listening to its own young people, or its older people who died in the battlefields of Europe, fighting against Hitler and against his criminal ideology. Today, the same thing is being done as Hitler did, […]

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Surprise! Vivek Ramaswamy’s Turning Point Event Derailed by Racism

Vought, as anticipated, is now using the government shutdown to cull the federal workforce, fulfilling Trump’s recent vow to cut “vast numbers of people out,” as well as slash programs that he says Democrats “like.” An unnamed White House official told MSNBC’s Vaughn Hillyard, “We expect thousands of people to unfortunately be laid off due […]

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Surprise! Vivek Ramaswamy’s Turning Point Event Derailed by Racism

Vought, as anticipated, is now using the government shutdown to cull the federal workforce, fulfilling Trump’s recent vow to cut “vast numbers of people out,” as well as slash programs that he says Democrats “like.” An unnamed White House official told MSNBC’s Vaughn Hillyard, “We expect thousands of people to unfortunately be laid off due […]

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Pope Leo Slams Trump, Vance, and Hegesth All in One Go

The order specifies, “The United States shall regard any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty, or critical infrastructure of the State of Qatar as a threat to the peace and security of the United States.” It further reads that, in the event of such an attack, the U.S. will undertake “diplomatic, economic, and, if necessary, […]

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Pope Leo Slams Trump, Vance, and Hegseth All in One Go

The order specifies, “The United States shall regard any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty, or critical infrastructure of the State of Qatar as a threat to the peace and security of the United States.” It further reads that, in the event of such an attack, the U.S. will undertake “diplomatic, economic, and, if necessary, […]

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Was the Mormon Church Gunman a Trump Supporter? What We Know.

“It’s not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say ‘stare decisis’ and not think, turn off the brain, right?” Thomas said. “We never go to the front, see who’s driving the train, where is it going. And you could go up there in the engine room, find it’s an orangutan driving the […]

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