Teaching religion in school has been at the forefront of Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters' newly announced social studies standards. Many know of his plan to bring Bibles into Oklahoma ...

Stapleton, a recent graduate of Franciscan University, a Catholic college in Ohio, will be among the less than 1% of nuns in ...

In mainline Christian circles, winter solstice celebrations and longest night services are growing in popularity.

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U.S. court charges Iranian officer with terrorism and murder crimes for the 2022 killing of American Stephen Troell in Iraq ...

It’s the best of the Godbeat, 2024 version. Many of the nation’s top religion journalists pick their top piece of the year.

For those who do, they are giving up many trappings of modern life — dating, material wealth and sometimes even cell phones and fashionable clothes — for the sake of a radical religious life and ...

While the global median score on the Government Restrictions Index (based on several factors) held steady in 2022 at 3.0 out ...

NEW ORLEANS — Less than 1% of Catholic nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. Seyram Adzokpa and Zoey Stapleton ...

Smartphone apps, social media, and artificial intelligence are all making religion more accessible. Is it enough to slow ...

Long-term analysis of 198 countries and territories shows government restrictions on religion and social hostilities toward ...

South Asian Christians use connections between the Diwali festival and Christmas to point their communities to Christ.