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“Vibes Are Bad”: Trump Admin’s Religious Intensity Unsettles Employees
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution explicitly protects freedom of religion, preventing the government from prohibiting the free exercise of one’s own beliefs, and forbidding the government from establishing an official religion or from favoring one …
Apr 14, 2026, 4:23 PM
Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion
Vittoria Elliott, Wired
“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”
Apr 14, 2026, 10:00 AM
WATCH: Growing trend of Gen Z men being drawn to Catholicism
ABC News, Abcnews.com
Young Catholic convert William Bogdan discusses what drew him to the Catholic faith and why he thinks more younger men are joining the church.
Apr 8, 2026, 10:58 PM
Trump and Hegseth invoke God and religion in Iran war press conference
Al Jazeera English
Trump believes God backs US in Iran war, Hegseth compares airman's rescue to Jesus' resurrection
Apr 7, 2026, 9:03 AM
U.S. Military Archbishop Calls Hegseth's 'Jesus' Comments Problematic
John Amato, Crooksandliars.com
Archbishop Timothy Broglio told CBS's Face The Nation that SecDef Pete Hegseth invoking the name of the lord was "problematic" because war is not something Jesus would sponsor. Host Ed O'Keefe interviewed the Archdiocese for the Military Service and elicited …
Apr 4, 2026, 2:52 PM
Why America’s Catholic Bishops Started Sounding Liberal
Francis X. Rocca, The Atlantic
Trump’s second term has transformed the priorities of the U.S. Catholic hierarchy.
Mar 24, 2026, 1:00 PM
Only Muslim Woman on Trump's MAGA Religious Committee Resigns in Protest of Iran War
Danielle Han, Jezebel
Sameerah Munshi also said her decision was in protest of a fellow committee member being fired after arguing that being anti-Zionist is not the same as being antisemitic.
Mar 13, 2026, 4:58 PM
The Republican Who Wants to Banish His Own Constituents
Russell Berman, The Atlantic
Representative Andy Ogles wrote on Monday that “Muslims don’t belong in American society.” He represents thousands of them in Congress.
Mar 11, 2026, 9:15 PM
How the GOP Plans to Use Talarico’s Christianity Against Him
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
The GOP plans to use James Talarico’s Christianity against him in the Texas Senate race. Republicans are already turning the Democrat’s progressive theology into an attack line.
Mar 8, 2026, 4:00 PM
The MAGA Religious Right Are Pure Evil
John Amato, Crooksandliars.com
The biggest group of Trump supporters in 2015 was the Christian right, anti-abortion, homophobic, and Islamophobic pastors and evangelicals. They rallied around Donald because he had promised to overturn Roe V Wade. His racist immigration policies were music…
Mar 7, 2026, 2:04 PM
Louisiana’s 10 Commandments Law Marks a Critical Step Toward Christian Nationalism
Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone
Experts on the Christian right talk about the rise of the movement in the U.S., and how a state law could further erode the separation of church and state
Mar 1, 2026, 3:30 PM
Christian leaders denounce Trump actions, warn of 'crisis of faith'
Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, USA Today
Their statement says Christians have a moral obligation to condemn the demonization of immigrants and attacks on civil rights and diversity.
Feb 24, 2026, 2:52 AM
The Surprising Skill MAGA Christians Say Is 'Sinful'
Caroline Bologna, HuffPost
As Christian nationalism rises, some influential voices are reframing this ability as weakness, manipulation or even a threat to faith.
Feb 22, 2026, 12:00 PM
The Surprising Skill MAGA Christians Say Is 'Sinful'
Caroline Bologna, HuffPost
As Christian nationalism rises, some influential voices are reframing this ability as weakness, manipulation or even a threat to faith.
Feb 12, 2026, 12:00 PM
The Pope’s Man Arrives in New York
Paul Elie, The New Yorker
Paul Elie reports on Ronald Hicks, Pope Leo XIV’s new Archbishop of New York, and considers what the appointment indicates about the Pontiff’s priorities in the U.S.
Feb 6, 2026, 2:47 PM
Ronald Hicks to be installed as 11th archbishop of New York
The Associated Press, NPR
Ronald Hicks, a former Illinois bishop chosen by Pope Leo XIV to replace the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan, is set to be installed as New York's 11th archbishop
Feb 6, 2026, 8:00 AM
Religious freedom group says US military members were 'pressured' by commanders to see 'Melania'
Jason Guerrasio, Business Insider
An active-duty enlisted member of the US military said their unit was "pressured" into seeing Amazon's "Melania" documentary about the first lady.
Feb 5, 2026, 10:08 PM
Fact Check: Unpacking claim Video shows Muslims praying on Brooklyn street at 5 a.m.
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com
Users claimed the video depicted Muslims "trying to assert their religious dominance over you, claim your country and turn it into Sharia law."
Dec 3, 2025, 1:07 AM
Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first foreign trip
The Associated Press, NPR
Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon, amid Mideast tensions and the media glare that will document history's first American pope on the road.
Nov 26, 2025, 9:55 AM
REPORT: Young DC Christians neck-deep in anti-Semitism...
Rod Dreher, Substack.com
REPORT: Young DC Christians neck-deep in anti-Semitism... (First column, 2nd story, link)
Nov 11, 2025, 7:46 PM
Supreme Court to hear religious freedom case that’s united both sides of the church-state divide
Charles J. Russo, Salon
Landor v. Louisiana underscores the complexity and far-reaching nature of religious freedom laws.
Nov 9, 2025, 11:00 AM
US changes Nigeria designation after Trump threat over alleged attacks on Christians
Mariam Khan, ABC News
He said the U.S. might attack Nigeria, cut aid if Christians weren't protected.
Nov 3, 2025, 11:19 PM
Trumps threatens Nigeria with military action, aid cuts over alleged anti-Christian persecution
CBC News
The warning of possible military action came after Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu earlier on Saturday pushed back on Trump announcing that he was designating the West African country 'a country of particular concern' for allegedly failing to rein in th…
Nov 1, 2025, 9:50 PM
A 400-year-old prophecy foretold America’s loss of faith — and its revival
Andrew Fowler, TheBlaze
While history suggests that religious zeal often follows and quickly fades after events like the assassination of Charlie Kirk, prophetic visions from more than 400 years ago shine a light on our current situation and offer hope for a sustained faith revival.…
Oct 11, 2025, 1:30 PM