RealClearReligion Week of October 20, 2025 Archives

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Monday, October 20
Pope Leo XIV Canonizes 7 New Saints
Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency
Jesus Cast Down the Mighty from Their Thrones. So Should We
Sojourners
1,200-Year-Old Loaf of Bread With Christ Image Unearthed
New York Post
Report Claims Opus Dei Faces Sweeping Reform
Niwa Limbu The Catholic Herald
What Bible Says About Finding God’s Purpose for Your Life
M. Adams Townhall
Powerful Anglican Faction Rejects Next Archbishop of Canterbury
The Times
Can Science Reckon With the Human Soul?
Charles Murray Wall Street Journal
Pope Leo Follows in Francis’ Footsteps
Gaetano Masciullo The European Conservative
Sikhs Pilgrims Allowed To Visit Pakistan After India Reverses Ban
Unplugged
Sarah Finally Separates Herself from Abraham
Rabbi Wendy Zierler The Torah
The Secret to Jewish Resilience? We Hate Endings
David Suissa Jewish Journal
Today’s Christian Political Tribes
Mark Tooley Juicy Ecumenism
A Future for Christian Higher Education?
David Deavel The Imaginative Conservative
St. Thérèse and “The Science of Love”
CatholicTech


Tuesday, October 21
Growing Share of Adults Say Religion Is Gaining Influence in US Life
Pew
Proposed UK Islamophobia Definition Allows for Right to Criticise Religion
Grdn
As We Grow Out of Intellectual Adolescence, Religion’s Popularity Soars
NYPost
Photographer Finds Hope in Burned Latter-Day Saint Church
K. Farrimond Deseret
Millions of Indians Celebrate Diwali, Hindu Festival of Lights
AP News
In Search of Abraham’s Birthplace: Between Urfa and Ur
Serge Frolov The Torah
After the Flood …
Rabbi Yossy Goldman Jewish News Syndicate
The French Connection
James Bernard Murphy Commonweal
How Much Does Dilexi Te Reflect Leo XIV’s Thinking?
First Things
Conservative Young Priests are Future of American Church
Thomas Reese RNS
Vatican II at 60: A New Impulse for the Missions
Father Joseph Thomas NCRegister


Wednesday, October 22
The Anglican Communion Is Coming Apart
Tim Wyatt Christianity Today
How Big Is The ‘Typical’ American Church?
Ryan Burge Religion Unplugged
Thiel’s ‘Antichrist’ Obsession
The Week
Religious Freedom a Major Issue For Most of World
Christine Rousselle Aleteia
Revoking Churches’ Charitable Status Could Devastate Faith Sector
B.C. Catholic
Catholic Influencers Call for Fast on Oct. 22 Amid Tragedies
ChurchPOP
Gen Z Women Struggle with Christian Faith and Community
Barna Group
The Church and Immigration Sanity
Francis X. Maier First Things
The Protestant Use of the Christian Past
Rick Plasterer Juicy Ecumenism
Muhammad’s Mayor
Thane Rosenbaum Jewish News Syndicate
The Luxury and Necessity of Pessimism
Ian Olson Mere Orthodoxy
Salvation by Dread Alone
Matthew J. Milliner Comment


Thursday, October 23
Why is China Again Targeting Underground 'House Churches?'
Yuchen Li DW
Jews and Christians at ‘the End of Time’
Matti Friedman The Free Press
Bible Sales Surged Following Killing of Charlie Kirk
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg WSJ
Pope Leo’s Latin Mass Problem
Terence Sweeney America Magazine
How to Question a Pope
Dan Hugger The Dispatch
King Charles and Pope Leo Pray Together in Groundbreaking Moment
NYT
China Courts Taiwanese Worshippers in Religious Charm Offensive
Reuters
Church of England Owes Zimbabwe More Than an Apology
Tafi Mhaka Al Jazeera
Progressive Christians Counter Christian Nationalism Message
J. DeRose NPR
On Mount Where Jesus Prayed, Monks & Nuns Keep Harvesting Olives
AP News
How to Lead Through Crisis Without Losing Your Soul
D. Chamberlin Mere Orthodoxy
The Resurrection of American Christian Antisemitism
Yisrael Medad JNS
The Last Sermon of American Judaism
Adam Scott Bellos The Jerusalem Post
Reconciling God’s Peace with the Violence of War
Jeremy Petrovic Providence
A Real Revival Is Not Controllable
Russell Moore Christianity Today
As a Palestinian Pastor, I Can’t Call This ‘Peace’ Plan Justice
Sojourners
America’s Views on Religion are Shifting
Jasmine Laws Newsweek


Friday, October 24
Xi Is Watching as Chinese Christians Pray
Mindy Belz Wall Street Journal
Pakistan Bans Radical Islamist Party After Deadly Clashes
Salman Masood NYT
A Religious Revival Could Help Reinvigorate Liberal West
J.D. Tuccille Reason
5.4 Billion People at Risk of Losing Freedom of Religion
E. Hartley Catholic Herald
It’s Time to Recover Emotion in Religion
Madeleine Dobrowski Word on Fire
China’s Sinicization of Religion Deepens
Fr. Mario Alexis Portella Crisis
Girl Shot in Minneapolis Church Returns Home From the Hospital
AP News
What the Romans Did for Us
Edward Luttwak Mosaic
‘Protecting’ Jews by Canceling Everything They Might Attend
Commentary
The Grace of Sport
Aaron James Weisel Comment
Don’t Fall for the Islamic Republic’s Attempt at “Christian-Washing”
Providence
The ‘Church Times’ Makes Moral Case for Antisemitism
Ben Cohen JNS
Anglican Imaginary
Ephraim Radner First Things
'Pagan Threat' With Charlie Kirk Hits No. 4 on NY Times Bestseller List
Newsmax
The Chicago Pastor Who Confronted ICE in a Viral Photo
Josina Guess Sojourners
Fewer Pastors Say Economy is Negatively Impacting Their Churches
CPost
Activist Rabbi Who Bridged Faith and Politics, Dies at 92
M. Boorstein WaPo
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