Houses of Worship

Yiddish song narrates stories of how Jews treasured life amid terrible suffering.

Islamism, incubated in the 1920s, belittles Islam’s sacred text for barbaric ends.

A crisis of confidence and clarity comes into view at Pope Francis’ ‘synod on synodality.’

Candy and costumes are fine. But the day, like the world, has become too ghoulish.

Jews shouldn’t shrink from their religious identity in the face of Hamas’s attacks.

Hamas started its war on the holiday that commemorates the ‘Joy of the Law.’

‘Synodality’ will mean what Pope Francis wants it to mean. And that’s likely the point.

The Palestinians have literally paved over this important historic site.

A treatment of an old Jewish tale offers a model of faith during the Days of Awe.

The Catholic Church beatifies the Ulma family, who died for protecting Jews.

I’m not Orthodox or even Reform. I live comfortable with contradiction.

His autism demanded it, experts said. Mary Queen of Peace proved them wrong.

A California rescue mission rehabilitates people through love of God and fellowship.

The fathers’ iniquities are visited on the children, but only for a limited time.

In Lisbon, a million-plus prove the Gospel isn’t wasted on the young.

Deciding which ones belong on the Jewish shelf is a sure path to weariness of the flesh.

Disputes over sexual ideology put to a test the left’s commitment to cultural diversity.

As with the sex-abuse scandal, church leaders can ask lay Catholics for help.

The defamation case raises vital questions about the limits of academic freedom.

A just peace can’t be achieved by treating the two parties as moral equals.