"He followed the path of Joseph. A believer in dreams, in the divinity they carry, in the promise they hold. And like John the Baptist, he prepared us for the greater hope ahead, one who came to bear witness to the light," Biden said of Dr. King.
Fewer than 10% of Americans rate the honesty and ethical standards of members of Congress as high or very high, making legislators fall behind car salespeople and only above telemarketers on a list of almost 20 professions.
Christian colleges and universities in the US report increased enrollment and applications despite a national decline in college enrollment due to their dedication to their values and mission.
118th Congress overwhelmingly Christian at 88%, compared to 63% of general US population; Protestants at 57%, Catholics at 28%; 99% of incoming Republican Congress members Christian compared to 76% of Democrats; minority faiths including Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists equally represented in Congress as general population at 1% or less.
Upon hearing the news of Pope Benedict XVI’s death on Saturday morning, I immediately thought of a long road trip I took with my wife 10 years ago, from Alaska to Texas, and a lonely stretch of highway in central Wyoming where, trapped in a car with nothing else to do, I listened to hours and hours of interviews conducted in the ’90s with then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the man destined to become Pope Benedict XVI.
An English bishop is pushing back after a church choir sang a “woke” version of a popular Christmas carol injecting LGBT and “inclusive” language into the song.
