Religion

Are there really 1.4 billion Catholics around the world?

Following the announcement of the new Pope, media reports claimed there are 1.4bn Catholics worldwide - but are those figures really accurate?

Love bombs and fuzzy feelings: Mormon recruiting techniques haven’t changed

While Mormon missionaries might spend more time on social media than door-knocking, the basic principles of their recruitment remain the same

Old Money, Quiet Luxury: fashion trends as soft-power for conservatism

Social media trends toward 'old money' aesthetics are often thinly veiled conservative nostalgia, idealising traditional hierarchies of race, class and gender

‘Jewtlantis’ isn’t a utopian vision – it is AI slop with an antisemitic tinge

Jewtlantis – the AI-generated vision of a CyberZionist utopia – only serves to reinforce all manner of antisemitic conspiracy theories

Is Pope Leo XIV the true successor to the apostle Peter, Catholicism’s first Pope?

The new Pope is no successor to Peter - the facts do not support the Catholic narrative that Peter was ever bishop of Rome, or the first established Pope

This Easter, consider the Rebbe: A new perspective on resurrection beliefs

When a Messianic figure dies, their followers have to either accept their death, or believe their leader lives somehow on – hence, the resurrection

Conclave raises fascinating hypothetical scenarios within the Catholic Church

The recent film Conclave, about the election of a new Pope, sheds light on the very human process behind anointing a new spokesperson for god

Ho Ho Holy Man? Why Santa technically doesn’t quite count as a god

Steeped in ritual, with an almost-omniscient knowledge of children's morality and sleeping habits, should Santa be considered a god?
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