RealClearReligion Week of April 13, 2026 Archives

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Monday, April 13
Pope Leo Says He Does Not Fear Trump, Citing Gospel
Will Weissert et al AP News
No, the US Didn’t Threaten to Bomb the Vatican
Damian Thompson The Spectator
Pete Hegseth’s Gospel of Carnage
Frank Bruni The New York Times
On Africa Trip, Pope Leo Will Face Debate Over Polygamy
Washington Post
How Easter Turned to Blasphemy at the White House
Jim Wallis RNS
Antisemitic Attacks in 2025 Caused Highest Number of Deaths in 30 Years
AP
The Christian Realist Case for Humanitarian Aid
Brevin Anderson Providence
2,500 Yr Old Mass Grave Sheds Light on Burial Practices in Judah
Christian Post
Threatening Profound Evil Trivializes That Evil
Justin R. Hawkins Christianity Today
Leftists Look to Drive Wedge Between Catholics and Protestants
AMAC
Seeking God’s Love Through His Word When Under Duress
M. Adams Townhall


Tuesday, April 14
Trump Posted a Picture of Himself as Jesus
Katie Rogers The New York Times
In Leo, Trump Faces a Different Kind of Papal Opponent
NYTimes
The Parable of the President
David A. Graham The Atlantic
Donald Trump’s Tirade at the Vicar of Christ
Paul Kengor Crisis
Israel is Trying to Change Jerusalem’s Religious Identity
Xavier Abu Eid Al Jazeera
The Dignity of Work in Catholic Social Thought
Anne Hendershott The Catholic Thing
Orbán's Defeat is a Defeat for Christian Nationalism
Mark Silk Religion News Service
Pope Leo in Algeria Walks in Footsteps of Spiritual Father, St. Augustine
AP
Jews Against Jewish Education
Jesse Arm City Journal
Vance Wades Into Trump’s Feud With Pope Leo
Sarah Davis The Hill
In Defense of Cultural Christianity
James R. Wood First Things


Wednesday, April 15
I’m a Religion Expert. Here’s What I Think About Trump’s Jesus Image
Ind.
Thoughts on Donald Trump, Self-Evident Truths, and Political Idolatry
CWR
Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion
WIRED
Pope in Cameroon: Show African Catholics How Much They Matter
NYTimes
Church-State Separation is ‘Lie,’ Says Religious Liberty Commission Chair
RNS
JD Vance Tells Pope to 'Stick to Matters of Morality'
Madison Colombo Fox News
Neutrality in Fight Against Genocidal Terror isn’t Moral
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS
Who Is Holocaust Education For?
Seth Mandel Commentary
Global Church Leaders Continue to Unite Behind Pope Leo
E. Pentin NCRegister
How Pope Leo XIV Understands His Role in Politics
Mitchell Atencio Sojourners
America Must Protect Christianity Abroad
Samuel Ben-Ur Providence
Travel Advisory
Mollie Wilson O'Reilly Commonweal


Thursday, April 16
Study: Gen Z Women are Losing Their Religion
Bob Smietana Religion News Service
More Young Men are Attending Religious Services Regularly
Daniel Wu WPost
How Trump’s Clash With Pope Leo Turned Into a Fight Over Theology
NYT
Trump's Attack on Pope Leo XIV May Hurt GOP With Catholic Voters
USA Today
Trump Posts New AI Image of Himself Embracing Jesus
D. Stableford Yahoo News
Trump’s AI Jesus Might Be the Messiah We’ve Been Looking For
Elise Brandon CT
The Almost-Greatness of Donald Trump and Leo XIV
Dan Hitchens First Things
Trump Has a Pattern of Thinking He’s America’s Messiah
Michael Woolf Sojourners
America’s Most Influential Baptists?
Mark Tooley Juicy Ecumenism


Friday, April 17
John Quincy Adams, the Declaration, and America’s Christian Essence
PDaily
Trump Defends Criticism of Pope Leo: 'I Have a Right to Disagree'
ABC News
Trump Slammed First US Pope. US Bishops Now Appear United
RNS
'Pope Blasts 'Those Who Manipulate Religion' as Trump Feud Escalates
USAT
Catholicism is Filling Progressivism’s Void
J.T. Young RealClearReligion
US and Catholic Church Must Maintain a United Front
Conrad Black Brussels Signal
Americans More Likely to Say Trump is Not Too or Not at All Religious
Pew
God, Creation and ‘The Story of Everything’
Peter Robinson Wall Street Journal
Hegseth Leads Prayer Service With Faux Bible Verse From ‘Pulp Fiction’
NYP
The USCCB’s Just War Error
Richard Cassleman First Things
After the Ayatollah: Is This the End of Political Islam?
Dan Schueftan et al Mosaic
Pope Urges Young People to Resist Temptation of Corruption in Cameroon
AP
Reintegrating Faith into Nation’s Approach to Homelessness
Michele Steeb RCR
What Happens When Sacred And Secular Power Collide?
Religion Unplugged
China Pressures Underground Catholics to Join State Church
NCRegister
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