Reflecting on today’s readings, I was immediately struck by this line: “We shall say no more, ‘Our god,’ to the work of our hands.” The reading is referring to worshipping carved idols, the kind that ...

Idolatry (avoda zara) is one of the gravest sins in the Torah. In fact, it is one of three sins for which one must accept death before succumbing (Yoma 82a). But is it merely an ancient relic? As 21st ...

According to Mikhail Bakunin, the 19th century Russian socialist and revolutionary anarchist, “The State, being the supreme objective, everything that is favorable to the development of its power is ...

Pope Francis has warned against idolizing the "beauty of earthly things" as well as "habitual" ways of living, urging instead to gaze upon God “whose glory never fades.” In his daily homily in his ...

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VATICAN CITY — In his daily Mass homily on Oct. 15, Pope Francis warned of the presence of idolatry in our lives, urging each person present to look to themselves in order to find the hidden idols ...

Most of the time, when Catholics use the term "Cultural Marxism" they mean to capture within it everything they don't like. This is the mirror image, I suppose, of the equally unhelpful way ...

‘You shall appoint judges … [who] will not pervert justice. … Justice, justice shall you pursue. … You shall not plant for yourselves an Asheira [tree used for purposes of idolatry] near the altar of ...

There is something Niebuhrian, and highly ironic, about Rudd's attempt to navigate between the purity of the idealists and the hard right literalism of the conservatives. It has become rather ...

Pope Francis receives an 88% approval rating from American Catholics; Popular Catholic writer wonders if we're guilty of idolatry. RNS: It’s so much easier to spot other people’s idols—in other ...