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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with parades didn’t come from Ireland. Instead, they started and became popular in North American colonies many years ago. What began as a Catholic feast day and gained more appreciation with colonial celebrations is now one of America’s most significant cultural holidays. Over 31 million people in the United States claim…

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She might not consider herself a “movie star,” but Goldie Hawn has cemented herself as a Hollywood fixture. Hawn admits that Hollywood has evolved since her career started, and the change hasn’t necessarily been good. In a new profile for Variety, Hawn said, “I think that it’s important to stand vigilant on people’s behavior and…

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New statistics released from the Cultural Research Center (CRC) through Arizona Christian University show that the amount of Christians operating from a Biblical worldview has dropped 33 percent since the 2020 pandemic. The CRC defines a worldview as “the intellectual, emotional and spiritual filter used to experience, interpret and respond to reality—i.e., the basis upon which…

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A satire article by NYT columnist Andy Borowitz appeared to mock people who look to the Bible for answers. The article, entitled “Amy Coney Barrett Searches Bible for God’s Opinion of the Internet,” took aim at Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who is known for her faith, stating she “called for a recess in…

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A school board member of the Washington Elementary Arizona School District in the Phoenix area who identifies as a “bilingual, disabled, neurodivergent queer black Latina” blasted the district’s partnership with Arizona Christian University (ACU). The University states on its website that it seeks to “transform the culture with truth by promoting the Biblically-informed values that…

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams (D) faced criticism after he hosted an interfaith prayer breakfast at a New York Public Library where he blasted the “separation of church and state” as the cause of societal problems. After acknowledging members of his team and other members of the audience, Adams called on members of various religious backgrounds, including…

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With all the division of politics between Democrats and Republicans, it can be hard to think there is anything that can break through party politics. But Barry Black, Senate Chaplain since 2003, thinks faith and prayer can bring people together from both sides of the political aisle. In a 2009 interview with C-SPAN, he commented…

A recently leaked FBI memo seems to indicate the FBI has turned its attention to conservative Catholics as potentially being connected to white supremacists. The memo, released by the FBI’s Richmond Division in Virginia, stated it believed that white supremacists were turning to Radical-Traditionalist Catholics (RTC) for support. The memo defined RTCs as “typically characterized by…

Sotheby’s, which touts itself as the “most trusted and dynamic marketplace for art and luxury,” has made waves with its announcement that it will be auctioning off the Codex Sassoon, the world’s oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, this May. The Bible is being sold by Jacui Safra, a Swiss investor and collector. “The Bible is one of the…

While schools struggle with the growing use of artificial intelligence programs being used to pass writing assignments, pastors and religious leaders seem to be another sector concerned with the growing usage of AI. With the popularity of artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT gaining traction, the Associated Press interviewed several pastors about their concerns of the technology…
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