Faith When Doubt Appears If you’re reading this because your faith feels weaker than it once did, you’re not alone—and you’re not disqualified. Many sincere believers face seasons when prayer feels like speaking to a ceiling, familiar verses seem to raise more questions than answers, and the confidence they once felt seems far away. These seasons
Pope Leo XIV has called on France’s Catholic bishops to assert the Church’s “prophetic” voice in a society shaped by strict secularism, urging them not to retreat from public debate as he continues an apostolic journey through one of Europe’s most avowedly non-religious nations. Meeting with the Bishops of France during his visit, the pope framed
Pro-life diplomats and advocacy groups connected to the Geneva Consensus Declaration are working to create a new “pro-life and pro-family” core group of United Nations member states, aiming to counter the influence of existing coalitions that promote abortion access and LGBT rights within UN negotiations. The initiative surfaced publicly during this year’s UN General Assembly High-Level
British church leaders Steve and Esther Uppal have issued a stark online warning to Western congregations, urging them to adopt a “wartime mentality” and prepare for what they describe as imminent societal disruption and “great shakings.” The warning is delivered in a recent YouTube video titled Sober Urgent Warning For The Church, in which the couple
This week the published studies gained 13 notes across 1 chapter in Genesis. Each entry links to the chapter page, where the note sits beside the text and the commentaries. Genesis 1 Genesis 1:3 · open in the reader · from All Bible Study The author highlights that God's creation is initiated by command—"God said." This could be
A new Harris Poll suggests Generation Z adults are now the U.S. age group most likely to describe themselves as religious, bucking years of data showing younger Americans drifting from organized faith. In the nationally focused survey, 33% of Gen Z respondents said they consider themselves “religious,” compared with 18% of baby boomers, 22% of Generation
Heavy drinking among Americans in their 50s and early 60s has surged even as younger adults cut back, according to new national data from Keck Medicine of USC. The study, published this week in Annals of Internal Medicine, finds that overall alcohol use in the United States fell between 2022 and 2024, while heavy drinking
The Trump administration has informed Congress that most of the 17,500 refugees it plans to admit in fiscal year 2027 will be white South Africans from the country's Afrikaner minority. The announcement has intensified concern among Christian and other faith-based refugee agencies, which say persecuted believers and other vulnerable minorities are being left with no
Equipping the Persecuted, a U.S.-based ministry focused on Nigerian Christians, is urging the United Nations to recognize what it calls a genocide in Nigeria’s Middle Belt after a weekend terror alert through its Truth Nigeria network was credited with reducing casualties in fresh attacks that left at least 60 people dead. According to Equipping the Persecuted,
Pope Leo XIV is set to place the Vatican at the centre of global debates over artificial intelligence when he addresses a high-level gathering at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 25 September 2026. UNESCO says the visit, organized at the invitation of Director-General Khaled El-Enany, will focus on contemporary challenges related to artificial intelligence, information