“Hey, where’d you meet that priest?” “Twitter...” Special thanks to Fr. Joshua J. Whitfield for presiding over our nuptial Mass.

“Marriage is the queen of friendships…” -Jeremy Taylor It’s beautiful to see such eternal love spring up anew again and again. Honored, and prayers for you both!

Microplastics act as endocrine disruptors, compromising women’s fertility and increasing risks of hormone-sensitive cancers, like breast cancer. femcatholic.com/news/microplas…

Huge thanks to Inspired by Interfaith Voices for having me on their show to talk about covering religion in North Texas! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cov…

A Dallas County judge declared a mistrial in a murder case Wednesday after she was caught on a courtroom livestream making disparaging remarks about the accused man’s guilt, according to footage obtained and reviewed by Dallas Morning News: dallasnews.com/news/courts/20…

Aldous\Walker just secured a $71.95 million verdict from a Dallas County jury in a suit against Walker Engineering. Learn more in our latest blog: aldouslaw.com/~/firm-news/20…

56% of Millennials had a certain belief in God in 1998. Today, it's 42%. Among Gen Z, just 28% have a certain belief in God today. For comparison, ~60% of Boomers and Gen X have a certain belief in God today. That's largely unchanged since 1988.

Just over half of SBC churches in 29 states say they do background checks on volunteers. Less than half do training on reporting abuse or helping survivors. religionnews.com/2024/05/07/sou…

Denver-based Johns Manville loses antitrust case to small Washington company trib.al/AFFweNA

I can’t say this enough: Religion is/will be the defining story of American democracy for the coming decades, and it is malpractice for so many newsrooms to not be staffing as such. This Sandi Villarreal piece is a perfect example why:

At this point being happily married must feel like having had the morning off from your job at the Twin Towers on 9/11. x.com/tsarnick/statu…

I somehow didn't share this *absolutely fascinating* story from my colleague Claire Giangrave detailing how the Vatican is, like, low-key playing an influencer role in the AI developer world? Like, meeting with big-name tech execs, etc? religionnews.com/2024/04/29/the…

Hi y'all, reminder that RNA is launching this cohort for emerging religion journalists! If you're interested (or know folks who are), you can sign up at the link below. Reach out to me, BeLynn Hollers, Liam Adams, Tracy Simmons or Lori Johnston if you have questions!

Vatican issues new norms to rein in supernatural phenomena religionnews.com/2024/05/17/vat… via RNS

In 2016, the Southern Baptists: Baptized 271K folks Lost 33K members In 2022: Baptized 180K folks Lost 457K members In 2023: Baptized 227K folks Lost 241K members Since 2019: Lost 1.8 million members Baptized 921K #SBC24

Many U.S. churches close their doors each year, typically with little attention. But this closure has a poignant twist. A well-done story by The Associated Press Religion’s Peter Smith on the closing of ⁦Ryan Burge 📊⁩’s church. apnews.com/article/c6b9e9…

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Maybe religion is always in the room. But is it in space? So glad you asked! Here's The Associated Press religion's Holly Meyer's story about how a Texas church is supporting its members on the space station: shorturl.at/TgndV #religion #SpaceExploration

6 Bible verses that were in the spotlight at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions deseret.com/faith/2024/08/…