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Jimmy Swaggart’s rise and fall shaped the landscape of American televangelism

The Conversation - July 20, 2025

Rev. Jimmy Swaggart preaches at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on March 29, 1987. AP Photo/Mark Avery, file by Diane Winston, USC Annenberg School...

IRS says churches may endorse political candidates despite a decades-old federal statute barring them from doing that

The Conversation - July 11, 2025

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a church in Harlem during his failed campaign to become the Democratic nominee in the 2025...

What is CREC? The Christian nationalist group has a vision for America − and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s support

The Conversation - June 30, 2025

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, at a prayer during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C....

‘Fundamentally flawed’: Outrage follows Baptist leaders accepting Target donation

Courier Newsroom - June 25, 2025

Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of New Missionary Baptist Church, is leading a "Target fast" in response to the retailer cutting its DEI initiatives. -POOL...

100 years ago, the Social Gospel movement pushed to improve workers’ lives – but also to promote its vision of Christian America

The Conversation - June 15, 2025

Immigrant children from Central Europe at a settlement house in St. Louis. Thomasa.nagel/Wikimedia Commons Christina Littlefield, Pepperdine University President Donald Trump has praised the Gilded Age,...

What will the Antichrist look like? According to Western thought, an authoritarian king – or the pope

The Conversation - May 25, 2025

Composite image by The Conversation. Images courtesy of TruthSocial/@realDonaldTrump and Wikimedia Commons by Philip C. Almond, The University of Queensland The US presidency and the papacy...

In Philly visit, fiery Rev. Al Sharpton calls out forgetful Black leadership

Courier Newsroom - May 18, 2025

REV. AL SHARPTON Tribune Photo Abdul R. Sulayman by Marco Cerino, Philadelphia Tribune Staff Writer At a multi-faith prayer breakfast Friday morning, the Rev. Al Sharpton...

Why Black catholics have hope for Pope Leo XIV

Word In Black - May 13, 2025

by Joseph Williams This story originally appeared in Word In Black As a plume of white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rev....

Black America celebrates African descent heritage of Pope Leo XIV

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent - May 11, 2025

Pope Leo XIV (Wikimedia Commons / Photo by Vatican Media) Black America is taking pride in a truth shaking up the Vatican and resonating through...

Even with Pope Leo XIV in place, US Catholics stand ‘at a crossroads’

The Conversation - May 10, 2025

Parishioners attend a memorial Mass in honor of Pope Francis at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on April...

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