The Bible Belt is bringing about a reckoning on Chip and Joanna Gaines. The home renovation superstars sparked backlash for featuring a gay couple on their new reality show “Back to the Frontier.” Conservative Christian leaders like Reverend Franklin Graham – son of late star evangelist Billy Graham – and podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey both … Read more
Young men are driving a growing surge in Catholicism among Gen Z, as they turn to faith as an answer to loneliness, cultural drift and a search for purpose. A Harvard University study shows that Gen Zers who identified as Catholic rose by 6% between 2022 and 2023, a shift that Father Michael Tidd — headmaster … Read more
Many of the kids are not alright — though some are. According to the 2025 World Happiness Report, Americans ages 18 to 29 ranked 62nd amongst the 140 countries surveyed in terms of self-reported well-being and life satisfaction — far below all US adults, who ranked 24th in the most recent report. But a small … Read more
Each Friday night, Jewish families do what we have done for thousands of years. We sit down for the moment we have anticipated all week: Shabbat dinner. Before the meal, we engage in a few ritual practices. The woman of the house lights the Shabbat candles, ushering in the sacred day. We welcome the Sabbath … Read more
This nun makes a habit of keeping life fun. Sister Monica Clare is still surprised when outsiders don’t believe how superiorly hip it is inside the convent, like one who thought nuns were forbidden to use electricity. “People have interesting ideas about the way nuns live,” the 59-year-old Sister Superior at the Community of St. … Read more
Jodie Sweetin and Candace Cameron Bure in a feud? Cut it out! There is no bad blood between the “Full House” stars, who played sisters DJ and Stephanie Tanner, respectively, on the ABC sitcom that ran for eight seasons from 1987 to 1995. Last summer, Sweetin, 43, and Bure, 49, had different opinions over the … Read more
Mel Gibson warned Jim Caviezel when they first discussed “The Passion of the Christ” that if he took the role of Jesus it could ruin his career, the 56-year-old actor said this week. Caviezel said he originally met with Gibson’s producer about doing a surfer movie, but “the script wasn’t there yet.” About 40 minutes into … Read more
It’s spring in Detroit — warm weather, a few clouds, and a 100% chance of marshmallow downpours. The source? A helicopter zooming above the green lawn of Worden Park on Friday, unloading sack-fulls of fluffy treats for hundreds of kids waiting eagerly below, some clutching colorful baskets or wearing rabbit ears. The children cheered and … Read more
Christians celebrate Easter Sunday to commemorate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, the miracle that started a global movement with 2.4 billion adherents. But what if Jesus’ family connections were as influential as ecclesiastic fervor in setting the course for a new religion? Joan Taylor, an emerita history professor at King’s College London, offers this argument … Read more
It wasn’t just the heavens weeping. A jaw-dropping discovery by NASA may lend cosmic credibility to one of the Bible’s most dramatic moments — the crucifixion of Jesus Christ — and the spooky sky show that followed. The space agency’s astronomical models suggest that a lunar eclipse turned the moon red over Jerusalem on Friday, … Read more
Sydney Johnston grew up in a non-denominational Christian household — but now the Upper West Side millennial is a devout Catholic. “There’s just something so beautiful and transcendent about the rituals and the ancient history in the Catholic mass that’s been preserved,” Johnston, 30, told The Post. “The church really communicates a degree of reverence … Read more
Alexa PenaVega paid tribute to her stillborn daughter, Indy, with a somber photo shared one year after her death. The “Spy Kids” star cradled her baby in her arms in an image captured from the hospital shortly after Indy was “born at rest” last year. “This was the most painful moment I have ever experienced,” PenaVega wrote … Read more
“Saturday Night Live” took another swipe at President Donald Trump this weekend, drawing a bold comparison between Trump and Jesus in its latest cold open. “It’s me, your favorite president, Donald Jesus Trump, comparing myself to the Son of God once again,” said cast member James Austin Johnson, reprising his role as the exaggerated Trump. The … Read more
She may be an official Jewish Nanny now — but she’s no Fran Drescher. A wildly popular social media personality went from the “Non-Jewish Nanny” to an official convert, claiming the Oct. 7 massacre only fueled her desire to be Jewish. Adriana Fernandez, a Floridian who attended private Christian school growing up with almost no … Read more
Sitting around a wrestling ring, churchgoers roared as local hero Billy O’Keeffe body-slammed a fighter named Disciple. Beneath stained-glass windows, they whooped and cheered as burly, tattooed wresters tumbled into the aisle during a six-man tag-team battle. This is Wrestling Church, which brings blood, sweat and tears — mostly sweat — to St. Peter’s Anglican church in … Read more
Luke Combs is lifting the veil on his lifelong battle with a “particularly wicked” form of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The country music star recently opened up about his battle with Pure Obsessional OCD, or Pure O, which triggers relentless, irrational thoughts — including some that veer into violent territory. “When it hits, man, it can be … Read more
Singer Benson Boone has opened up growing up as a Mormon, saying he feels detached from the faith despite his religious upbringing. Speaking to Rolling Stone, the “Beautiful Things” hitmaker, 22, admitted to never feeling as “physically present” as others at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “Growing up, a lot of people … Read more
Denzel Washington received his minister’s license as the 69-year-old movie star takes on a new role in life. Washington was baptized by Archbishop Christopher Bryant at the Kelly Temple in New York City on Saturday. “It took a while, but I’m finally here…If [God] can do this for me, there’s nothing He can’t do for you,” … Read more
A Virginia woman was experiencing no troubling symptoms when she went for a cancer screening afte 35 years of smoking — but when she was told she had lung cancer, she says she felt “blessed” and “grateful.” Barbara Rodriguez, 53, was smoking a cigarette while reading the Bible in December 2022 when she decided to … Read more
Archaeologists recently uncovered what they believe to be one of the oldest Christian churches in the world. The University of Münster announced the discovery of the fourth-century church in a press release on Oct. 11. The school, which is located in Germany, teamed up with archaeologists from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia to find the ancient … Read more