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Why the Strange Arrest of Metropolitan Hilarion in Czechia Looks Like a Setup

The downfall of a powerful religious figure rarely happens in a vacuum, but the latest twist involving the Russian Orthodox Church feels like something pulled straight from a Cold War spy novel. On May 24, 2026, Czech police pulled over a vehicle leaving the...
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A Year with Pope Leo: Evangelical Impressions

A gentle yet tough pope? A pope all about peace and dialogue? It is still too early to settle on a definitive assessment of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy. One year after his election (8th May 2025), however, it is possible to discern some key...
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Taking Greenland?

There’s been talk of the United States acquiring Greenland, which is autonomously governed within...
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Martin Luther birthed Karl Marx?

Polemical British cleric Calvin Robinson unsurprisingly sparked a fracas when addressing the “Mere Anglicanism” conference in...
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Pope Francis and Protestants

Conservative Protestants, some of whom came from traditions traditionally anti-Catholic, admired Pope John Paul...
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Bad church advice on Hamas

Sometimes, church prelates unwisely speak to political questions, exceeding the mandate of their vocation...
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Church banality on Middle East terror

Mainline Protestant agencies are typically hostile to Israel. So their morally empty statements about...
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Vacuous Prayers for Ukraine

U.S. church pronouncements about international affairs often are detached, anodyne, and sometimes surreal. Russia’s attack...
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Bishop Tutu, God & Democracy

South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu had critics and they included myself and my...
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Transgender Lutheran Bishop & Nicaea

Just elected Lutheran Bishop Megan Rohrer of Sacramento is America’s first transgender bishop. Rohrer, who was...
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Missionary Rescued & Captors Killed

American missionary Philip Walton was rescued Saturday in Nigeria by the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team 6, who killed...
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Diana Butler Bass vs Council of Nicaea

Recently liberal Episcopal writer Diana Butler Bass ignited a Twitter storm by recalling how she learned...
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What Grows & Kills Churches?

Yesterday my colleague Jeff Walton posted about the opening of Falls Church Anglican’s glorious new sanctuary...

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Why the Strange Arrest of Metropolitan Hilarion in Czechia Looks Like a Setup

The downfall of a powerful religious figure rarely happens in a vacuum, but the...
Op-Ed

A Year with Pope Leo: Evangelical Impressions

A gentle yet tough pope? A pope all about peace and dialogue? It is...
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Ndukuba: Nigeria is missing oil windfall while debt, China deals, and insecurity bite

Nigeria should be riding an oil boom. Instead, the Primate of All Nigeria told...
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Italian bishop to LGBTQ people: I speak not of “welcoming” but of “recognition and full integration.”

Editor’s note: On May 16, 2026 at the Parish of Santa Maria Stella in...