Religion
A section for news and explainers on religion news — from the latest goings-on at the Vatican to explainers on Ramadan.
Trump fought with Pope Francis before. He’s finding Pope Leo XIV to be a tougher foil.
Attacking the pope and posing as Jesus — even religious conservatives are mad this time.
Avignon-gate, the scandal blowing up MAGA-Catholic relations, explained.
Hint: The Puritans were involved.
The MAGA civil war over the Iran war is opening up new and old religious and political feuds.
Democrats want fighters. A Texas Senate candidate is focused on faith.
Why Catholics could be the key to Trump’s opposition.
Progressive Catholics are ready to fight back.
Plaintiffs from the religious right are asking the Republican justices to seize control of public schools.
A moment of truth in Minnesota.
Guns, God, gays, and abortion dominate the Trump era Supreme Court’s docket.
Pope Leo’s politics are more complicated than simply “anti-Trump.”
How a neo-Nazi infiltrated so deep into the Republican Party.
The Republican justices find something they care about more than they care about religion.
The Court has made a hash of its religion decisions. Damon Landor may be the newest victim of that uncertainty.
Philip Pullman’s new book finishes the story The Golden Compass started.
A new Supreme Court case could make therapists immune from regulation.
The killing of Charlie Kirk could turn the movement into a faith that outlives Donald Trump.
The paradox of moral perfectionism — and how to escape it.
AI wrote a sacred text for Buddhists — and it exceeded expectations. Can it write a good Bible?
From Alex Warren to Jelly Roll, a new wave of faith-adjacent pop is finding God in laundromats and dive bars.
When the world is on fire, meditation feels selfish. But it can help you do good better.
Trying to keep track of all the chaos is overwhelming. So here’s a one-stop guide to the turmoil this Court caused.
The old “religious right” is gone. The new one is weirder — and harder to fight.
Gen Z is reversing a major trend in religion.
Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin could have disrupted workplaces, but it’s probably too narrow to matter to many workers.
Pope Leo’s unusual crusade should be a model for every religion.
One of the GOP justices must have defected in a case about religious schools, but the Court didn’t reveal who it was.
What wouldn’t Jesus do?
Gen Z men are becoming more religious. The women, not so much.
His views on immigration may point to an early clash with the Trump administration.
Who is the new pope? What will the new pope do? And other questions, answered.
Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — is not your typical boomer Chicago Catholic.
American politics has poisoned how we think about the pope.
The Court’s Christian right makeover of the Constitution enters its endgame.
Advice author Lysa TerKeurst has a devoted audience, a dozen bestselling books — and she’s divorced.
3 theories for Gen Z’s return to God and faith.
The “cradle” vs. “convert” fight comes to Washington.
The political balancing act at the heart of the new conclave.