RealClearReligion Week of June 8, 2026 Archives

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Monday, June 8
GOP Senators Demand Answers After Pentagon Decision on LDS Church
NWeek
The Rise of the UnJews
Joel Kotkin City Journal
Pope Challenges Europe to Acknowledge Christian Roots
Nicole Winfield et al AP
Trump Spoke for China’s Catholics—The Pope Stayed Silent
European Conservative
Donor Gives Church What May Be Only Photo of Joseph Smith
Tad Walch Deseret
James Talarico Isn’t the Only One
Lauren Jackson The New York Times
Staying at the Table
Parker Palmer Plough
What the Bible Says About Drinking Wine and Alcohol
Myra Kahn Adams Townhall
Contra Pope Leo, Just War Theory Is Not Outdated
J. Daryl Charles Providence
Will the Dallas Charter Update Finally Give Priests Due Process?
First Things
“There We Saw the Giants”
Elisha Fine & Steven Fine The Torah


Tuesday, June 9
Pentagon Again Revises Religious Categories for Troops
John Ismay NYTimes
I was Pagan in Military Before We Were Recognized. We're Going Back
RNS
Are Mormons Christian?
Mark Tooley Juicy Ecumenism
Making Sense of Pentagon’s Religious Code Controversy
Mariya Manzhos Deseret
Pope Meets With 6 Clergy Abuse Survivors in Spain
AP News
Should Southern Baptist Women Be Pastors? Battle Reignites
USA Today
Why I Don’t Debate Atheists
Russell Moore Christianity Today
Why Invoke God in the Declaration of Independence?
Dr. Kaczor Word on Fire
Mild & Bold
Kevin Gallagher Commonweal
Three Cities, One Sign
Yuri Wei Providence
Beauty in the Power of the Holders
David G Bonagura Jr. The Catholic Thing
Peter Singer Criticizes Pope Leo’s Encyclical
Wesley J. Smith National Review


Wednesday, June 10
A Catholic Mayor Commissioned Statues of Saints. Residents Revolted.
NYT
A City on a Hill?
Abram Van Engen Plough
The Strength of Jimmy Lai and Weakness of Emperor Xi
George Weigel CWR
Worth Beyond Our Works
Leah Libresco Sargeant First Things
Pope Leo Addresses Difficult Questions About Suicide, Forgiveness
EWTN News
Willy Rice, FL Pastor and Abuse Crisis Skeptic, Elected SBC President
RNS
Why US Bishops are Consecrating Nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus
P. Smith AP
Iraq’s New Christian Patriarch Inherits a Vanishing Flock
Samuel Ben-Ur Providence
On the Failures of Magnifica Humanitas
Matthew Schultz Mere Orthodoxy
Cathedral Thinking
Vanessa R. Corcoran Commonweal
Bad Bunny Meets Pope Leo in Spain
Anthony Faiola Washington Post
Free Exhibit at Philly Church Looks at Religion During Am. Revolution
CBS News


Thursday, June 11
Gen Z Prefers a Generic ‘Christian’ Label over ‘Protestant’
Ryan Burge et al CToday
Some U.S. Service Members Lost Full Freedom of Religion
MS NOW
Why Religious Construction is On Rise When Other Building Has Stalled
WPost
Better Sex, Better Hair, Better Sleep: ‘Humanmaxxing’ Is Here
NYTimes
Pope Leo Blesses New Tower at Sagrada Família
Anthony Faiola Washington Post
US Catholic Bishops to Vote on Updating Child Sexual Abuse Guidelines
RNS
Southern Baptists Advance Formal Ban on Churches With Women Pastors
AP
Does Mercy Erase the Consequences of Sin?
Gary A. Anderson The Torah
More Than Evolution Requires
David Brooks Comment
The Return of Strong Christian Men
Scott Yenor First Things


Friday, June 12
America's 250th Revives Questions About Religion and Founders
PBS
Catholic Bishops Consecrate US, Trump and Melania 'Join in Prayer'
W. Examiner
My Father Went to War With a Demon Bird
Ryan Zickgraf UnHerd
Pope Slams World's Indifference to Migrants While Visiting Canary Islands
AP
The Chicago Altar Boy Who Watched Fulton Sheen
Ashley McGuire RealClearReligion
Mosques Face Increasing Challenges to Provide Security
Ulaa Kuziez RNS
Bishops Approve Revisions to Dallas Charter
Michelle La Rosa The Pillar
Gatekeeping the Word 'Christian'
Tad Walch Deseret News
AI Pornography is Creating a Substitute for Human Connection
M. Grayston RCR
A Celebration Not Everyone Welcomes?
Jerry Newcombe RealClearReligion
Learning Poetry in Ordinary Time
David Paul Deavel Catholic World Report
Fernando Pessoa and the Jewish Question
Marco Roth Tablet
Disclosure Day Pits Aliens Against Religion.
Dylan Scott Vox
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