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The Becket Fund’s 2025 Religious Freedom Index shows rising support for religion in public life, yet its findings leave key questions unanswered for Pagans. Christian-centered examples dominate the survey, highlighting tensions between broad claims of pluralism and uneven real-world application.
WMore than 75,000 marched in Minneapolis demanding ICE leave the Twin Cities. Stone Circle Wicca answered a clergy call in solidarity, framing resistance as a sacred duty rooted in humanization, interfaith cooperation, and the defense of dignity through sustained, community-centered action.
A Ninth Circuit ruling on faith-based hiring clarifies how the First Amendment’s church autonomy doctrine limits state interference, with implications extending beyond Christianity to Pagan and other minority religious organizations.
Luke Babb reviews the new Benoit Blanc film and discovers that, in the midst of a murder mystery steeped in Catholic imagery, there is a lot to consider about the role of clergy in modern Paganism.
“Ten years already!” writes Lyonel Perabo in this retrospective. “This anniversary of sorts made me think back a little bit about both my “career,” The Wild Hunt, and Pagan journalism in general, and how it has all evolved in the years I have been a part of it.”