RealClearReligion Week of January 13, 2025 Archives

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Monday, January 13
One of the World’s Greatest Religious Spectacles Is Underway
Aishwarya Iyer CNN
I Accuse: An Open Letter to Pope Francis
Rabbi Eliezer Simcha Weisz JNS
Biden Awards Pope Presidential Medal of Freedom
Kate Scanlon OSV News
Vatican Approves Document Allowing Gay Men To Become Priests in Italy
RNS
Celebrating the Milestone With a Review of Favorite Topics
M. Adams Townhall
The Puritan as Entrepreneur: Do All to the Glory of God
Erik Matson Acton Institute
International Religious Freedom Policy in a Second Trump Term
Providence
Evangelistic Opportunities in Our Moment
Jake Meador Mere Orthodoxy
‘God Is Still on the Throne’ And Other Post-Election Platitudes
Sojourners
A Look at the Church’s Evolution Over Its First 500 Years
Religion Unplugged
How a Cash-Poor French Cathedral Fixed Its Organ
Ségolène Le Stradic NYTimes
How Religious Schools Became a Billion-Dollar Drain on Public Education
NY
SCOTUS To Review Whether Catholic Charities Provides Assistance in WI
CWR
93% of Protestant Pastors Give Free Bibles to Congregants
R. Foley Christian Post


Tuesday, January 14
How Youth Sports are Undermining Religion—and Hurting Our Kids
America
The Case Against Opus Dei
Gareth Gore National Catholic Reporter
How Religion’s Brand Became Unpopular in Canada
Galen Watts The Conversation
We've Won. Now What?
Andrew Klavan The New Jerusalem
The Old Testament Roots of American Christian Music
Howard Husock First Things
Italian Bishops: ‘Gay Seminarian Policy’ Reports are Fake News
The Pillar
Four Ways to Cherish the ‘Chosenness’ of the Jews
Shlomo Vile JNS
Interim Bangladeshi Government Turns Blind Eye to Religious Persecution
EC
Speaker Mike Johnson Pushing to Replace House Chaplain
Jack Jenkins RNS
Richard Hays, 76, Dies; Theologian Who Had Stunning Change of Heart
NYT


Wednesday, January 15
Egypt’s Coptic Christians Deserve Our Attention — and Our Help
Grace Bydalek NR
God Redeems Even as Wildfires Spread
Kara Bettis Carvalho Christianity Today
The Real Rabbinic Crisis
Rachel Kohn eJewishPhilanthropy
More Than A Game
Tom Piatak Chronicles
Louisiana Officials Face Uphill Battle to Defend Ten Commandments Law
JTN
L. Island, NY, Parishes Forced to Pay Millions to Settle Sex Abuse Claims
NCR
From Doubting Thomas to Doubting Peter?
George Weigel First Things
Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth’s Doctrine of Christian Warfighting
Providence
Hope By Pope Francis Review – the First Memoir By a Sitting Pontiff
Guardian
Tens of Millions of Hindu Devotees Make Do with Little at Maha Kumbh
AP
SMU Wants to Sever Ties to Its Church. Can the Church Stop It?
Ruth Graham NYT
Anglican Worship and a Christmas Field Trip
Jeffrey Walton Juicy Ecumenism
The Modern History of Standing for Communion
Nico Fassino The Pillar


Thursday, January 16
Netanyahu: Hamas has Reneged on Parts of Ceasefire Agreement
JNS
More than $5 Billion Spent on Catholic Sexual Abuse Allegations
RNS
Nigeria Tops Report for Christians Killed, Kidnapped in 2024
H. Brockhaus CNA
Finding God in the Wildfires
Archbishop José H. Gomez Angelus
An Unmerry Hitchmas
Jonathon Van Maren First Things
Cuba to Release Prisoners ‘in the Spirit of the Jubilee’
Vatican News
Minister Accused of Sex Abuse Landed One High-Profile Job After Another
WP
Sp. Johnson Points to Genesis in Defense of Bill to Protect Women’s Sports
CP
Political Freedom Between Right and Rights
Brad Littlejohn Mere Orthodoxy
Why The World’s Only Prison For Catholic Priests Was In Franco’s Spain
RU
Bill McCartney, Coach Who Led a Movement for ‘Godly’ Men, Dies at 84
NYT


Friday, January 17
What Bible Will Trump Use This Year on Inauguration Day?
Kelsey Dallas Deseret
Remembering the Hero Who Saved 100,000 Jews
Irwin Cotler The Jerusalem Post
Did David Rape Bathsheba?
Alastair Roberts Mere Orthodoxy
Third Time’s a Charm
Jeremy England The Tablet
Sr. Clare Crockett, a Prospective Saint for the Digital Age
Dan Hitchens WSJ
Report: 20 Years of Data Shows Clerical Abuse Allegations Down in US
OSV
5 Takeaways From Pope Francis' New Autobiography
Christopher White NCReporter
It’s Time for a New Era of Christian Civility
Stefani McDade Christianity Today
Why Should I Love a Neighbor Who Betrayed Me?
Jeanné Lewis RNS
National Religious Freedom Day
Anthony Blinken U.S. Department of State
The Theology of Music
Peter J. Leithart First Things
Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan & Providential Statecraft
Mark Tooley Providence
MLK's Dream Is Trump's Nightmare
Adam Russell Taylor Sojourners
The Catholic Worker Pushes the Limits
Laurie M. Johnson Plough
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