RealClearReligion Week of February 9, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 9
The Church of Molt
Lauren Jackson The New York Times
Amid Rampant AI & Social Media, Gen Z is Turning to Religion
M Siegel USA Today
NY’s New Archbishop is Spanish-Speaking ‘Mini-Me’ of Pope Leo
Wash. Post
Pope Leo Will Not Travel to US in 2026
Angela Ambrogetti EWTN News
Ireland Is Playing With Holy Fire
Roger Berkeley The European Conservative
Mamdani Signs Order about ICE at 1st Annual Interfaith Breakfast
News 12
Torah Law Wasn’t Originally Authoritative
Prof. Thomas Kazen et al The Torah
Christian Realism and Black Boxes of AI-Enabled Warfare
Emir Phillips Providence
The Heart Is Not a Falling Apple
Mark Vernon Comment
What Does Faith Have to Do with Ethics?
Chaim Steinmetz Jewish Journal
Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
Christian Post
Tradition Didn’t Kill My Faith. Amnesia Almost Did.
Adam Finkney Mere Orthodoxy
Catholic Moral Theology Rests on Essential Ecclesial Foundations
NCReporter


Tuesday, February 10
Venerable Fulton Sheen to be Beatified
Tessa Gervasini EWTN News
Trump's Religious Liberty Commission Sued Over Lack of Diversity
USA Today
Blessed Fulton Sheen, a Modern Evangelist for Christ
Jason Gray First Things
A 15-Week 'Walk for Peace' Concludes With Buddhist Monks' Arrival in DC
AP
Will Trump’s Crackdown Move Religious Voters?
Richard Ostling Religion Unplugged
God Bless Bad Bunny’s America
Amar D. Peterman Sojourners
Pope Uses Winter Olympics to Define Church’s Relationship With Sport
Crux
Christian Nihilism is Taking Over American Life
Luke Lyman The Spectator
Léon Bloy and the Limits of Religious Tolerance
Daniel Philpott Arc of the Universe
The Apostle Paul's Fundraising Letter
Boaz Witbeck Philanthropy Daily
Why You Cannot Coerce Religion
Gene Veith Cranach
Without a Border ‘Invasion,’ Texas G.O.P. Turns to an Old Enemy, Islam
NYTimes
Shylocks or Saints?
Rabbi Yossy Goldman Jewish News Syndicate
140 Rabbis Train in DC on How to Resist ICE
Yonat Shimron Religion News Service
At Least 18 Christians Killed in Crackdown of Iran Protests
Angela Fulton CToday


Wednesday, February 11
Dem Asks ICE Acting Director Whether He Thinks He’s ‘Going to Hell’
NYPost
Mike Johnson Versus the Bible
Mark Silk Religion News Service
Trans Ideology is at End of the Beginning
Kenneth Craycraft Catholic World Report
Vatican Bank Debuts Two Catholic-Themed Equity Indexes
Mary Cunningham CBS
I Drove Hours to See Monks Walking for Peace. It was a Gift
The Guardian
Why Gen Z “Nones” Are Reconsidering Religion
John Stonestreet et al Breakpoint
My Conversion to Skeptical Belief
Christopher Beha The New York Times
The Protestant Mind
Dale M. Coulter First Things
The Priesthood’s Ritual Logic
Paul Baumann Commonweal Magazine
I Long for My Old Church—and the Tree Beside It
Nadya Williams Christianity Today
Vance Hails Armenia as 'Bedrock of Christian Civilization'
Ian M. Giatti CPost
Is Germany Facing ‘Synodal Fatigue’?
Luke Coppen The Pillar
MS Diocese Advances Canonization Cause of Sister Thea Bowman
EWTN
Caring for Mom Is an Education in Scams and Fraud
RealClearInvestigations


Thursday, February 12
James Van Der Beek Reflected on Faith, ‘Self Love’ Weeks Before Death
Parade
We Jews Have the Honor of Being Hated
Bret Stephens Commentary
Epstein Files Reveal Ties to Catholic Anti-Francis Campaign
Claire Giangravé RNS
Religious Liberty: Three American Stories
Donald Bishop RealClearReligion
The People Streaming Church Aren’t Who You Think
Ryan Burge Religion Unplugged
Why the Torah’s Law Is from God
Prof. Konrad Schmid The Torah
A Relevant and Brief History of Islam
Miguel Faria RealClearReligion
Australia’s Woke Catholicism Helped Ensure Sydney Massacre
Chronicles
Should We Prioritize Evangelism in Missions?
Trevin Wax Mere Orthodoxy
The Limits of Universalism: An Exchange
David Novak First Things
ICE Violence Thrives on Forgetting. Faith Compels Us to Remember
Sojourners
Vatican Extends Olive Branch to Breakaway SSPX Society
Elise Ann Allen Crux
Gaming the System
Scott Pell Comment


Friday, February 13
Why I’m Done With Notre Dame
Christian Smith First Things
How China Uses Religion for Political Influence in Taiwan
Rik Glauert DW.com
Religious Diversity Around the World
Yunping Tong Pew Research Center
Ash Wednesday and Our Shared Dust
T.R. Reid Wall Street Journal
‘We Will Not Cower,’ Rabbi Says After Antisemitic Vandalism
Omari Daniels WPost
How MAGA's Anti-Empathy Campaign Upends Christian Morality
S. Millies RNS
Post-Liberal Catholicism & Anti-“Zionism”
Mark Tooley Juicy Ecumenism
Israel’s Forgotten Christians
Robert Nicholson Providence
Is It Cool to Be Unpatriotic?
Jerry Newcombe RealClearReligion
Stop Equating Ramadan to Lent
Fr. Mario Alexis Portella Crisis
Disciplines Don’t Save. Christ Does.
Michael Horton Christianity Today
Michigan Forcing Pro-Life Groups to Hire Employees Who Support Abortion
CP
Why I'm Mad About Trump's Defense of Religious Freedom
Y. Melo Sojourners
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