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1 month ago | realclearreligion.org | David Gibson

Pope Francis has been in a Rome hospital for a month, battling double pneumonia and its complications. His condition would be serious for anyone but could be more threatening for an 88-year-old man who had part of a lung removed as a youth and who stubbornly refuses to slow down. While the Vatican reported this week that he is improving, he may be so weakened that, some have speculated, he could decide to step down.

Nov 13, 2024 | realclearreligion.org | J. Brian Charles

Most cultural indicators point to an increasingly secularized American society. As corollary, bringing religious convictions to bear in the public arena is becoming increasingly fraught. American citizens are thus pressed to confront a “sacred-versus-secular” divide as never before. What values can we expect the broader culture to hold without reference to religion? More importantly, what values should be held in common and advocated for in the public square?

Sep 5, 2024 | realclearreligion.org | Andrew Doran

Candace Owens, a Catholic convert and former pundit at the Daily Wire, has come under fire for anti-Semitic rhetoric, including promoting the “blood libel” charge and linking Judaism to pedophilia. She is not alone among Jew-bashers with large online followings trying to claim the label of “Catholic right” these days (notorious anti-Semite Nick Fuentes and some lesser-knowns do the same).

Aug 16, 2024 | realclearreligion.org | J. Brian Charles

It is hopelessly and absurdly narrow-minded that democratic nations – especially the U.S. – “fear escalation” in the context of geopolitical evil or choose to focus solely on their own internal problems. Why was the “Good Samaritan” pronounced “good”? Because he was willing to act on the basis of moral principle and fundamental justice where confronted by critical human need. To whom much has been given (in the world), much will be required.

May 27, 2024 | realclearreligion.org | Andrew Doran

Andrew Doran The European Conservative May 27, 2024 What’s also certain, moreover, is that the violence of the kind described in Midrash was standard practice in pagan societies, as was ritualized torture of every conceivable kind, human sacrifice, and cannibalism. The myth of ‘the noble savage’ somehow survives despite the mounting evidence.