RealClearReligion Week of February 16, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 16
Washington’s Promise, America’s Test
Jonathan A. Greenblatt Jewish Journal
Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian?
Marvin Olasky Christianity Today
Whatever This Is, It Isn’t Anti-Zionism
David French The New York Times
Trump has Chipped Away at Church and State. It’s Just Beginning
CNN
Catholics, Others Cheer Ouster of Prejean From WH Religious Panel
NYPost
Suspect in Mass Shooting at Bondi Beach Jewish Festival Appears in Court
AP
Memory of Vianney-Like Priest Lay Hidden in WV Mountains
K. Wells CWReport
Classical Education in Age of Anxious Child
Dennis J. Gerber Jr. Philanthropy Daily
The Tucker Carlson Effect
Irwin J. Mansdorf Times of Israel
The Holy Scriptures and America’s Presidents
Mark David Hall The Acton Institute
Israel, Where Is Your God?
Prof. Jean-Louis Ska The Torah
Marco Rubio Says Christian Faith Helped Forge Western Civilization
CPost
Natural Law Needs Revelation
Peter J. Leithart First Things
Why More Weimar?
Andrew Klavan The New Jerusalem
Why God Doesn’t Need Psychedelics
Joseph Murphy Plough
11 Lenten Devotionals You Won’t Be Able To Give Up
Betsy Shirley Sojourners


Tuesday, February 17
Why We Need Lent
Andrew Fowler RealClearReligion
This Ramadan, I’m Choosing Emptiness Over Exhaustion
Zehra Kamani RNS
Vatican Expands Visitor Experience at St. Peter's Basilica to Mark 400 Yrs
AP
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 84
Char Adams NBC News
The Unique Resilience of Iran’s Theocracy
Max J. Prowant Law & Liberty
What Is the Argument for Believing in God?
Timothy Egan The New York Times
Majority of Republicans Qualify as Christian Nationalism Supporters
PRRI
The Ninth Circuit’s Religious Freedom Coup
Frank DeVito The Public Discourse
Is Marriage Eternal?
Levi Berntson Christian Post
Why is There a Church-State Showdown in Armenia?
Luke Coppen The Pillar
C. of England Abandons Proposals for Same-Sex Blessing Ceremonies
BBC
Sheen Miracle Recipient Who Was Saved as Baby: ‘He Helps Me in My Life’
NCR
The Conservative Christian Literary Ecosystem
Nadya Williams Providence


Wednesday, February 18
Surprising Revival: Gen Z Men & Highly Educated Lead Return to Religion
RCI
Why New Atheism Crumbled
Nick Pompella The Dispatch
Ben Sasse’s Message After Stage 4 Cancer: Redeem The Time
RealClearPolitics
Jesse Jackson as Religious Left Icon
Mark Tooley Juicy Ecumenism
‘The Mystic Chords of Memory’ in Divided America
Ken Craycraft The Catholic Herald
Mamdani Ushers in a New Tradition: Ramadan in City Hall
Maya King NYTimes
HUD Opens Discrimination Investigation into a Muslim Dev. in Texas
NYTimes
Most Protestant Churchgoers Confess Sins Weekly
Aaron Earls Religion Unplugged
Can Zionism Be Rebranded?
Jeffrey Salkin Religion News Service
Interview With a Professor About Her Shroud of Turin Book
M. Adams Townhall
The Goodness of Caring for Other People's Children
Elizabeth Stice Mere Orthodoxy
Not All Right
Tish Harrison Warren Plough
Christian Doctrine in 70 Hebrew Words
Andrew Wilson Christianity Today
Leo’s Transatlantic Task
Massimo Faggioli Commonweal Magazine
Meditating On Death Is Critical To A Good Life
Casey Chalk Crisis


Thursday, February 19
Frank Thoughts About Francis
Evan Holguin Philanthropy Daily
You Don't Get Pascal’s Wager
Patrick Cavanaugh Koroly Uncreated Conscience
Only The Lover Fasts
David Paul Deavel Catholic World Report
Playing God, Becoming Nothing
Carl R. Trueman First Things
A Shrine and a School
Cathleen Kaveny & Robin Darling Young Commonweal
Your Understanding of Calling Is About to Change Radically
Elise Brandon CToday
Do You Have to Go Rural for a Good Life?
Casey Chalk Acton Institute
The Essential Affinity Between Christianity & Military
Robert Hasler Providence
Pope's Grand Tour of Italy Over Next Few Months
Nicole Winfield AP News
Jesse Jackson's Complex History With American Jews
Jeffrey Salkin RNS
Religious Minorities Face Escalating Crackdown in Iran
Cassidy Grom R. Unplugged
Hegseth Invited Christian Nationalist Doug Wilson to Preach at Pentagon
WPost
Religious Diversity Around the World
Mariya Manzhos Deseret
Investing in Vocations
Abby Taylor Philanthropy Daily
An Ambitious Bible-Reading Plan
Jerry Newcombe RealClearReligion


Friday, February 20
New Evidence Strengthens Case of the Shroud of Turin as Jesus' Cloth
Daily Mail
France Witnesses Lenten Renaissance Amid Surprising Spiritual Surge
Euro Con
Dilbert’s Wager
R. R. Reno First Things
Buddhist Monks Rally in Sri Lanka to Pressure Government
Washington Post
My Father Jimmy Lai’s Freedom in Chains
Claire Lai National Catholic Register
Which U.S. Religious Groups are Most Highly Educated?
Pew Research Center
How Religious Institutions Can Earn Trust From the 'Nones'
Deseret News
Vatican Begin Restoration Of Michelangelo’s Monumental ‘Last Judgment’
RU
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Reaches its Peak
AP News
Judaism Needs Stakeholders, Not Spectators
Mijal Bitton Times of Israel
Con. Alternative to UMC Now Has Over 7,000 Member Congregations
CPost
Reading and Watching During Lent
Kenneth Craycraft Catholic World Report
Vatican to Use AI to Translate Masses Into 60 Languages ​​in Real Time
EWTN
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