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Alex Brandon Trump’s Evangelical Advisers Could Help Him Secure a Win on Sentencing Reform
Conservative Christian leaders are a major force behind criminal-justice legislation being considered in the Senate. But black and progressive clergy see danger in allying with the president, even on this issue.
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Clay Rodery American Exorcism
Priests are fielding more requests than ever for help with demonic possession, and a centuries-old practice is finding new footing in the modern world.
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Patrick Semansky / AP The Vatican Swoops In
In an unprecedented move, the Catholic Church scuttled a vote on reforms to address the sex-abuse crisis in America.
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Fred Lancelot / Reuters What the November 13 Attacks Taught Paris
For years, deadly terrorist strikes in France were widely treated as isolated incidents. That changed forever in 2015.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump’s Evangelical Allies Really Didn’t Like Jeff Sessions
The ousted attorney general managed to alienate Christians across the political spectrum, even though he’s one of their own.
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Courtesy of the Community Day School Refusing to Put Fear at the Center of Jewish Identity
Students in Pittsburgh must grapple with the realization that there are people who hate them for their religion.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters How Will Pittsburgh’s Jews Translate Tragedy Into Action?
The Jewish community disagreed about what to do when President Donald Trump came to town—and how to take action after tragedy.
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Matt Rourke / AP Pittsburgh Honors Two Brothers, ‘Gentle Giants’ of the Community
Cecil and David Rosenthal, who lived with mental disabilities, were remembered at their funeral as the best of the Jewish community.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty A Broken Jewish Community
Squirrel Hill, the Pittsburgh neighborhood where 11 Jews were shot and killed on Saturday, is in mourning.
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Marc Levy / AP The Justice Department’s Investigation of Clergy Sexual Abuse Will Test the Catholic Hierarchy
A new inquiry significantly escalates the involvement of secular authorities.
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Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters The Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal Takes Down a Cardinal
The pope has accepted the resignation of the leader of the Archdiocese of Washington. What happens next?
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Mana Rabiee / Reuters Susan Collins Gambles With the Future of Roe v. Wade
The senator said she will vote to confirm the judge in part because she thinks abortion rights in America are safe.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Conservative Women Are Angry About Kavanaugh—And They Think Other Voters Are, Too
Local- and state-level leaders across the country say they’re ready to lash out against Democrats in the midterm elections.
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Reuters The Kavanaugh Prosecutor Is Asking a Baffling Line of Questions
Rachel Mitchell may be laying the groundwork for future investigations with her interrogation of Christine Blasey Ford.
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Alex Wroblewski / Reuters Conservative Women Are Leading the Defense of Kavanaugh
Anti-abortion legal advocates in Washington, D.C., are sticking with him, but outside of the Beltway, women’s views are more ambiguous.
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Susana Vera / Reuters / Katie Martin / ... Should the Catholic Church Pay Reparations to Sex-Abuse Victims?
The Church is offering to pay people who can credibly say they were abused as children, but who can no longer file a lawsuit because the statute of limitations has passed.
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Chris Wattie / Reuters Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearing Didn’t Change Anything
After a week of political theater in the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Trump’s nominee is back where he started: on his way to the Supreme Court.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Democrats Are Coming After Kavanaugh on Abortion
The Supreme Court hearings are a preview of the party’s midterm strategy, with lawmakers placing the issue front and center. But it’s far from clear that their apocalyptic rhetoric will actually work.
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Alex Wroblewski / Reuters Kavanaugh Has a Strong Chance of Confirmation—and of Becoming an Election Rallying Cry
The Supreme Court nominee has become a symbol of the president’s quiet judicial legacy and the anti-Trump resistance.
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Reuters The Sex-Abuse Scandal Has Come for Pope Francis
A letter calling for his resignation shows how serious his crisis of credibility has become.
