Worship & Religion

This nation is a gift, and we’re cynically losing that appreciation

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Just before Christmas, former Sen.Ben Sasse, announced that he has an advanced case of cancer and he’s going to die soon.At one point, people talked about Sasse as a potential Republican presidential candidate.

West Virginia bans religious reasons for school vaccine exemptions

Saturday, December 6, 2025

(AP) — The West Virginia Board of Education on Tuesday reinstated a school vaccination mandate after the state Supreme Court paused a lower court’s ruling that allowed parents to cite religious beliefs to opt out of shots required for their children to attend classes.

Trump redesignated Nigeria as an unsafe zone for religious freedom

Saturday, November 29, 2025

At an event held to bring attention to religious persecution in the world earlier this fall, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto in Nigeria, said: “Designating my country, Nigeria, a Country of Concern will only make our work ... harder.

Surrendering is realizing that what we keep doing isn’t working

Saturday, November 15, 2025

MEXICO CITY – I surrender. It’s a simple concept, which also means it carries lots of complications. It’s common to think of surrendering in military terms – something you do when you’ve lost a war.Surrendering can be very different.

The most important thing we can do in our lives is pray

Saturday, November 8, 2025

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is one of the most beautiful churches in the world. If you’re walking in old city Jerusalem at 4:00 in the morning, you are likely a Christian, Jew or Muslim on the way to prayer. It’s one of the most peaceful experiences in the world.

We could all benefit from the remembrance of William Buckley Jr.

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Do you have any William F. Buckley Jr. stamps? As I travel to different cities this fall, this has become my routine. Find a post office and buy some stamps. I may go broke on Bill Buckley stamps, but there are worse ways to spend money. Nov. 24 marks what would be Bill’s 100th birthday.

‘Be free, put not your trust in princes’ is good advice for politics

Saturday, October 25, 2025

After more than a year of waiting – if you consider the enthusiasm with which the Trump campaign promised to make America Fertile Again with IVF for all – Donald Trump delivered his fertility policy announcements on Oct. 16 from the Oval Office.

Big issue in current conflicts is people always say ‘the Latin Mass’

Saturday, October 4, 2025

E arly in the Mass, the priest – chanting in Latin – leads the congregation in a prayer of repentance.

Concerning the cross that Erika Kirk gave her husband

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Soon after she began dating Charlie Kirk, Erika Frantzve – a devout Catholic – asked him: “Why don’t you wear a cross?”Kirk’s response: “I’m not a jewelry guy.” She gave him a St.

Charlie Kirk was unafraid to challenge and be challenged

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Less than 24 hours before the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, Kristan Hawkins was speaking on the campus of Montana State University. She noticed her phone blowing up with activity. She looked.She paused.