indelible and heartbreaking photo by Katy Kildee of @detroitnews.com

Nope, not real.

Three-fourths of American Jews say the Trump administration as using antisemitism as an excuse to silence dissent and free speech on college campuses www.npr.org/2025/09/17/n...

They started showing up this summer on doorstops and in mailboxes all around Baltimore - thousands of copies of the same book. No explanation, just a lurid cover and an intriguing title - "The Great Controversy." Who sent these books -- and why? www.npr.org/2025/09/15/n...

Vance encourages people to call the employers of people who "celebrate Charlie's murder," then says "get involved. Get involved. Get involved." Cites Stephen Miller's vow to go after orgs that "promote violence and terrorism", and closes by calling on people to "put on the full armor of God."

The interview, conducted over two sessions in recent weeks and published by the Catholic news site Crux on the his 70th birthday, offer a first glimpse into Leo's personality and priorities www.npr.org/2025/09/15/n...

You know what's still great about The Washington Post? The religion reporting of @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.

Apparently Pope Leo met Pharrell this week and rock stars do not have to follow the Vatican dress code

In case you missed it, I was on @npr.org’s Weekend Edition this morning (and Up First) talking about Pastor Doug Wilson and my reporting from this week’s National Conservatism Conference: www.npr.org/2025/09/07/n...

"We can insist on the reality of the world. To me, that feels like a worthwhile thing, an exciting thing to be doing, and worthy of our listeners’ time.” current.org/2025/08/ira-...

Listen to RNS national reporter @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social on @npr.org's Morning Edition, where she reports on how Catholic officials are stepping up safety measures and calling for increased gun safety laws. www.npr.org/2025/09/01/n...

Listen to RNS national reporter @jackjenkins.me on @npr.org's All Things Considered, where he reports on some of the measures under consideration after a shooting at a church in Minneapolis on Aug. 27. www.npr.org/2025/09/01/n...

happy feast of st. augustine to all who celebrate

"Our community is rightfully outraged at such horrific acts of violence perpetrated against the vulnerable and innocent. They are far too commonplace." -- Archbishop Bernard Hebda Hebda added that Pope Leo is praying for families of Annunciation Parish and School www.archspm.org/statement-re...

Seventeen shooting victims now have been hospitalized in Minneapolis following the shootings at Annunciation Catholic Church. The children were at Mass when the gunman opened fire. They were praying for the new school year.

An Episcopal priest founded a Christian psychedelic society after he had a deeply spiritual experience while using psilocybin. Then he was defrocked www.npr.org/transcripts/...

"I don't want to be saved without you," St. Augustine once preached to his congregation. In Pope Leo's first 100 days, we've heard persistent echoes of the bishop of Hippo, as @derosejason.bsky.social reports www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

Christian Watkins, a Methodist minister in DC, held a sign that quoted Scripture. "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but to lose his soul," Watkins said, reading aloud. "The soul of America is lost because of the fact this is allowed to happen." www.npr.org/2025/08/14/n...

"From the White House, the president sees a lawless wasteland. We beg to differ. We see fellow human beings—neighbors, workers, friends and family—each made in the image of God." www.npr.org/2025/08/14/n...

scoop: donations to NPR and PBS stations have exploded, with donors across the country giving in unprecedented numbers since Congress cut federal funding www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...

Due to the rescission of federal funding, North Carolina Public Radio is facing a major budget shortfall (roughly $800k). @wunc.org is the largest nonprofit newsroom in the state but also home to national programming. If you care about quality journalism, please give what you can www.wunc.org/donate

NEW Investigation: The @washingtonpost.com talked to 40 admin officials, allies and insiders about Trump's Antisemitism Task Force. We polled 60 schools. We found many of its demands and punishments have nothing to do with antisemitism. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media. This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)

Congress has eliminated all federal funding for public media. And now Kansas City’s public broadcasters need YOU. https://loom.ly/pvwG3Dc

We at Louisville Public Media just lost $376,000 due to Congress passing the rescission bill last night to claw back funds from public media across America. Today we’re asking those who value our work to help make up those funds in an emergency drive so we can maintain the staff/services we provide:

New: I teamed up with @elenashao.bsky.social and nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.

"Authorities are now seizing brothers and sisters indiscriminately, without respect for their right to due process and their dignity as children of God." www.npr.org/2025/07/09/n...

How Pope Leo will spend his summer vacation www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...

The IRS just lifted a decades-long ban on clergy endorsing political candidates. But most Americans don't want to hear endorsements from the pulpit, according to surveys Here's the story, with @jackjenkins.me & @bmietana.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/07/08/n...

In a break with decades of tradition, the Internal Revenue Service says it will allow houses of worship to endorse candidates for political office without losing their tax-exempt status. www.npr.org/2025/07/08/n...

Big news! @burke13.bsky.social and I are teaming up to write a biography of Pope Leo! “American Pope”, from @flatironbooks.bsky.social, will tell the story of Robert Prevost, how he went from the South Side to Vatican City, and what his life tells us about how he may steer the Catholic Church.

"The current administration has offered no immigration policy beyond the stated goal of deporting thousands of people each day. ...This is not policy, it is punishment, and it can only result in cruel and arbitrary outcomes." angelusnews.com/voices/ice-r... --Archbishop Jose Gomez of LA.

In response to ICE raids, the Diocese of Nashville has told its congregants they’re not obligated to attend Mass on Sunday “if doing so puts their safety at risk.” great reporting here from @mariannabac.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

St. Brian of the Waves (h/t: @aquariumdrunkard.com)

Christianity grew by 122 million members, but declined as an overall slice of the world's population. www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...

according to Google's AI, Pope Leo has a daughter 🙄

About 15,000 people gathered in downtown Boulder on Sunday to honor the victims of last week's attack and celebrate the city’s 30th annual Jewish festival www.kunc.org/regional-new...

They call him "Cousin Leo." Love this piece from @rosemarywestwood.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/06/03/n...

“There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he wrote in the 167-page text. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Last week, The Episcopal Church said it will not resettle Afrikaners as refugees in the U.S. Baptists are taking a different approach ... www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...

A highlight of last year was getting to work with the tireless @jackjenkins.me and our wonderful editors at @npr.org and @rns.org — exciting to be awarded for that exhausting (and also fun) collaboration from the Associated Church Press! 🎉

This is fascinating: Pope Leo is a dual citizen of Peru and the U.S. -- and the head of state of yet another nation, Vatican City. And as long as he maintains his Illinois address, experts told @rns.org, he can vote in U.S. elections religionnews.com/2025/05/09/c...

"We Catholics find many things to disagree about, but the church’s social doctrine is very clear. Care for the poor and marginalized isn’t red or blue — it’s what we are called to do as Catholics." -- Bishop Joseph Tyson of Yakima WA religionnews.com/2025/05/13/s...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on @npr.org today, framing the proposed Medicaid cuts as a matter of faith (cc: @jackjenkins.me) www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n...

Zelenskyy says Russian deported thousands of children from Ukraine. Now he wants Pope Leo to help bring them back home www.npr.org/2025/05/14/g...

NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.

The oldest brother of the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV has written and shared a series of vulgar posts and memes on social media. www.wbez.org/religion/202...

The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

When Catholics across the U.S. attended Mass this weekend, it was the first time in history they had done so with a U.S.-born pope leading the church www.npr.org/2025/05/11/n...