RealClearReligion Week of January 12, 2026 Archives

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Monday, January 12
The Big Inshallah
Wajahat Ali The New York Times
Pope Leo Confronts Trump on His Own Terms
David Gibson The New York Times
Suspect Arrested After a Fire Damages Mississippi's Largest Synagogue
NBC
How Did Gen Z Become Most Religious Generation Alive?
Holly Beaumont Sky
Are America’s Non-Attenders Growing More Secular?
Ryan Burge Religion Unplugged
Buddhist Monks and Dog Captivate Americans While Walking For Peace
AP
Recovering a Christian World
R. R. Reno First Things
Free Speech and Future of American Experiment — The Samizdat Prize
RCI
What the Bible Says About Pain
Myra Kahn Adams Townhall
Raising the Bastions
Anne M. Carpenter Commonweal
Not So Secular Sweden
Joel Halldorf Comment
George Floyd-Era Faith Networks Reignite After Killing by ICE
Jack Jenkins RNS
When the Stutter Speaks Louder Than Words
Chaim Steinmetz Jewish Journal
You Can Do God’s Will Without a Burning Bush
Mijal Bitton Times of Israel
A Not-Quite Mortal Moses
Dr. Alexandria Frisch The Torah
Disintegration is the Church’s Greatest Threat
Sho Baraka Christianity Today
Losing My Religion By REM Helped Me Escape Doomsday Cult
K. Drake Guardian


Tuesday, January 13
Church History Does Not Support Trump’s Expansionism
Edward Feser First Things
Christians Among Victims In Iran Protests
Diana Chandler Religion Unplugged
Trump Meets With US Bishops’ President at White House
Kate Scanlon OSV News
A Big Win For Religious Liberty
Erin Hawley WORLD
Groyperism vs Christianity?
Mark Tooley Juicy Ecumenism
Can James Talarico Reclaim Christianity for the Left?
Ezra Klein et al NYTimes
FBI Says Suspect Targeted Synagogue B/C it's Jewish House of Worship
AP
Nearly 2K Christians Killed, 3K Abducted or Assaulted in Past 2 Years
CPost
Protecting Jewish Right to Pray on Temple Mount
Farley Weiss JNS
Why Is IHRA Definition of Antisemitism “Controversial”?
P. Paresky Jewish Journal
Fulton Sheen Beatification to be Announced
The Pillar
The 94-Year-Old Hong Kong Cardinal Fighting for Chinese Freedom
CToday
True Icon
Cynthia Marie Schmidt The Lamp


Wednesday, January 14
One Nation Under God
Philip Gross Jewish Journal
The Trouble With Watching Religious Trends
Joe Carter The Gospel Coalition
Called By God to Run For Office
Mariya Manzhos Deseret News
Digital Curiosity About Faith Surges as Christians Dominate Online Activity
CT
Renee Good was Martyr For Her Faith, Like MLK, Say Presbyterians
RNS
What Civil Society Is, and Why It Matters
Jeremy Beer Philanthropy Daily
For 250 Yrs, US Jews Have Met Prejudice With Defiance
Times of Israel
European Antisemitism Doesn't Reach Greenland
Sharon Pardo The Jerusalem Post
Courage and the Loneliness Crisis
Alan Noble Mere Orthodoxy
True Humans
Stephen M. Barr First Things
SCOTUS Likely to Uphold State Laws Restricting Trans Athletes
Brian Fraga NCR
Pope Leo XIV Proclaims ‘Special Year of St. Francis’
Almudena Martínez-Bordiú CNA


Thursday, January 15
Dead and Loving It? The False Knowledge of AI Death Apps
Juicy Ecumenism
More Than 388M Christians Worldwide Face ‘High Levels’ of Persecution
OSV
The Evangelist in Stanley Prison
George Weigel National Catholic Register
The God They Preach at the Pentagon
Michael Wolf Sojourners
Christians, Let’s Stop Abusing Romans 13
Elise Brandon Christianity Today
AI and the Return of Architectonic Labor
Thomas Dias Acton Institute
China Banned This Religion. Now It's Coming For Hong Kong, Too.
R. Unplugged
Trump Admin Drops 1 Year Religious Visa Wait Period
Michelle La Rosa The Pillar
How Armenia Opened Door to Putin’s Weaponized Orth. Christianity
Providence
Virgin Mary Procession Draws Thousands in Venezuela
Samuel Sotomayor et al AP
Violence is Not Greatest Force in the 'Real World'
Bridget Moix Religion News Service
Profile in First Amendment Courage
David DesRosiers RealClearPolitics
In the Confessional with PriestChat
Jack Figge The Pillar
The Hope of a World Transfigured
Carino Hodder The Lamp


Friday, January 16
Meeting Martin Luther King Jr.
Victor Davis Hanson Philanthropy Daily
Already Loved: The Identity You Can’t Earn and Can’t Lose
Mindy Lee Hopman RCR
God’s Spooks: Religion, Spying, and Cold War
M. Sutton Church Life Journal
Two Leos on Church and State
Gerard V. Bradley The Public Discourse
The Hip Priest, the Ex-Hedge Funder and the $10 Million Townhouse
NYTimes
How Big Is ‘The God Gap’ On College Campuses?
Ryan Burge Religion Unplugged
When Should a Pastor be Restored After Sexual Sin?
Jerry McGlothlin Christian Post
The Lions Come
Matt Archbold National Catholic Register
Tearing Down Our History
Jerry Newcombe RealClearReligion
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