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China’s LGBTQ survey shows striking support — but it does not represent all of China A large survey of adults in mainland China has found surprisingly high levels of support for LGBTQ people and several LGBTQ rights. […]

The biology and environment behind religiosity Why do some people become deeply religious while others remain indifferent or reject religion altogether? The obvious answer is […]

From heaven to extinction: AI’s strangely religious future Artificial intelligence is supposed to represent the future. Yet some of the stories surrounding it sound remarkably […]

39% of Northern Ireland’s 16-year-olds now say they have no religion Northern Ireland has spent generations divided along religious lines. For a growing share of its youngest generation, however, the […]

330,000 victims: The Catholic abuse scandal awaiting Pope Leo in France Pope Leo XIV is preparing for his first formal papal visit to France. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to welcome him. Yet […]

“Pedos should hang”: The U.S.–Europe divide The language can sound like something from an anonymous social-media account: hang them, execute them, castrate them, make an example […]

The White House celebrates 250 victories for faith The White House has published an extraordinary document celebrating what it calls President Donald Trump’s “Top 250 Victories For Peo […]

Atheists persecuted, threatened — and sometimes afraid even to seek therapy Imagine being threatened because you do not believe in God. Your family rejects you. Your government may consider your words […]

Masked men chant ‘Christ is King’ as Britain’s new Christian nationalist movement takes to the streets Hundreds of men dressed in black. Balaclavas covering their faces. Roads blocked. Traffic brought to a standstill. And above the noise […]

Malala calls for accountability for Taliban crimes against girls. Who is going to enforce it? Malala Yousafzai is once again demanding accountability for what the Taliban has done to Afghanistan’s women and girls. The demand is d […]

UN investigators accuse Iran of crimes against humanity — and U.S. of possible war crimes A United Nations investigation has reached grave conclusions about conduct on both sides of the conflict involving Iran and the United […]

Humanists tell UN that religious segregation undermines human rights education Children should learn about human rights together, not be divided according to the religion of their parents. That was the message […]

Fanatically pro-Israeli Czechs started to support Palestinians I do it. I read Czech discussions where Palestinians are described as Islamist, stupid, terrorist “brown monkeys” who never work. Whe […]

Pope Leo condemns both antisemitism and Islamophobia Pope Leo XIV has reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s opposition to both antisemitism and Islamophobia, arguing that religious and p […]

Thomas Paine is one step closer to a memorial in Washington Thomas Paine helped provide the intellectual ammunition for the American Revolution. He attacked monarchy, defended republican […]

Communists did It. Is Ed Sheeran among them? There is an old and deeply unpleasant tradition in music: an artist says something politically unacceptable, powerful people object, […]

Catholic schools want public money — While excluding LGBTQ families Catholic preschools in Colorado want access to a taxpayer-funded universal preschool program. At the same time, they want the freedom […]

Blasphemy laws in America? Yes, seriously One of America’s most prominent conservative Christian theologians has backed away from an extraordinary proposal: allowing the g […]

Hey, Putin, we’ve got nukes and troops too Former Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev has delivered an extraordinarily harsh assessment of Europe’s response to Vladimir Putin. His l […]

Jesus! What the Bible sounds like in the first person The Bible is not Jesus’ autobiography. The Gospels are narratives about Jesus, written largely in the third person, while also c […]