RealClearReligion Week of September 29, 2025 Archives

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Monday, September 29
Gunman Opens Fire at Michigan Church, Killing At Least 4
AP News
Russell M. Nelson, President of Latter-Day Saints, Has Died at Age 101
Deseret
Why There Won’t Be a Charlie Kirk of the Left
Ryan Burge & John Guida NYTimes
Faith Returns to the Public Square
R. R. Reno First Things
On GPS: Is America Having a Religious Revival?
Fareed Zakaria CNN
Monk or Missionary: Christian Approaches to Social Media
Mere Orthodoxy
Right-Wing Pastors Are Still Afraid of Susan
John Howting Chronicles
The Question of Thomas More
J.C. Scharl Acton Institute
Live Not by Lies Even When You’re Winning
Jessica Hooten Wilson Comment
On Archangels and the Greatest Miracle
Peter M.J. Stravinskas Catholic World Report
A Return to the Language of Faith
Meira Kolatch Jewish News Syndicate
A Palestinian State is Not Antisemitic
Susan Hattis Rolef The Jerusalem Post
Does Erika Kirk Have Right to Forgive Husband’s Murderer?
Times of Israel
The Yom Kippur Scapegoat Was Crucified on the Cross
Myra Kahn Adams Townhall
Religious Merchants Still at Risk
Rick Plasterer Juicy Ecumenism
Is God (Un)Forgiving?
Harvey N. Bock The Torah
Pope Will Declare St. John Henry Newman Doctor of Church Nov. 1
OSV
The Croppy Boy
Peter George Flynn The Lamp
How to Practice Just Sitting
Brian Joshin Byrnes Lion’s Roar
Churches and Mosques ‘Promote Misogyny While Taking Public Cash’
Times


Tuesday, September 30
What We Know About Suspect In Michigan Church Shooting
T. Minsberg et al NYT
Remembering Our Prophet While Mourning Our Lost
Aaron Shill Deseret News
Video: Bill Maher Claims Slaughter of Christians in Nigeria Being Ignored
Fox
NYC Woman Who Punched Pro-life Activist Won’t Be Prosecuted
New York Post
The Lesson of Charlie Kirk’s Life
Kathryn Jean Lopez National Review
Hegseth Tests Constitution in Pentagon Worship Services
Jack Jenkins RNS
Anglican Chaplains Face Choice as Bishop Departs
Jeffrey Walton Juicy Ecumenism
The Meaning of Coincidence
Edward Tverdek Commonweal
Nepal Chooses a 2-Year-Old Girl as New Living Goddess
Binaj Gurubacharya AP
Is Gen Z More Religious? It Could Be Too Early to Tell
Lexi Lonas Cochran The Hill
A Rabbi Once Rejected Inherited Guilt. Yom Kippur Still Does.
Times of Israel
Undermining the Church's Public Witness
Daniel Lipinski First Things
Freedom of Religion Should Unite Republicans & Democrats
Washington Examiner
The Persecution of One of France’s Most Active Christian Charities
Euro. Con.
A Final Column and a New Beginning
Kenneth Craycraft Our Sunday Visitor


Wednesday, October 1
Michigan Church Shooting Suspect Carried Hatred Toward Mormon Faith
AP
This Is the Moment Christian Nationalists Have Been Waiting For
Slate
Must We Forgive Everyone?
Rabbi Uri Pilichowski Jewish News Syndicate
Pope Weighs In On Durbin Controversy
Crux
Durbin Declines Award as USCCB Pressure Mounted
The Pillar
Is This Bible-Quoting Texan the Answer to Democratic Prayers?
M. Goldberg NYT
My Daughter’s Fear in the Wake of Charlie Kirk’s Death
Dr. Stephen Cutchins RCR
U of Neb. Promised to Address Drag Show ‘Mass’ Nowhere to be Seen
CFix
Chosen Equal
Juliana Geran Pilon Civitas Institute
The Nick Fuentes Dilemma for Catholics
John Mac Ghlionn Crisis
Why Should Jesus Weep?
Paul Lakeland Commonweal
Former Judge is Likely Next Leader of Mormon Church
Mead Gruver et al AP News
I Study Engineering, Neuroscience. I Believe in God More Than Ever.
WaPo
Flags of Fellowship
Rabbi Daniel Korobkin RealClearReligion
Lessons From the Jewish Revolts
Seth Mandel Commentary


Thursday, October 2
2 Victims Dead, 3 Others in Serious Condition After UK Synagogue Attack
AP
Pope Grabs Third Rail of US, Catholic Politics With Both Hands
C. Altieri Crux
Italy's Meloni Hails Return of St. Francis Day as National Holiday
Reuters
Why One Man Raised $200,000 for Man Who Attacked His Church
Sonia Rao NYT
Houses of Worship Tighten Security Amid Rising Number of Attacks
WaPo
Megyn Kelly is Wrong: Neutrality on Right-Wing Antisemitism is Immoral
JNS
Radical Kindness to Renew Jewish Life This Yom Kippur
Rabba Sara Hurwitz JPost
Yes, I'm a Christian Nationalist — and You Should Be, Too
David Murphy CPost
Survey: Evangelicals Contradict Their Own Convictions
Kate Shellnutt CToday
Voyages to the End of the World
Peter Thiel & Sam Wolfe First Things
Leo’s First Papal Document, on Poverty, Is Expected to Be Released Oct. 9
NCR


Friday, October 3
The Parents of Charlie Kirk’s Prodigal Assassin
David DesRosiers RealClearPolitics
We Refuse to Hide as Jews in Britain
Leah Stern Times of Israel
Manchester Terrorist Identified as Jihad al-Shamie
Charles Bybelezer JNS
15,000 Churches Could Close This Year Amid Religious Shift in U.S.
Axios
Is South Korea’s ‘Buddhistcore’ Aesthetic a Fad or a Spiritual Awakening?
NYT
Pope Leo's Francis-Aligned Take on Durbin Controversy
Michael Sean Winters NCR
Why Funerals Matter for the Living Today
Andrew Fowler RealClearReligion
Hegseth Attack on “Beardos” Targets Troops on Race and Religion
The Intercept
Russell M. Nelson’s Style Directive
Luke Lyman Wall Street Journal
We Are In the Midst of an Apostolic Interregnum. What is That?
Tad Walch Deseret
‘Christianophobia’ Resurfaces in Europe, Attacks Rise Against Christians
CNA
Cafeteria Catholics Eat From Either End of the Buffet
Ken Craycraft CWR
Toward a New Humanism
Carl R. Trueman First Things
Sarah Mullally Named First Female Archbishop of Canterbury
Danica Kirka RNS
Robert Morris to Spend 6 Months in Prison
Leonardo Blair Christian Post
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