Higher Ground
Chicago mayor invites Pope Leo XIV to visit his native city next year
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday invited Pope Leo XIV to visit his native Chicago next year during a private meeting with the pontiff at the Vatican.
Grammy winner Lauren Daigle says label exec asked why she had to be Christian
Two-time Grammy winner Lauren Daigle said a mainstream music label executive once questioned why she insisted on identifying as a Christian artist despite her crossover commercial appeal.
After protests outside synagogues, New York makes it a crime to block entry to a house of worship
Blocking someone from entering a house of worship, or acting in a way that makes worshippers entering the building fear for their safety, is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations outside synagogues.
Planned Parenthood thumbs nose at FDA by selling abortion pills to women before they’re pregnant
Planned Parenthood has begun prescribing abortion pills to women before they get pregnant, defying the Food and Drug Administration's safety protocol and heightening concerns about the drugs being used by bad actors to induce non-consensual abortions.
Memorializing those who sacrificed for faith
Earlier this week we celebrated Decoration Day, or, as it known nowadays, Memorial Day.
Muslim pilgrims perform Hajj rituals under intense heat as Eid al-Adha celebrations start
Masses of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia threw pebbles at a large pillar in a symbolic ritual on Wednesday, one of the final days of the Hajj as Muslims around the world started celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha.
Muslim pilgrims converge on Arafat for prayers and worship as Hajj reaches its peak
Muslim pilgrims from around the world congregated on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the second official day of the annual Islamic pilgrimage, considered the pinnacle of Hajj.
Pope Leo XIV calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.
Peru’s Catholic Church holds a symbolic ceremony in apology for Indigenous land dispossession
After years of allegations of land dispossession by a now-dissolved Catholic group, the highest ecclesiastical authorities in the Andean country on Saturday held a symbolic reparation ceremony for the Indigenous people whose land was taken away.
Millennials and Gen Z arrogance needs a history lesson
Of all the concerning trends in American politics right now, the juvenile arrogance of today's millennials and Gen Zers must rank near the top of anyone's list.
Pope Leo meets families of youth lost to illegal toxic waste dumping in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday greeted one by one families who lost loved ones to illegal toxic dumping in an area near Naples, tied to a multi-billion criminal racket run by the mafia.
Behavior of teen in mosque shooting led police to seize family guns a year before attack
One of the teenagers who killed three people at a San Diego mosque this week had been flagged to law enforcement last year for exhibiting alarming behavior and idolizing Nazis, prompting police to confiscate his father's guns, according to court records.
Parents, you’re failing God, your children — and America
A new survey shows one key area where parents are failing on the spiritual formation front -- and it involves prayer.
Conservatives rally against right-wing podcasters fueling antisemitism
A coalition of Republican lawmakers, Trump administration officials and religious leaders convened in Washington this week to confront what they described as a growing antisemitic influence emanating from the right-wing podcast world -- and to organize a counteroffensive.
Will Trump lead again in global religious freedom?
In 1998, the International Religious Freedom Act mandated the targeted defense of religious freedom in U.S. foreign policy.
WATCH: The truth about faith and America’s founding
Author Elizabeth Carlyle joins Billy Hallowell to discuss her new book, Americans Who Pray: Uniting a Nation in Faith and Freedom -- a powerful project bringing together voices from across America to reflect on prayer, faith, unity, and the nation's spiritual foundation.
Thousands flock to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally
Thousands of people streamed onto the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally Sunday billed as a "rededication of our country as One Nation under God."
Mullin says ‘American History X’ scared him straight before faith changed his life
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says that as a younger man, he was on a path of mayhem that seemed destined to end behind bars -- until he got scared straight by a viewing of "American History X."
WATCH: Surprise, surprise: God is actually ‘very partisan’
Christians sometimes have a hard time fighting for what they know is morally and politically correct because they're concerned about offending others, or intruding on others' free will and individual rights. They think it's not the job of the church to tell people their politics. But that's incorrect.
A marriage crisis? Stunning stats raise concerns, hopes
Marriage is the bedrock of a society, but what happens when America's young people delay marriage or shift their perspectives on child rearing?