RealClearReligion Week of March 2, 2026 Archives

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Monday, March 2
Iran After the Ayatollah
Mark Tooley Christianity Today
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hard-Line Cleric, Is Dead at 86
Alan Cowell et al NYT
Pope Warns Escalating Iran Conflict Could Tip Middle East Into ‘Abyss’
Fox
America's Moral Power is First Casualty in Iran
Daoud Kuttab Religion News Service
Cyrus the Great is Alive
Mike Evans Jewish News Syndicate
Kings Start Wars. Christians Stop Them
Tyler Huckabee Sojourners
Loving Away Evil in Lent
Kenneth Craycraft Catholic Telegraph
What the Bible Says About Mystery
Myra Kahn Adams Townhall
Priest Helped Her See Drinking Problem. Talks With Jesus Kept Her Sober.
CNN
Providence After the Death of God
Federico Poggianti First Things
James Talarico's Gospel
Jamie Wilder Mere Orthodoxy
The Atoning Death of the Last Scapegoat
Fr. Elias Carr The Acton Institute
Romans 13 and ICE Under Trump Administration
Tim Milosch Providence
Researchers Probe Graves at Virginia Site Where Slaves Once Toiled
WPost


Tuesday, March 3
How Religion Is Playing in Senate Democratic Primary in Texas
Ruth Graham NYT
Americans' Religious Engagement Holds at Lower Levels
Megan Brenan Gallup
Don’t Write Off Catholic Ireland Just Yet
Ruadhan Jones The Catholic Herald
The Holy See and SSPX: The Dialogue That Is Not There
Gaetano Masciullo E. Con.
Why A War With Iran Means Confronting Radical Evil
Jeffrey Salkin RNS
The King’s Spear
Daniel Bodi The Torah
What the USCCB Gets Wrong About Birthright Citizenship
M. Fragoso First Things
Don’t Forsake the Assembly
Bonnie Kristian Christianity Today
Shia LaBeouf Ponders Meeting Jesus After Arrest in New Orleans
CPost
Purim 2026: It’s Not Over Until It’s Good
Yael Eckstein The Jerusalem Post


Wednesday, March 4
Memento Mori and Politics
Bernard L. McNamee RealClearReligion
Why are US, Israel Framing Conflict as a Religious War?
Sarah Shamim Al Jazeera
Loki, Thor And Other Norse Gods Are Making A Comeback In Scandinavia
RU
What Comes Next for Iranian Religious Minorities?
Knox Thames RNS
RI to Unveil Long-Awaited Report on Diocese of Providence Clergy Abuse
AP
Recapturing the Power of Early Methodism
Ryan Danker Juicy Ecumenism
We Must Be Unapologetically Jewish
Michelle Lubin Terris Jewish News Syndicate
Pets in Heaven
David Mills Plough
10 Reasons Evangelicals are Cringe
Matthew Loftus Mere Orthodoxy
20 Million Reasons For the Church to Stand Up For the Exploited
W. Vinson RCR
James Talarico’s Backward Christianity
Colin Redemer First Things
Pope Leo is Right: Preaching Cannot Be Automated
Enzo Del Brocco NCReporter
Standing Firm When the Culture Turns
Judge Phil Ginn RealClearReligion
Who is Driving Campaign Against Order of Malta?
HJA Sire The Catholic Herald
Shabbat in a Bunker
Gil Troy Jewish Journal


Thursday, March 5
The Case for Christian Nationalism
R. R. Reno First Things
'Christ is King' Becomes Loaded Phrase in US Political Debates
Peter Smith AP
Iranian Clerics Convene to Choose Ayatollah Successor
Jackie Northam NPR
Faith & Middle East: How Religion Could Fuel Wider War
Marc Ramirez USA Today
Speaker Johnson Says the Iranians Have ‘Misguided Religion’
M. Luciano Yahoo
Is America a Christian Nation?
Brenda Wineapple The New York Times
Why Gen Z “Nones” Are Reconsidering Religion
John Stonestreet et al Breakpoint
Systematic Erosion of Christian Serbian Heritage in Kosovo
European Conservative
What’s the Issue With AI Writing Sermons?
Mariya Manzhos Deseret News
Enduring the Cross of Contradiction
Matt Burdette Comment
What the Iran War Could Do to Your Soul
Elise Brandon Christianity Today
Lou Holtz, Legendary Coach and Outspoken Catholic, Dies at 89
D. Payne CNA
In 1965, Catholic Church had 179,000 Sisters. Today: 33,000.
Ryan Burge X


Friday, March 6
Most Americans Think Their Fellow Citizens Are ‘Morally Bad’
R. Unplugged
Pray with the Pope: For Disarmament and Peace
The Pope Video
Iran War, Hegseth Agenda Test Religious Freedom in Ranks
B. Frank USA Today
Israel Closes Al Aqsa Mosque, Citing Wartime Safety Concerns
I. Kershner NYT
The New Anti-Semitism
Jacob Akey First Things
A Crown of Stone and Gold
Charlton Allen RealClearReligion
What to Learn From Decline of Young Earth Creationism
Marc Sims Mere Orthodoxy
Is Conclave Secrecy Dead – and Does it Matter?
Ed Condon The Pillar
Is God (Un)Forgiving?
Harvey N. Bock The Torah
Purim Was Right on the Nose This Year
Yosie Levine Wall Street Journal
One Historic Town Dismisses the Pledge of Allegiance
Jerry Newcombe RCReligion
What to Know About Iran Late Supreme Leader's Son
Jon Gambrell AP News
Against ‘Natural Death’
Paul J. Griffiths The Lamp
This ‘Screwtape for Our Times’ Will Challenge and Confound You
CToday
In Defense of Israel’s Legitimacy
Pierre Manent & Daniel J. Mahoney Civitas Outlook
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