RealClearReligion Week of May 11, 2026 Archives

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Monday, May 11
The Atheist and the Machine God
Ross Douthat The New York Times
The US Urgently Needs an Ambassador for Religious Freedom
The Hill
The Wish List For Trump's Religious Liberty Commission
Peter Smith AP News
Do I Need What I Want?
Carino Hodder The Lamp
The Cities of God and Man
Jeffrey Polet The Acton Institute
What the Bible Says About Holding Grudges
Myra Kahn Adams Townhall
Christian Colleges Call New Federal Regulation an ‘Existential Threat’
CToday
DOJ’s Report on Anti-Christian Bias Mistakes Policy for Persecution
Sojourners
Growing Share of Pastors Don’t Find Job Deeply Fulfilling
Leonardo Blair CPost
Judge Bans Statues of St. Florian, Michael the Archangel From Building
CWR


Tuesday, May 12
Christian Dogma Meets Kimilsungism
John Feffer Korean Quarterly
Trump Says He Plans to Raise Jimmy Lai Imprisonment During China Visit
OSV
Religion Steers Bengal Politics in Bangladesh, India — Again
A. Kanunjna DW
Why More Americans Are Seeking Religion
The New York Times
Bishop Menjivar-Ayala Talks Leo, Migrants, Bluegrass Music
M. Boorstein WaPo
Crisis of Conscience Spurred Christian IVF Doctor's Career Pivot
T. Stanley AP
Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Xi
Samuel Ben-Ur Providence
Thomophobia
Mary Harrington First Things
Anti-Abortion Dem Has Become Politically Endangered Species
R. Unplugged
Why Being Spiritual But Not Religious Eventually Face Plants
Christian Post


Wednesday, May 13
Vatican Issues Final Warning to Trad Group Attached to Old Latin Mass
AP News
TX’s Latest 10 Commandments Decision Disregards Religious Freedom
The Hill
Storming Scientology Buildings: TikTok Trend or Hate Crime?
NYTimes
White House Aims to Link U.S. History & Christianity in 9-Hr Prayer Fest
WPost
A Christian Nation? At 250, America Still Fighting Over What That Means
RNS
Israel’s Wilderness Camp Modeled on the Persian Military Formation
The Torah
Sorry Mr. President: Poker Politics and the Gospel Don’t Mix
E Meadors Providence
You Can't Love the Church in the Abstract
Matthew D. Love Christianity Today
Leaning into Catholic Identity
Heidi Schlumpf Commonweal
Our Strange Catholic Moment
Matthew Schmitz First Things
Pope Leo Prepares to Add His Voice to the Church’s Social Teaching
NCRegister


Thursday, May 14
USDA Employees Allege Easter Message Violated First Amendment
Politico
I Don’t Think You Can Even Call This Hypocrisy
David French The New York Times
Why I’ve Switched to ‘Full-Fat’ Catholicism
Sybilla Hart Telegraph
A Mission to Shelter the Homeless
Chas Baines Philanthropy Daily
How Christ’s Ascension Takes Training Wheels Off Our Faith
Fr. Landry EWTN
Pope Decries Rise of AI-Directed Warfare
Nicole Winfield & Paolo Santalucia AP News
Trump's Rally Recalls 250 Yrs of Failed Attempts at Christian Nation
RNS
It's Time to Think Inside the Box
Rabbi Zalman Duchman Jewish News Syndicate
Zach Galifianakis Says AI is 'Biting the Apple Again'
Ian M. Giatti Christian Post
The Miracle of Communion: to Know and to Love as God
Mere Orthodoxy


Friday, May 15
How Americans Feel About Religion’s Influence in Govt and Public Life
Pew
A National Sabbath for American Jews
Tevi Troy Wall Street Journal
The Moral and Political Wisdom of C.S. Lewis
Daniel J. Mahoney The American Mind
The Pope and President Tangle
R. R. Reno First Things
Breaking: Pope Leo Is Catholic
Kathryn Jean Lopez National Review
A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
Alydia Catherine Ullman Plough
UFO Files Reveal Hidden Truth About American Society
D. Pasulka Washington Post
What Happens When Buddhism Is Twinned With Political Power?
NYTimes
The Anti-Jewish Fever Dream of ‘The New York Times’
M. Phillips JNS
God’s Angel With Me
Jude Russo The Lamp Magazine
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