RealClearReligion Week of October 6, 2025 Archives

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Monday, October 6
Virtual Jesus? People of Faith Divided as AI Enters Religion
Yahoo News
There’s a Path Out of This Divide
David French The New York Times
People Who Attend Prayer Groups At Least Once a Week
Pew Research Center
Church of Jesus Christ Grows in Record Numbers
Tad Walch Deseret
Kinship. Apathy. Disgust. U.S. Jews on Post-2023 Israel.
M. Boorstein et al WaPo
Bring Back Beautiful Sermons
Ephraim Radner First Things
The Jewish Divorce Has Begun
Daniel Rosen Jewish News Syndicate
Jews This Week Will Be Celebrating Sukkot
AP News
Everything You Want To Know About Who’s Watching Online Church
R. Unplugged
Some Hard Truths About Faith Based Investing
Terry Keeley Impact Evaluation Lab
Why the Church Must Be Seen and Heard Around World
Don Shenk RCReligion
What the Bible Says About Anger
Myra Kahn Adams Townhall
Pope Leo XIV Signs First Apostolic Exhortation, 'Dilexi Te'
Daniel Payne CNA
How Should Catholics Think About Islam?
David Deavel Catholic World Report
The Rebirth of a Cathedral
Stefano Arroque Providence


Tuesday, October 7
October 7, Two Years Later
Hen Mazzig RealClearReligion
What Anti-Zionism Really Is
Adam Louis-Klein The Free Press
Suicidal Despair and Salvific Grace of Christian Hope
Lori Kelly Catholic Exchange
Pope Leo XIV to Visit Turkey and Lebanon
Kristina Millare Catholic News Agency
Attack on LDS Church Harkens Back to its Early History
Eric Levenson CNN
Hail AI, Full of Grace! Catholic Thoughts on Blessed Motherbot
Scott Hurd NCR
Distinctions Matter
Juan Carlos Cruz Commonweal
You Don’t Have to Be Radical
Brad East Christianity Today
Inviting in the Lost Generations
Chaim Steinmetz Jewish Journal
How SCOTUS Is Dismantling Separation of Church and State
American Progress
Did Leo Strauss Get Religion?
Paul Seaton Civitas Institute
The Business of Hollywood Is Horror (and Faith-Based)
Joseph Holmes Acton


Wednesday, October 8
A Prophetic Revival?
Andrew Fowler RealClearReligion
Two Years After 10/7, Jews Still Value Israel, Its Right to Exist
J Schulman The Hill
The West’s Deadly Denial: Hamas’ Jihad Against Jews
Avraham Russell Shalev EC
How Harvard Divinity Teaches Hate
Robert L. Friedman The Free Press
California Makes Diwali an Official Statewide Holiday
Deepa Bharath AP News
The Sukkah is Not a Safe Space
Mijal Bitton Times of Israel
Am I a Christian if I Don’t Have Spiritual Experiences?
Benjamin Crosby Plough
Can States Ban Sexual Orientation Change Efforts Therapy?
M. Gryboski CPost
Influence Is No Longer Enough
Antonio Spadaro Commonweal
Tony Evans Will No Longer Lead Dallas Megachurch
Adelle M. Banks RNS
The Problem(s) with “LGBTQ Catholic”
George Weigel First Things
The Age of Disbelief: When Do People Lose Their Religion?
J.C. Miller Crisis
Remains of St. Francis of Assisi to be Publicly Displayed For First Time
CNA
The Philosophy of Jacques Maritain
Thomas D. Howes Civitas Institute
Why is OCIA Growing In the USA?
Marcel LeJeune Catholic Missionary Disciples
Ascension Selected to Publish 2nd Edition of Liturgy of the Hours
Ascension


Thursday, October 9
Video: He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy
Ross Douthat New York Times
Pope Will ‘Stand With’ Leaders in Protecting Immigrants’ Rights
Politico
Pope Leo Calls on Christians to Care for the Poor in His First Teaching
NYT
The Transformation of Christian Worship
Lauren Knights Juicy Ecumenism
The Myth of the Naked Public Square
Kenneth Craycraft Catholic Review
Synagogue Attacker Pledged Allegiance to Islamic State Group
Pan Pylas AP
The Absurdity of Blaming Israel for Antisemitism
Zina Rakhamilova Jerusalem Post
Man Arrested at DC Church Hosting 'Red Mass' had 200 Explosives
CPost
Sarah Mullally and Reforming the Anglican Communion
Mouneer Anis First Things
Amos, a Prophet for Social Justice, is a Prophet for Today
Thomas Reese NCR
The Loss of One Forgotten Virtue Could Destroy the Country
Russell Moore CT
Do “Right” and “Left” Belong in the Catholic Church?
Dr. R. Jared Staudt CWR


Friday, October 10
At Last, World is Noticing Persecution of Christians
Robert Royal Washington Post
American Jews and Muslims Celebrate Ceasefire Deal, But Cautiously
RNS
What Is Christian Forgiveness?
Joseph Pronechen National Catholic Register
Under Her Mercy
Vanessa R. Corcoran Commonweal
In Each Other’s Faces; in a Sukkah of One’s Own
Don Futterman Times of Israel
The Connector
Brad East Arc
Sacramento Leaders Weigh Policy to Permit Religious Daggers in City Hall
CBS
On the Front Lines of Religious Freedom
Dennis Wieboldt Law & Liberty
A Bisl Torah — Impermanence is Not Forever
Rabbi Nicole Guzik Jewish Journal
Serbian Church Under Fire For Backing Authoritarian Regime
S. Sarkar Unplugged
In the Presence of Greatness
Jerry Newcombe RealClearReligion
Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago's Beloved Chaplain, Dies at 106
AP
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