The Anglican Church of Canada has published official pastoral liturgies for clergy accompanying those who choose medically assisted death. The document frames this as compassionate presence, but producing ritual forms for a death a minister could have worked to prevent raises a harder question: is this accompaniment, or its surrender?
On July 3, 2026, Chinese authorities released underground church pastor Ezra Jin Mingri after nine months of detention, reuniting him with his family in Los Angeles. His arrest—part of a coordinated sweep across nine cities—was a calculated act by a state that understands Christian faith produces the one thing a surveillance apparatus cannot tolerate: persons who answer to a higher authority than the party.
The Supreme Court will review a Washington law that delays parental notification when minors in shelters are pursuing gender transition services. The case turns on a question older than the statute: what grounds the parental right to know a child's location and condition, and what must the state demonstrate to override it?
A University of Notre Dame randomized controlled trial found that participants in Catholic Charities Fort Worth's Padua program earned 46% higher incomes and were 64% more likely to secure stable housing. The trial measured economic outcomes, not clinical ones — and the distinction matters for how therapists read the results.
The Anglican Church of Canada has published official pastoral liturgies for clergy accompanying those who choose medically assisted death. The document frames this as compassionate presence, but producing ritual forms for a death a minister could have worked to prevent raises a harder question: is this accompaniment, or its surrender?
On July 3, 2026, Chinese authorities released underground church pastor Ezra Jin Mingri after nine months of detention, reuniting him with his family in Los Angeles. His arrest—part of a coordinated sweep across nine cities—was a calculated act by a state that understands Christian faith produces the one thing a surveillance apparatus cannot tolerate: persons who answer to a higher authority than the party.
The Supreme Court will review a Washington law that delays parental notification when minors in shelters are pursuing gender transition services. The case turns on a question older than the statute: what grounds the parental right to know a child's location and condition, and what must the state demonstrate to override it?
