Thursday’s News & Ideas - 3/12/2026
- False ideas of ‘Christendom’
- Decline for Episcopal Church
- Refugee Shabbat
- Texas pastor joins faith advisory
- Middle East Cardinal retires
- Problems at Pixar
Notions of ‘Christendom’ often miss the mark — medieval Europe’s ideas about faith and power were not so simple
The Conversation: There’s a myth of a shared Christian past that seems to lie beneath the surface of some Christian nationalist claims.
Episcopal Church faces stark demographic reality as membership declines
Religion Unplugged: Episcopal Church leaders have long heard warning sirens in their annual reports, with brutal statistics supporting this reality: They have lost half of their members since the 1960s.
Synagogues mark Refugee Shabbat in a year without refugees
Religion News Service: Over the past five years, Judea Reform Congregation has helped resettle 13 refugee families from such countries as Afghanistan, Haiti, Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela. Volunteers are still caring for them.
Paxton’s pastor joins faith team for Cornyn
Baptist News Global: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s pastor has joined the Faith Advisory Council of his opponent, Sen. John Cornyn.
Cardinal Sako, head of Chaldean Church in Iraq, retires as war engulfs the region
The Associated Press: The patriarch of one of the most important Christian churches in the Middle East retired on Tuesday, setting the stage for new leadership as war engulfs the region.
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Inside the creative crisis at Pixar* with The Baffler.
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