RealClearReligion Week of December 15, 2025 Archives

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Monday, December 15
We Just Went to the Beach to Celebrate Hanukkah
Chavi Israel Times of Israel
Bondi Beach Shooting: What We Know About Hanukkah Attack
BBC News
Rediscovering the Soul of Conservatism, Part II
Daniel J. Mahoney The American Mind
America ‘Looking for Jesus’
Mark Kendall The Dispatch
It’s ‘Messiah’ Time Again
Myra Kahn Adams Townhall
Gaudete! The Time to Rejoice as Christmas Nears
David P. Deavel AMAC
TN Religious Charter School Fight Could Tee Up SCOTUS Showdown
The Hill
The War on Advent
Joseph Vukov Word on Fire
Germany: 5 Arrested in Islamist-Motivated Plot to Attack Christmas Market
CP
How Euthanasia Gained a Foothold in Hospice Care
Frank Mongillo National Review
Who Assumed Melchizedek’s Priesthood?
Prof. Rabbi Joshua Garroway The Torah
Leaders of Secretive CA Religious Group Accused of Murder
R. Winton et al LAT
Gifts or Stolen Goods? Vatican Returns Indigenous Items
Jules Gomes Unplugged


Tuesday, December 16
Why Do Some Americans Leave Their Religion While Others Stay?
Pew
The Road to Bondi Beach
Seth Mandel Commentary
The Brother I Lost
Megan McArdle The Dispatch
Hong Kong Media Tycoon’s Conviction Was Years in the Making
New York Times
Religion on Egyptian Citizens' ID Cards Enables Christian Persecution
CToday
A Painful Reminder of True Meaning of Chanukah
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS
Hanukkah Light in a Dark World
Mendel Horowitz First Things
Little Sisters of Poor Again Appeal for Protection From Contraceptive Rule
OSV
Planned Parenthood Pushed Quotas, Ignored Chemical Pill Horrors
The Lion
The Gen Z Religious Awakening
Ani Wilcenski The Tablet
Antisemitism is Anti-Christian, Anti-American, Anti-Human
Alan Sears Providence
A Faustian Bargain
John J. DiIulio Jr. Commonweal
Happy Birthday, Miss Austen
Robert B. Greving Crisis Magazine
The Chanukah Oil Miracle Never Happened—A 19th Century Heresy
The Torah


Wednesday, December 17
America’s ‘Religious Revival’ Is Greatly Exaggerated
Sarah Stankorb Newsweek
Rohingya Children’s Lives Crushed By Foreign Aid Cuts
Kristen Gelineau AP News
AI: From Agnostic to Anti-Gnosticism
Daniel Lipinski The Pillar
Some People Are Too Smart for Their Own Goodness
David Mills NCRegister
The German Bishops’ Conference, Over the Cliff
George Weigel First Things
Dreaming Against the Machine
Sho Baraka Christianity Today
There Is No Freedom Without Religious Freedom
Thomas S. Kidd Acton Institute
How to Live a Hidden Life
Jared Michelson Mere Orthodoxy
Hanukkah: All About Light and Uncomfortable Questions
Jonathan Lieberman JP
The Maccabean Menorah: Spiritual Lights in the Smoke of War
Ido Hevroni Mosaic
Religio Medici
Kristin M. Collier The Lamp


Thursday, December 18
Pope Leo Names Illinois Bishop to Replace Cardinal Dolan in New York
NYTimes
Pope Decries Leaders Who Invoke Religion for Violence, Nationalism
Reuters
NY Archdiocese to Sell $490M Manhattan Property to Fund Settlements
NYPost
SCOTUS Refuses to Intervene in Suit Over Prayer at Football Game
CWReport
When Life Ends Mid-Sentence
Carl R. Trueman First Things
What is Technology Good For?
Drake Osborn Mere Orthodoxy
Caring For The Least Of These Should Not Be A Partisan Issue
Religion Unplugged
Christmas Markets Under Attack
Sabine Beppler-Spahl European Conservative
Why You Should Talk About Faith at the Dinner Table
Mariya Manzhos Deseret News
AI is Enlisted to Rescue Jews' Cultural Heritage
David Klein Religion News Service
On Christ and Coral
Matthew J. Milliner Comment
Norman Podhoretz, 1930-2025
John Podhoretz Commentary


Friday, December 19
The Piercing Cold of Christmas
Andrew Fowler RealClearReligion
My Family Survived Bondi Beach
Arsen Ostrovsky Wall Street Journal
How the West Became Pagan—Again
Derek Rishmawy The Gospel Coalition
The Baby in the Manger Was Divine
Jerry Newcombe RealClearReligion
Expert Raises Grave Fears of a ‘Christmas Massacre’ in Nigeria
Am. Spectator
Amid Fear of Attacks, Many Nigerians Mute Christmas
E. Nwachukwu CToday
It’s OK To Say Both ‘Happy Holidays’ & ‘Merry Christmas’
C. Lisi Religion Unplugged
Pope Names New Archbishop of Westminster
Nicole Winfield AP News
Mussolini’s Complicated Relationship with Catholicism
T. Edwards Catholic Herald
The Physicality of Worship
Miranda Mobley Juicy Ecumenism
Pope Leo’s China Dilemma
Paul P. Mariani First Things
The Case for Civil Religion
Dan Darling Acton Institute
Against This System of Wrong
Jennifer Herdt Comment
To Men Grieving Their Abortions This Christmas
Nyles Pinckney Christian Post
Faith Can’t Be Forced: The Dangers of Coerced Judaism
Seth Farber Times of Israel
From One Midwestern Priest to Another
Kathryn Jean Lopez National Review
Norman Podhoretz’s Lesson for American Jews
Seth Mandel Commentary
America Needs Free Speech. RealClear Needs You.
David DesRosiers RCPolitics
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