17+ hour, 32+ min ago   (25+ words) Continue reading on Medium » “Believing in something or someone, whether for a reason or without one, is a kind of belief in itself. Isn’t it?”...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (31+ words) Be Kind—The World Is Carrying Enough We are all carrying battles others cannot see—so choose kindness before judgment, love before regret, and humanity before …...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (67+ words) Socialism…the political and economic ideology condemned by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 is certainly on the rise in the West. This week on Register Radio, the Register’s managing editor Jonathan Liedl, assesses whether there is any room in Catholic teaching…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (368+ words) Are you enjoying this 250th Anniversary of our American nation? I hope you are as I am. I have taken every opportunity to think about our roots and appreciate the national leadership that would make America great again. I have sympathy…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (370+ words) At the conclusion of his September 9 general audience, Pope Leo XIV offered his customary greetings to pilgrims who speak French, English, German, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Arabic, and Polish—and then offered a rare greeting to Croatian pilgrims. “I joyfully greet…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (541+ words) (ANALYSIS) In 1843, Karl Marx called religion “the opium of the people.” He framed faith as a cheap chemical cheat code used by the ruling class to keep peasants from running riot. Marx envisioned a future in which human beings would…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1151+ words) Type at least 2 characters to search. The Republican nominee for Ohio governor said Jesus is “a son of God” and “a path to heaven” — statements that drew condemnation from Christian pastors and commentators after the video resurfaced during the gubernatorial…...

6+ day, 37+ min ago   (874+ words) blackbeltnewsnetwork.com Friendly Freethinker: Does “Spiritual but not Religious” Mak… I enjoy a good challenge, especially when it comes to questi… Evolution cannot explain biological complexity without bumpi… It’s a challenging time to be raising children. Education is…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (657+ words) Today it is fashionable in some Muslim circles to identify as “cultural Muslims.” These are those who prize their identity as a Muslim while rejecting core Islamic teachings on marriage, the family and sexuality; they have adopted the secular perspective…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (452+ words) It was VS Naipaul who wrote in the late 1990s that Islam is not simply a matter of conscience or private belief. Islam, Naipaul wrote, “makes imperial demands. A convert’s world view alters. His holy places are in Arab lands; his…...