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Mar 6, 2026

Almost a third of Gen Z men agree a wife should obey her husband

Mar 6, 2026

Gen Z men (born between 1997 and 2012) were twice as likely as Baby Boomer men (born between 1946 and 1964) to have traditional views on decision-making within a marriage, with just 13% and 17% of Baby Boomer men agreeing with those statements respectively. By contrast, far fewer Gen Z women agreed that a wife should always obey her husband (18%) and an even smaller share of Baby Boomer women (6%) held that view. (King’s College London)

Mar 6, 2026

‘Christ is king’ becomes a loaded phrase in U.S. political debates, especially on the right

Mar 6, 2026

“Christ is king,” a core Christian phrase, is increasingly weaponized by far-right figures and paired with antisemitic rhetoric in political contexts, marking a troubling departure from its religious roots. (Smith, Los Angeles Times)

Mar 6, 2026

In 25-Country Survey, Americans Especially Likely To View Fellow Citizens as Morally Bad

Mar 6, 2026

In nearly all countries surveyed, more people say that others in their country have somewhat or very good morals than say their compatriots display somewhat or very bad levels of morality. The United States is the only place we surveyed where more adults (ages 18 and older) describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad (53%) than as good (47%). (Evans et al., Pew Research Center)

Mar 6, 2026

A new poll shows who Americans trust over the CDC

Mar 6, 2026

Americans express greater confidence in federal career scientists and independent medical groups than in the political leaders running U.S. health agencies, and they are more likely to accept vaccine recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics than from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a University of Pennsylvania survey. (Sun, The Washington Post)

Mar 6, 2026

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Almost a third of Gen Z men agree a wife should obey her husband

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Sandel has critiques of liberalism, the prevailing political philosophy — popularized by John Rawls — that has dominated academic discourse for the last half century.. (Jackson, The New York Times)

Attorney General Peter Neronha’s long-awaited report resulted in new indictments for 4 one-time priests and identifies 75 credibly accused priests and more than 300 victims, concluding church leaders repeatedly prioritized avoiding scandal over protecting children. (Wright, Ocean State Media)

Conservative Anglican leaders gathering in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, are planning to unveil a new leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, even as Archbishop Sarah Mullally is set to be installed as the first female leader of the body later this month.(Nzwili, Religion News Service)

Arnold Hadd was 21 when he gave up all his possessions, moved away from his family and vowed to stay celibate for the rest of his days. That was 48 years ago. Today, Brother Arnold, as he has since been known, has no regrets. (Denyer, The Telegraph)

On Monday, the NFL, Roc Nation (which co-produced the show), and Apple Music (the halftime show’s main sponsor) revealed that Bad Bunny’s performance garnered 4.157 billion views in 24 hours. Those figures included the global broadcast numbers, as well as views on YouTube and social media platforms. (Bilstein, Yahoo!)

The percentage of Americans who say religion is “very important” in their lives has leveled off below 50% in recent years, including 47% in 2025. The reading has been gradually declining from 58% in 2012 and was as high as 70% to 75% in the 1950s and 1960s. (Brenan, Gallup)

“Artificial intelligence is a great power — a force for both good and evil — and can therefore be used for devil worshipping,” said Father Luis Ramirez Almanza, a Mexican priest who runs the annual training course for exorcists. (Kington, The Times UK)

They call themselves simple believers — viruiuchi prostaky, in Ukrainian — or just believers. They strive to live by biblical law and remain apart from the modern world. (Shyvala, The New York Times)

California public schools can’t keep parents in the dark if their children express a gender identity that doesn’t align with their sex recorded at birth, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. (Romoser, The Wall Street Journal)

Zia Yusuf, Reform’s home affairs spokesman, has called [churches becoming mosques] “incendiary” and pledged to change planning laws to prevent Christian places of worship from being adopted as Islamic ones, pointing to 41 instances listed on Wikipedia. (Burgess, The Times UK)

“It’s something that’s available to all of us.” Proponents call the “something” the “success sequence.” The steps are simple: Graduate from high school. Find a full-time job. Get married before having kids. (Lumpkin & Somasundaram, The Washington Post)

A Gallup poll released late last summer showed that only a little more than half of adults — 54 percent — were drinking. That’s down four percent from 2024. (Hudak, Rolling Stone)

The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after almost 37 years in power raises paramount questions about Iran’s future. The contours of a complex succession process began to take shape the morning after Khamenei’s killing in an airstrike campaign by the United States and Israel. (Gambrell, AP News)

A wave of recent local ordinances in large liberal bastions like Portland, Ore., but also smaller communities like Astoria, Ore., which has a population of 10,181, would confer the beginning of legal protections to polyamorous relationships. (Griffin, The New York Times)

This week is National Random Acts of Kindness Week, and if you're in need of some kindness, a pep-talk line that includes nuggets of wisdom from elementary school students from kindergarten to sixth grade could help. (Gomez, USA Today)

The trend has taken over Argentine social media over the past few months, gaining traction on platforms like TikTok, where the hashtag #therian has surpassed 2 million posts, with Argentina leading all other Latin American countries in engagement. (Calatravia, AP News)