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A Catholic University Hires Pro-Abortion Bob Casey to Mentor Students
A private Catholic university in Pennsylvania has hired former pro-abortion U.S. Sen Bob Casey Jr. to “mentor” students in coordination with its religious mission. The University of Scranton’s announcement last week was met with criticism by…
Give Donald Trump a bust of Neville Chamberlain
At the start of both of Donald Trump’s terms of office, there were many admiring reports of his restoration of a bust of Winston Churchill to the Oval Office. Given Trump’s conduct towards Ukraine it would more appropriate to send him a bust of…
Today in History: Greek Fire and God’s Storms Save Constantinople from Islam
On August 15, 718, Constantinople hurled back the greatest assault the forces of Islam had ever mustered — and in so doing, preserved Western civilization. The irony of this date runs deep: The Muslims’ siege of that great city had begun on the…
UN Plastic Treaty talks showed billions of people back a cap on plastic
The collapse of UN plastic treaty negotiations in Geneva last night might feel like a devastating blow to our collective environmental future. Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution won't reach an…
Joseph Prince: The God of Grace
By The Stream Published on August 15, 2025 Singaporean pastor Joseph Prince joins Life Today cohosts James and Betty Robison to share his personal story of experiencing God’s grace and how it shaped his message to the world today in this…
Animal Farm at 80 – Religion & Liberty Online
On August 17, 1945—just two days after V-J Day in Asia and fewer than two weeks after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—George Orwell published what he modestly called his “little squib”: Animal Farm. It was a 30,000-word bombshell…
The Brew: Trump to Meet Putin and Stop the Pointless Killing. Our Oligarchs Go Into Conniptions
Pushing back against the orchestrated force of elites in the U.S. and Western Europe, President Donald Trump is preparing to meet with Vladimir Putin today at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. Their goal? To end the war in…
Priests are men, not machines, and need our help
Declining numbers of experienced priests, a shortage of new vocations to replace them as they retire, the forced consolidation of parishes in many dioceses due to diminished church attendance, heavy administrative responsibilities, and isolating…
The sharp decline of Catholicism in the U.S.
For over fifty years, the General Social Survey has asked a large, representative sample of Americans a battery of questions, including questions about religion. These data reveal a major problem—indeed, arguably the single biggest problem—for…
There’s a happiness gap between liberal and conservative women
For decades, the prevailing narrative urged young women to “lean in,” to hustle, to shatter glass ceilings. But a new generation of young women is flipping the script on what it means to be empowered, and in doing so, they are making…