Religion
A section for news and explainers on religion news — from the latest goings-on at the Vatican to explainers on Ramadan.
Earlier this year, Pope Francis criticized “fake news.”
He’s told audiences, “Jesus Christ … is the only solution for our world.”
Five years in, Francis is as controversial as ever.
What happens when faith and hard work aren’t enough?
The new Disney movie has excised L’Engle’s faith.
Why evangelicals are calling Trump a “modern-day Cyrus.”
A nearby elementary school had to be shut down for safety.
It’s the highest single-year increase on record.
Evangelicals, like EPA chief Scott Pruitt, have had a contentious relationship with environmentalism.
All living presidents have been invited to his funeral.
Graham was a Christian first. And it showed.
Graham changed the face of evangelicalism in America.
What the Lent Plastic Challenge says about environmentalism and Christianity
Colbie Holderness and Jennifer Willoughby called out the church for not taking domestic abuse seriously enough.
Some say “God is not a cosmic vending machine,” while others champion the power of prayer.
Why “is God real?” is the most boring question you can ask.
“Lent is not about having your best life now.”
Ross Douthat and Massimo Faggioli argued over Francis’s legacy last week.
The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh provoked a Twitter firestorm.
The 2004 film created today’s Christian movie business, but a lot has changed since then.
The Edgardo Mortara case is as relevant now as it was in 1858.
The adviser later joined the Clinton-supporting group “Correct the Record” — but was reportedly fired for harassment.
Trump’s “apology” just reaffirms his prejudice toward Muslims.
Falwell is willingly compromising his Christian ethics to support Trump.
Sam Brownback, new ambassador for religious freedom, is an admirer of controversial “scholar” David Barton.
Actually spending time with Muslim immigrants seems to have changed Arthur Wagner’s view of Islam.
“When we come close to the end of our life, what’s really important makes itself known.”
Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins is just glad Trump will “punch” back at liberals.
The new “Conscience and Religious Freedom” division is being cheered by the religious right.
Trump is speaking at the rally via live stream.
He might as well have offered up a shrug emoji.
The media backlash to the ban may have convinced voters such bans are “un-American.”
And what to expect from 2018.
I thought parental disapproval of marriage was a problem of the past. I was wrong.
Law’s fall from grace was chronicled in the Academy Award-winning film Spotlight.
Language repealing the Johnson Amendment has been removed from the GOP tax bill
Moore’s defeat highlighted the changing face of evangelical America along racial and age lines.
Why I’m skeptical of the self-identified “evangelical.”
From Trump’s Jerusalem decision to Roy Moore’s campaign, this week has triggered many evangelicals’ anxieties about the apocalypse.
The right went too far with Masterpiece Cakeshop. But liberals need not fear reasonable religious exemptions.