Tag: Christianity

Christian conservatives were sometimes mocked for their moralizing. But their focus on character served a purpose.

Beltway Confidential

Donald Trump and the end of the ‘character issue’

Daniel Allott · May 6, 2016 12:04 am

Trump: Comments from Cruz’s father a ‘disgrace’

Kelly Cohen · May 3, 2016 12:08 pm

Relatives of a soldier killed by Islamic State militants in Syria cry during his funeral. The increase in CPCs is partly due to the inclusion of non-state actors like the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Report: Religious freedom ‘under serious and sustained assault’ globally

Daniel Allott · May 2, 2016 10:57 pm

The U.N. estimates that there are 27 to 30 million men, women and children enslaved today, more than at any time in human history. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Ending the abomination of modern slavery

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie · April 30, 2016 4:02 am

"Immigrants want to stay home," Bishop Minerva Carcano told House Judiciary subcommittee members during an immigration hearing. "They are not able to stay home because we have undermined their economies. We have raped their lands." (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Methodist church on illegal immigrants: ‘We have raped their lands’

Joel Gehrke · April 19, 2016 5:28 pm

Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff as he presides over a Mass for the ordination of Monsignor Peter Brian Wells and Monsignor Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, March 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Washington Secrets

Pew: Just 3 in 10 say going to church ‘essential’ to being Christian

Paul Bedard · April 14, 2016 1:32 pm

Donald Trump is winning evangelical votes, even as leaders of the traditional religious right have endorsed Ted Cruz for president. (AP Photo)

Pastors baffled by evangelicals’ love of Trump

W. James Antle III · April 11, 2016 4:01 am

Washington Secrets

Marriott, Wells Fargo, Comcast hit for discriminating against Christians

Paul Bedard · April 6, 2016 3:52 pm

Mormon missionaries, Mason Wells, 19, and Joseph Empey, 20, arrived back in Utah on Tuesday. (Joseph Empey/Chad Wells via AP)

Two U.S. missionaries in Brussels bombing return home

Anna Giaritelli · March 30, 2016 12:00 am

National Security

Suicide bombing in Pakistan may have targeted Christians celebrating Easter

Dan Friedman · March 27, 2016 5:34 pm

Pope Francis said the "certainty" of God's love would not be affected by the "apparent victory of evil." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

On Good Friday, pope delivers message to Islamic State

Anna Giaritelli · March 26, 2016 12:30 am

Andrew Doran, a senior adviser for In Defense of Christians, discusses the presidential candidates' visions for the future of the region and the four things that need to happen for Christianity not just to survive in the Middle East but to thrive in security and freedom. (AP Photos)

Will Christianity survive in the Middle East? An Interview with Andrew Doran, Part II

Daniel Allott · March 21, 2016 7:03 am