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The new religious revival, faith and community, are explored in commentary from religious leaders and stories brought to you by Madeleine Kearns and our team.

America and the Exodus
The story of Passover is not just a Jewish one. Our Founding Fathers were profoundly inspired by it. So was Cecil B. DeMille.
Meir Soloveichik
Hallowed Be Thy App
Since it was launched in 2018, the Christian prayer app Hallow has been downloaded 23 million times. Is this the beginning of a religious revival?
Madeleine Kearns
Cardinal Dolan: The Evils of Antisemitism
Jew-hatred and Christianity are incompatible, writes the Archbishop of New York.
Timothy Cardinal Dolan
A Holy Night in Bethlehem
“Pray for us, father,” he said. “Soon there will be no Christians in the Holy Land.”
Father Patrick Briscoe, O.P.
A Merry Little Chrismukkah
Hanukkah and Christmas don’t just share a calendrical coincidence.
Liel Leibovitz
The Young Catholic Women Bringing Back Veils
A new generation of worshippers is longing for a ‘lost type of Catholicism.’
Madeleine Kearns
How Does the Pope Really Feel About Gay Rights?
Francis has reportedly warned against the Catholic church’s widespread atmosphere of frociaggine—literally, faggotry.
Mattia Ferraresi
Things Worth Remembering: The Resurrection of the Body and the Immortality of the Soul
Preacher-poet John Donne gave voice to his faith with a sermon on how God will raise the dead.
Douglas Murray
Latinos Are Flocking to Evangelical Christianity
From California to Florida, Latinos are turning their backs on Catholicism and embracing a new faith that’s changing the face of America.
Marie Arana
What Actually Happened Underneath the Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters?
Why (almost) everything you think you know about the Brooklyn synagogue tunnels is wrong.
Eli Lake
We Were Taught to Hate Jews
‘It’s like asking me how often I drink water. Antisemitism was everywhere.’ Apostates, former Islamists, and an almost-terrorist on how they changed…
Madeleine Rowley
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