Opinion

3 Numbers That Explain America’s Growing Godlessness

Phil Zuckerman / The Conversation Mar 1, 2023 But the implications of increasing secularization isn't clear. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

In God We Trust*

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 16, 2020 Dig deeper

Jesus Christ’s Lesson for the 21st Century

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 15, 2019 Tom Catena, who risks his life daily to provide medical care in an African war zone, examines what it means to be a good Samaritan. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

Philippine President Slammed for Calling God ‘Stupid’

JIM GOMEZ / The Associated Press Jun 25, 2018 Rodrigo Duterte, known for his controversial statements, sparks new outrage in Asia's largest Catholic country. Political and religious leaders are quick to denounce him as "evil" and a "madman." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Knock Knock

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Mar 12, 2018 Dig deeper

‘Make America Christian Again’

Mel White / Truthdig Jan 26, 2018 Now that fundamentalists have their man in the White House, they are running another assault on democracy that would make the late televangelist Jerry Falwell proud. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Pope Devotes Mass to the Poor, Calls Indifference a ‘Great Sin’

By Frances D'Emilio / AP Nov 19, 2017 Celebrating Mass with impoverished people in the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis denounces those who dismiss poverty as "not my business." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Archbishop José Gomez: We All Share Blame for America’s Broken Immigration System

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Mar 31, 2017 The head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese believes the solution must balance love and law with justice and mercy -- regardless of legal status.The head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese believes the solution must balance love and law with justice and mercy—regardless of legal status. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Belief & Religion

The Truth About Jesus

A Dig by the Rev. Madison Shockley Dec 24, 2016 Every holiday season, we're told to think about Jesus. But how much do we really know about the man? We turn to a religious scholar, the Rev. Madison Shockley, to find out. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Symptoms of a Godless New America: The Surrogate Spirituality of Body Art

John Ogden / Truthdig Oct 26, 2016 The presence of artificial marks on a person’s body is not a flat rejection of God’s design. It is substituting one god for another. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Pope Francis: Capitalism Is ‘Terrorism Against All of Humanity’

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams Aug 3, 2016 The pontiff argues that the modern economy's worship of the "god of money" leads to disenfranchisement and extremism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sarah Palin Takes the GOP Campaign to New Lows

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 22, 2016 Palin's endorsement of front-runner Donald Trump this week was a master class in surrealist poetry. Geniuses of the Dada movement would have been humbled by her obliteration of the bourgeois concept we call logic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )