On 1 July 2026, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) consecrated four bishops at its seminary in Ecône, Switzerland, without the mandate of Pope Leo XIV. The following day, the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith declared that the consec...

On August 6 and 9, the world will again remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The anniversaries are not relics from a safely buried century. They arrive in 2026 after the fixed term of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) has run its cours...

In ten days, on August 12, 2026, the Moon's shadow will cross the far north and then reach parts of Europe. Totality will be visible along a narrow path through Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain, while a much wider region will see a partial sol...

Wars are multiplying, military budgets are breaking records, food insecurity continues to afflict vast populations, economic uncertainty is unsettling nations, and extreme weather events are exposing how fragile modern civilisation remains. Accordin...

Across parts of contemporary Christianity, the language of spiritual power is becoming more organized, portable, and marketable. Believers are invited to receive an “impartation,” activate a gift, inherit a mantle, come under an apostolic covering, ...

Peace should never be despised. Scripture does not train Christians to be addicted to crisis, suspicious of every negotiation, or glad when nations remain at war. The Lord commands His people to seek peace where peace is righteous, to pray for ruler...

Public concern about Agenda 2030 is often dismissed as conspiracy thinking. Yet dismissing every concern is no more intellectually responsible than accepting every allegation without evidence. The prudent approach is to examine official documents, d...

Texas has placed the Bible back at the center of America’s school-religion debate. In June 2026, the Texas State Board of Education approved a required literary works list that includes Bible passages and Bible-themed stories for public-school stude...

The newest American church-attendance data sounds, at first, like refreshing news. After years of pandemic disruption, institutional distrust, and reports of religious decline, large Protestant churches in the United States appear not merely to have...

The next major AI controversy may not begin in a laboratory, parliament, or global summit. It may begin in an ordinary workplace, with an ordinary employee asked to use an ordinary tool. A manager may say, "Use the AI assistant for all customer resp...

The most timely question before the watchful church today is not only whether Christians are being persecuted. That question, tragically, has already been answered in too many countries. The deeper question is this: what does a society reveal about ...

One of the most pressing trends facing the church today is not limited to Anglicanism, even if a recent Anglican synod debate makes it visible. The deeper concern is that Christian communities across traditions are being compelled to face a question...

Today, on July 24, 2026, the watchful church should pay attention to a phrase that sounds gentle, humane, and almost impossible to oppose: Shared Sacred Flourishing. The phrase appears in the recent Religions for Peace Port Louis Resolution, adopted...

A planned international Noahide congress in Jerusalem in November 2026 has attracted growing attention among Christians who study religious globalization, Israel, and biblical prophecy. According to the organizers, representatives from six continent...

The most timely issue before the watchful church today is not simply one scandal, one priest, one denomination, or one legal procedure. It is the deeper question beneath many scandals: can an institution that claims to serve the God of truth hide wo...