Jon Kalish

Holy Catholic relics from shuttered institutions are preserved on a New York campus

Sacred Spaces

As Catholic establishments shut down across North America, holy relics once housed inside them are making their way to Manhattan University, where they’re being collected and preserved for the faithful.

This 100-year-old synagogue tells a unique story about Jews in Finland 

Sacred Spaces
In this Aug. 9, 1945, file photo, a giant column of smoke rises after the second atomic bomb ever used in warfare explodes over the Japanese port town of Nagasaki, Japan.

‘Oppenheimer’ film ‘fails’ to show devastation of atom bombs in postwar Japan, critics say

Pope Francis leads Mass and the Regina Coeli prayer in Rome's Santo Spirito in Sassia church without public participation due to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rome, April 19, 2020.

Catholic Twitter debates Trump’s handling of coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19
The World

Yannacone 2-Way

The World

Cutting Basic Science

Jon Kalish reports on the controversy in scientific circles over the decision to eliminate the Math Geology Section of the Kansas Geological Survey.