The Iranian government recently seized control of the historic St. Peter Evangelical Church, despite repeated warnings from U ...

About 25 years ago, I wrote two columns examining the Church of Rome’s priest shortage — through the eyes of faithful mothers, with the help of a priest who had led a seminary. The headline: “Fathers, ...

(ANALYSIS) This coming Aug. 22, the United Nations will mark the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, a day set aside to step up its efforts to ...

In the digital age, one blunt way to reach Pope Leo XIV is to write a candid letter and post it online. That's what Bishop Robert Mutsaerts, an auxiliary bishop in the Netherlands, did recently. “Holy ...

After witnessing these developments within such a short period, I fear that religious politics could shake one of the foundations of modern Nepal: Secularism.

A 2012 mission trip to the Amazon inspired Christopher Beth to found The Bucket Ministry, providing water filters worldwide ...

India’s religious diversity has deep historical roots, reflected in the experiences of Hindu soldier Sitaram Pande and Muslim poet Mirza Ghalib. Their writings portray sacred landscapes shaped by ...

I often think of religious traditions as a styrofoam cup. Each of them has a different level of water in them at any given time. However, that volume of water never stays fixed for long, because ...

At Christian colleges across the nation, a “ring by spring” is a polarizing cultural phenomenon that comes with quirky ...

A charismatic televangelist who created a career out of her past as a career criminal and drug dealer now has a startling new ...

Today, amid Japan’s shrinking population and anti-immigrant sentiment, it might be jarring to remember that there once were ...