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Religion Dispatches

The Far-Right Embrace of the Knights Templar isn't Just About Faith, Tradition or History — It's About Hate

In 1302, the island of Arwad, off the coast of Syria, fell to Mamluk forces. The Templar garrison died in the assault. The Templar had lost their last stronghold in the Holy Land, and while the other…
Thomas Lecaque
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Religion Dispatches

In His 'Forgiveness Day' Sermon — a Slightly More Sophisticated 'GloboHomo' Rant — Kirill Lays Out an Authoritarian Vision in Which His Version of God Might Dominate and Rule the Human Race

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been complicit in the political rhetoric used by Vladimir Putin. In one of her first articles on…
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz
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Religion Dispatches

Is the Growing Anti-Pope 'Rad-Trad' Community Poised to Become 'Qatholics'? History Isn't Encouraging

On Halloween, Rhode Island police announced that they had arrested Father James Jackson , the pastor of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP)’s church of St Mary in Providence, Rhode Island, for…
Joshua P. Hevert
Thomas Lecaque
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Religion Dispatches

Is LGBT-Muslim Clash Aiding Rise of Right in Europe?

OutRight Action International has published quotes from speakers at the meeting of the LGBTI Core Group during the recent United Nations General Assembly. The LGBTI Equal Rights Association for…
Peter Montgomery
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Religion Dispatches

The Promise of Immortality in a Tech-Enhanced Heaven

Talking transhumanism with R.U. Sirius and Jay Cornell.
Lisa Webster
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Religion Dispatches

Hagee's New Film Uses Jews and Science to Prove Christian, Pro-US God

Blood, warfare, and Nostradamus-style speculation make for good entertainment.
Michael Schulson
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