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Reversing his predecessor, Pope Francis restricted the use of Latin Mass, saying it was divisive and a tool used by Catholics opposed to the reforms of Vatican II.

Wes Granberg-Michaelson wonders if the pandemic has made us hungrier for physicality and place. Maybe hungrier for pilgrimages?

"A Christian theology of human fallibility leads us to expect structural and personal injustice. It is in the texts we hold dear. So when Christians stand up against racialized oppression, they are not losing the plot; they are discovering an element of Christian faith and practice that has been with us since the beginning."

Jesus and John Wayne, Kristin DuMez's book continues to sell and attract media attention.

David French writes that its easier to have "factional" friends -- people we don't really know but agree with our opinions and politics, than face-to-face friends who might differ from us.

The liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, associated with the Reformed Church in America, aims to raise its endowment to $1 billion and then to offer tuition-free education. Some pilot programs are already underway.

When does borrowing from others become plagiarism in preaching? A controversy among the Southern Baptists touches on a larger question.

Believed to be a first, Jacob Steinmetz, a hard-throwing pitcher from Long Island, New York and an Orthodox Jew, was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the recent baseball draft.

We've been missing a specific kind of joy during the pandemic -- the joy of being together, a joy that multiplies.