Religion
A section for news and explainers on religion news — from the latest goings-on at the Vatican to explainers on Ramadan.
An attack at a synagogue strikes at the heart of a community.
Between 2014 and 2016, hate crimes rose 10 percent.
Shepard’s interment illuminates a path forward for progressive mainline Protestantism.
“Nobody was willing to defend their stance on camera with me.”
Now attorneys general in DC and Virginia have launched investigations.
“Because I’m a Christian, I’m able to say that Christian people can be idiots.”
Scholars have been expecting this for years.
South Carolina foster care ministry Miracle Hill has requested the right to discriminate against non-Christian families.
A religion professor explains.
The report is a watershed moment in the Catholic child sex abuse crisis.
Seven of Pennsylvania’s Catholic dioceses have been subpoenaed this week.
The Russian Orthodox Church has severed ties with Constantinople over proposed independence for the Ukrainian Church.
What the slain archbishop’s canonization and sainthood mean for Pope Francis.
Wuerl is the highest-ranking American cleric to be accused of participating in a cover-up.
Modern-day witches are creating rituals to foster solidarity, activism, and healing.
The pontiff made his most incendiary comments to date on abortion.
Meghan O’Gieblyn, author of the new essay collection Interior States, on evangelicalism, consumerism, and Trump.
The Trump Prophecy, a new evangelical film, wants to convince you God chose Trump.
Patterson’s response to the allegations against him says a lot about evangelicals and #MeToo.
The National Council of Churches’ condemnation could spell a resurgence of the religious left.
A new Pew poll suggests trust in the embattled pontiff is plummeting.
A new poll says 71 percent of white evangelicals approve of his presidency.
Wellness used to be aspirational. Now it’s a “responsibility.”
Religious “blue laws” achieve many of the same goals as progressive labor unions.
How Hillsong Church transformed Justin Bieber from a bad boy into a Christian family man.
Brett Kavanaugh cites his Jesuit education to defend his integrity. Now a Jesuit magazine has disavowed his nomination.
A Marist poll illustrates how white evangelical culture minimizes the seriousness of assault.
Theologian L. Gregory Jones, the dean of the Duke University Divinity School, on why “forgiveness should always be a gift.”
But US Catholics still support him.
Paige Patterson gave a sermon about a false rape accusation.
An Alabama pastor cut up his Nike gear at the pulpit.
Moments before Pope Francis’s meeting with top US cardinals over the sex abuse crisis, another bishop left his post over allegations.
This unprecedented conference hints that the Church is finally taking the global crisis seriously.
Francis is expected to discuss his handling of Theodore McCarrick and the clerical sex abuse crisis overall.
How fitness classes provide the meaning that religion once did.
A few things you may not know about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and the High Holy Days.
And why revelations are still emerging today.
A look back at religious opposition to J.K. Rowling’s stories — and what it says about the era.
Structural changes alone won’t fix the church. Our culture must change as well.
Wuerl is accused of knowingly turning a blind eye to abusive priests.