‘The Pendragon Cycle’ is a fantasy of Christian masculine power

In France, Pope Leo denounces 'scourge of war' in the Middle East

PARIS (RNS) – Pope Leo XIV and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on the need to promote peace and build ethical AI safeguards. But the pope also pointed to tensions between the Catholic Church and secularized France.

Televangelist Archbishop Fulton Sheen beatified in St Louis — one step closer to sainthood

ST. LOUIS (RNS) — In his homily, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle preached about Sheen's attention to poverty in the Global South.

The medieval world had its own ‘deepfakes’ – church officials cited a fake imperial decree for centuries

(The Conversation) — The forged document was used as leverage to try to expand papal control throughout the Italian peninsula.

DOJ asks appeals court to allow churches to endorse political candidates

(RNS) — Trump administration lawyers have argued a key component of the Johnson Amendment, which bars nonprofits from taking part in political campaigns, should not apply to churches. They've asked an appeals court to overturn a lower court decision dismissing a lawsuit challenging the ban.

The rise of the Jim Crow theobros

(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men. Its audience is small but growing, and their movement has ties to powerful religious and political figures.