A Call of the Heart This May, the Women’s Ordination Conference will mark its fiftieth anniversary with another meeting in Detroit, where hundreds of Catholic women will gather to continue their fight for ordination.

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The Return Of The Moral State | NOEMA Hungary is not just an illiberal state. It is a state with a moral mission.

You can drive out moral perfectionism with a pitchfork - but it will always return. Which is why we liberals need a vision of the good life, and not just to do better than breaking even. www.noemamag.com/the-return-o...

When I transcribed the interviews I recorded in reporting this story, it came out to about 70,000 words, not including notes from books, articles, and podcasts. So I guess that's what I mean by "deep dive"

Immigration Slowdown Hits Every Metro Area in the U.S., Census Shows

Immigration Slowdown Hits Every Metro Area in the U.S., Census Shows www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/u...

If most of the world is religious, what do you miss without that factor in your research?

Learn how to include it with our panel of experts on integrating Religion& other areas of sociology.

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Pope Leo calls war in Middle East a 'scandal' to humanity Pope Leo on Sunday said death and suffering ​caused by the war in ‌the Middle East are a "scandal to the whole human family", renewing his ​plea for an immediate ceasefire.

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Judge strikes down Arkansas law mandating schools display the Ten Commandments. Here's what to know An Arkansas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public school classrooms was struck down by a federal judge Monday.

Judge strikes down Arkansas law mandating schools display the Ten Commandments. Here's what to know
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Why Trump Is Partnering With Christian Nationalists | Robert Reich Donald Trump keeps comparing himself to Jesus.Whether he actually has a messiah complex or is just conning his supporter

Top U.S. military commanders have reportedly told their troops that Trump's War on Iran will "cause Armageddon and mark Jesus' return to earth."

It's yet another example of the dangerous relationship Trump has cultivated with Christian nationalists.

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One True Church In the summer of 1872, a white doctor and a formerly enslaved African American farmer walked through a field near Newton Grove, North Carolina, and mapped ou...

Can’t wait to read this new book on Catholicism and race in the South!

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The Mad King’s War Trump’s war in Iran violates the Constitution, international law, and just-war principles. It has no clear objectives and no exit strategy.

"This is the way a mad king wages war. If he wants to stop tyranny, he should start at home."

NEW — The Editors on Trump's irresponsible and childish war in Iran:
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A New Approach to Studying Religion in the Lands That Became America Thomas Tweed on a new history.

For those who can’t afford my new book, here is the Introduction, thanks to Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life:
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Beyond Transactional The question facing Trump-supporting Evangelicals in 2026 is whether they’ve so internalized a MAGA political identity that no amount of wrongdoing can shake it.

The question facing Trump-supporting Evangelicals in 2026 is whether they’ve so internalized a MAGA political identity that no amount of wrongdoing can shake it.

John Fea: 'Beyond Transactional'
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S-USIH 2026 CFP: Intellectual Historians’ Toolkits: Methods, Theories, Practices | Society for US Intellectual History Society for U.S. Intellectual History Call for Proposals The 2026 S-USIH Annual Conference will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, on November 12-14, 2026, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Mad...

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Just learned that Religion in the Lands That Became America was a Finalist for the PROSE Award for North American/US History. Thanks to the many folks who helped.

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Just learned that Religion in the Lands That Became America was a Finalist for the PROSE Award for North American/US History. Thanks to the many folks who helped.

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GEORGE RETES: “My name is George Retes. I was born and raised here in Ventura, California. I’m 26 years old and I am an Iraq combat veteran. I was going to work like normal. I show up. ICE is there. There’s kind of like a roadblock. I get out. I identify myself — that I’m a U.S. citizen, that I’m just trying to get to work. I’m trying to leave. I’m getting ready to leave and they surround my car, start banging on it, start shouting these contradictory orders. Even though I was giving them no reason, they still felt the need to — one agent knelt on my back and another agent knelt on my neck. And during that time, I’m just pleading with them that I couldn’t breathe. I was in isolation. I was in basically this concrete cell. I was stripped naked in like a hospital gown. And they leave the lights on 24/7. They just came out and they said that I was violent and that I assaulted agents. Why lie when it’s on video of everything that happened? Why lie?”

PBS News Hour: U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated.

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Somehow, all the programs that help the majority of Americans are decried as “wasteful spending,” but the ones that help billionaires aren’t…

Funny how that works.

Buddhist monks' 15-week walk for peace ends in Washington, DC A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., after completing a 15-week trek from Texas that captivated the country.

Buddhist monks' 15-week walk for peace ends in Washington, DC

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Indiana House Republicans move to align state law with Trump’s deportation push - THE INDIANA CITIZEN By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen February 10, 2026 Indiana House Republicans advanced sweeping immigration legislation Tuesday that would require local governments, colleges and employers to…

Indiana House Republicans advanced sweeping immigration legislation Tuesday that would require local governments, colleges and employers to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement — cementing the state’s alignment with...

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Jemar Tisby, PhD (@jemartisby) 💯 Agree. Dr. Dochuk’s works are must-reads!

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The Testament of Ann Lee | Film Review | Spirituality & Practice A drama-musical about one of the most vital female religious leaders in American history: Mother Ann Lee, founder of The Shakers

I loved this movie and feel it’s been overlooked.

“I was amazed at the gritty reality with which bodies are shown: Ann in raw childbirth, for example, and Ann under torture. The thrusting and pounding of hands and feet in trance-like prayer.” www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/review...

At National Prayer Breakfast, Hegseth Says US Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for ‘Christian Nation’ While Trump's remarks dominate the headlines about the event, more concerning Christian Nationalist comments came a few minutes later.

Pete Hegseth suggested this morning that someone who dies fighting for the U.S. gains salvation, making it a salvific act.

Such rhetoric echoes comments that the head of the Russian Orthodox Church made about Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine or that medieval popes told crusaders.

Our investigation found 40+ cases in which federal immigration agents used chokeholds or other moves that can restrict someone’s breathing: https://propub.li/4rq51BV

We showed video clips from our reporting to Marc Brown, a law enforcement expert. This is what he said.

REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the Arvel M. Steece Research Fellowship for non-academic researchers is March 1st. Pastors, church historians, and anyone interested in Congregational history are invited to apply. Learn more at https://congregationallibrary.org/fellowships

Lilly Endowment invites organizations to submit proposals to its new Exploring Christian Practices Initiative. This opportunity aims to help individuals address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, and nourish their religious lives.

Find out more below!

More of this coming…if Amazon wants to do the right thing—or just get a PR win—announce instead a new program to help 16,000 employees find affordable housing.