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5 hours ago

Pittsburgh synagogue trial is proving the obvious, but ultimately focused on the death penalty

Worshippers, police officers and other witnesses have testified to the horror of the nation's deadliest antisemitic attack in the ongoing federal trial of Robert Bowers.

9 hours ago

Vatican: Pope doing well after surgery, has another good night

The Vatican says Pope Francis has had a second good night in the hospital recovering from surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall.

10 hours ago

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis woos GOP Christian voters but stays tight-lipped on his own Catholic faith

The presidential campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is busy courting white evangelicals โ€“ a key voting bloc for the GOP.

11 hours ago

Pat Robertson united evangelical Christians and pushed them into conservative politics

Pat Robertson united tens of millions of evangelical Christians through the power of television.

12 hours ago

Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits

Advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse say momentum is growing for completely removing the statute of limitations for such crimes.

20 hours ago

DeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls 'reprehensible'

Mark Seitz, the Roman Catholic bishop of El Paso, Texas, tells The Associated Press that Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis' flights of migrants from the Texas border to California are โ€œreprehensibleโ€ and โ€œnot morally acceptable.โ€.

21 hours ago

As tourists flock to view volcano's latest eruption, Hawaii urges mindfulness, respect

Hawaii tourism officials are urging tourists to be respectful when flocking to a national park on the Big Island to get a glimpse of the latest eruption of Kilauea.

1 day ago

Pat Robertson dies at 93; founded Christian Broadcasting Network, Christian Coalition

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died.

1 day ago

Pope spends first night in hospital after surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue, repair hernia

Pope Francis has spent a good first night in the hospital following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall.

1 day ago

Sharing Israel? Divide between religious and secular Jews heats up under Netanyahu's rule

Tensions have been rising between Israelโ€™s religious and secular Jews since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuโ€™s new government took office last December.

1 day ago

What happens to papal power when a pope is unconscious? Nothing

Pope Francis' surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall has raised questions about what happens to papal power when Francis is unconscious or unable to lead the church.

2 days ago

What kind of surgery is Pope Francis having, and why?

The Vatican says Pope Francis has been admitted to a Rome hospital for abdominal surgery after developing a hernia linked to a 2021 operation.

2 days ago

Michigan lawmakers renew effort to give sex abuse victims more time to sue

Michigan lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue for damages and create a two-year revival window for cases where the statute of limitations has expired.

2 days ago

For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support

Southern Baptists form a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has reliably and overwhelmingly voted Republican in recent elections.

2 days ago

A look at Pope Francis' health over the years

Pope Francis has had three hospitalizations since he was elected pope in 2013, and underwent major surgery as a young man to have part of one lung removed.

2 days ago

Pope Francis to undergo intestinal surgery and will be hospitalized for several days

Pope Francis has gone to the hospital for surgery on his intestine, two years after he had 33 centimeters (13 inches) of his colon removed because of an inflammation and narrowing of the large intestine.

2 days ago

In "The Blue Caftan," Moroccan film director tackles LGBTQ+ love and celebrates embroidery craft

In her latest film, โ€œThe Blue Caftan,โ€ Moroccan director Maryam Touzani delicately weaves overlapping tales, both traditional and largely taboo in her country and its region.

Russia's most famous icon handed over from museum to church despite protests

Russian Orthodox believers are celebrating Trinity Sunday with Russiaโ€™s most famous icon transferred from a museum to Moscowโ€™s main cathedral despite the keepersโ€™ vociferous protests.

Pope to visit Mongolia at end of summer in visit rich in geopolitical significance

Pope Francis is traveling to Mongolia at the end of the summer.

Pope warns of risk of corruption in missionary fundraising after AP investigation

Pope Francis is warning the Vaticanโ€™s missionary fundraisers not to allow financial corruption to creep into their work.

Why Rastafari smoke marijuana for sacramental reasons and the faith's other beliefs

Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana.

America's religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade's reversal

In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, Americaโ€™s religious leaders and denominations have responded in strikingly diverse ways.

Rabbi recounts fear and heroism during deadliest antisemitic attack in US history

A rabbi who survived the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history says he immediately recognized the sound of gunfire coming from elsewhere inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that day and that he tried to get members of his congregation to safety.

'Felt like a year': Worshipper describes fear during gunman's deadly attack on Pittsburgh synagogue

Testimony has resumed in the trial of a suburban truck driver charged with carrying out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.

Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee, will travel the US

Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee, will journey across the United States this fall, visiting key places in Americaโ€™s history in an attempt to raise awareness about immigration and migration.

Vatican questions $17 million donation to impact investing fund, moves to prevent similar gifts

Pope Francis has asked aides to get to the bottom of how at least $17 million was transferred from the Vaticanโ€™s U.S.-based missionary fundraising coffers into an impact investing vehicle run by a priest.

Time machine: Rebuilding Notre Dame's fire-ravaged roof transports workers back to Middle Ages

Carpenters building a new timber frame for the fire-ravaged roof of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral are using the same tools and techniques as their medieval predecessors.

Trial for accused gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre slated to start

The suspect in a 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre is going on trial before a jury that could decide whether he will face the death penalty in the nationโ€™s deadliest antisemitic attack.

Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri

Hundreds of people visited a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019.

What California's Ravidassia community believes and why they want caste bias outlawed

In California, members of an under-the-radar, minority religious community are stepping into the public eye to advocate for making the state the first in the nation to outlaw caste bias.

Casteless utopia: California religious group backs bill to ban caste discrimination

There are about 20,000 members of the Ravidassia community in Californiaโ€™s Central Valley.

US: Chinese agents paid bribes in plot to disrupt anti-communist Falun Gong movement

U.S. authorities have arrested two suspected Chinese government agents in connection with an alleged plot by Beijing to disrupt and ultimately topple the exiled anti-communist Falun Gong spiritual movement.

Cardinal blasts vendettas, 'plots against me' in Vatican financial trial

A Vatican cardinal on trial in the Holy Seeโ€™s big financial crimes case has complained he can't properly defend himself because prosecutors have withheld key evidence.

Pope runs fever, skips meetings, Vatican says

The Vatican says Pope Francis canceled his meetings Friday because he was running a fever.

Pope taps successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires, again says he might finally return home to visit

Pope Francis has tapped an Argentine bishop with years of ministry in the countryโ€™s prisons as his successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires.

Biden releases new strategy to tackle rise in antisemitism, says 'hate will not prevail'

President Joe Biden has announced a new government strategy to fight hate, bias and violence directed at Jews.

Chicago cardinal defends compensation plan, urges info on abusers after Illinois abuse report

The archbishop of Chicago is urging the Illinois attorney general to provide information about newly uncovered cases of priests who sexually abused minors that were included in a statewide investigative report.

Firewalkers in Greece honor Saint Constantine in mystery-shrouded, centuries-old rituals

Over three days at the end of spring, devotees of St. Constantine in a smattering of villages in northern Greece celebrate his feast with a series of intensely mystical rituals that include walking on beds of burning coals.

Bolivia's Catholic Church acknowledges being 'deaf' to sex abuse victims

Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia are acknowledging that the institution has been deaf to the suffering of victims of sexual abuse at a time when the country has been rocked by a pedophilia scandal involving priests.

Montana acts to protect Native American priority in adopting Native children

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed a law that gives Native American families preference in fostering and adopting Native children involved with child protective services.

Illinois AG probe: Catholic clergy sexual abuse of kids was far more common than church acknowledged

Illinoisโ€™ attorney general has released the results of a sweeping investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, saying investigators found that 451 clergy sexually abused nearly 2,000 children since 1950, which was far more than the 103 individuals the church had named when the state review began in 2018.

Some worshippers switching congregations amid United Methodist split over LGBTQ issues

Thousands of United Methodist congregations have been voting on whether to stay or quit one of the nationโ€™s largest denominations amid intractable debates over theology and the role of LGBTQ people.

Pope's Ukraine peace envoy blasts war as a 'pandemic' that affects everyone

Pope Francisโ€™ peace envoy for Ukraine has blasted war as a โ€œpandemicโ€ and said all Christians are called to be peacemakers.

Pope sends Vatican official to Bolivia as abuse allegations escalate

Pope Francis has sent one of his top sex crimes investigators to Bolivia at a time when the Andean nation is being shaken by an escalating pedophilia scandal involving priests.

New Mexican Spanish, a unique American dialect, survives mostly in prayers

New Mexican Spanish is a unique dialect, a mixture of centuries-old Spanish with Indigenous words that evolved through historical isolation.

3 Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in occupied West Bank; US slams latest settlement expansion

Palestinian officials say 3 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli army raid in a West Bank refugee camp.

Tensions in heavily GOP Tenn. county after conservative takeover reflect wider battle over elections

Conservative groups that have targeted and won majorities on local boards and commissions across the United States over the past couple years are now pressing agendas that include election distrust, skepticism of government and a desire to have religion play a greater role in public decision-making.

Extremist Israel Cabinet minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site

An extremist Israeli Cabinet minister has visited a sensitive Jerusalem holy site at a time of heightened tensions with the Palestinians.

Using 'he/him,' 'she/her' in emails got 2 dorm directors fired at small New York Christian college

The firing of two employees at a religious school in western New York is fanning the culture wars roiling parts of the United States.

Prominent NYC-based pastor and best-selling author Timothy Keller dies at 72

Timothy Keller, a pastor and best-selling author who founded the influential Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, has died at home after three-year bout with pancreatic cancer.

In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival

Transgender people in El Salvador face violence and discrimination in their deeply religious country.

At graduations, Native American students seek acceptance of tribal regalia

For Native American students, tribal regalia is often passed down through generations and worn at graduations to signify connection with the community.

Los Angeles Dodgers remove gay 'nun' group from Pride Night

The Los Angeles Dodgers have removed a satirical LGBTQ+ group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from the teamโ€™s annual Pride Night after opposition from conservative Catholic groups.

UK-based group documents rights abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with 'witness map'

A U.K.-based rights group is launching an interactive map documenting human rights abuses and violence against civilians since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan nearly two years ago.

1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible sells for $38M at auction in New York

A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the worldโ€™s oldest surviving biblical manuscripts has sold for $38 million in New York.

Pope takes cellphone call during general audience, meets with clergy abuse survivors

Pope Francis' weekly general audience often gives ordinary people rare access to the pope.

Paul Schrader canโ€™t shake his Christian faith, even with his latest movie, 'Master Gardener'

Throughout his life, Paul Schrader has had a complicated relationship to Christianity.

DeSantis signs bills targeting drag shows, pronouns, bathroom use and transgender children

Florida is banning gender affirming care for minors among a series of anti-LGBTQ+ bills signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Saddleback Church appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptists on issue of women pastors

The Southern Baptist Convention says that Saddleback Church is appealing its ouster from the denomination for having women pastors on staff.

German court convicts, fines Jesuit priest over climate protest

A German court has convicted a Jesuit priest of coercion in connection with a climate protest last year and ordered him to pay a small fine.

Prominent foe of female circumcision wins prestigious $1.4 million Templeton Prize

The Templeton Prize โ€” one of the world's largest annual individual awards โ€” is being awarded this year to a nurse-midwife who for decades has strived to improve womenโ€™s health care in East Africa.

โ€˜In the hands of Godโ€™: One Venezuelan family's journey to the US

When Luis Lรณpez was lost in Panama's Darien Gap last year with his pregnant wife, their two children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them.

Stained glass window shows Jesus Christ with dark skin, stirring questions about race in New England

A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window showing a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women has been rediscovered in a Rhode Island church.

Zelenskyy to meet with Pope Francis at Vatican in Rome visit

The Vatican says that Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy will meet with Pope Francis during a trip to Rome.

Vatican experts uncovering gilded glory of Hercules statue struck by lightning

Vatican Museum restorers are working to remove centuries of grime from the largest known bronze statue of the ancient world: the gilded Hercules Mastai Righetti.

'Why can't there be a system?': Tribe pushes to ease US border crossings for Native Americans

The Pascua Yaqui Tribe has drafted regulations in an effort to formalize the border-crossing process for their relatives in Mexico coming to their reservation in Arizona.

Pittsburgh Jewish community monitoring hate speech amid trial of suspect in synagogue massacre

The head of security for Pittsburghโ€™s Jewish community says there has been an โ€œuptick in hate speechโ€ on the internet in the early stages of the trial of the man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018.

Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides US faith leaders

As Republican-governed states across the nation advance numerous bills targeting transgender young people, Americaโ€™s faith leaders are starkly divided in their assessment.

Amid confusion along US-Mexico border, El Paso pastors provide migrants with shelter and counsel

As confusion pervades El Paso, one of the busiest illegal crossings points for migrants fleeing poverty and strife, faith leaders strive to provide shelter, legal advice and prayer.

Vatican seeks to assure Caritas that papal firings were necessary, not a criticism of work

A top Vatican cardinal is defending Pope Francisโ€™ โ€œdrasticโ€ leadership firings at the Holy Seeโ€™s preeminent charity.

Pope joins Meloni in urging Italians to have more kids, not pets

Pope Francis has joined Italyโ€™s conservative premier in encouraging Italians to have more children after Italy registered a record low birth rate last year.

Man indicted on 98 charges including hate crimes for 2022 shooting at Taiwanese church in California

A man accused of killing one person and wounding five others in a shooting at a Southern California church luncheon last year has been charged with dozens of federal hate crimes in connection with the attack, which investigators say was motivated by political hatred of Taiwan.

Deadly Tunisian synagogue attack was premeditated and targeted temple, interior minister says

Tunisiaโ€™s interior minister says a national guardsman behind an attack that killed five people intentionally targeted an ancient synagogue in a premeditated act.

Bill to outlaw discrimination based on caste clears California Senate

The California Senate voted 34-1 Thursday in favor of legislation outlawing caste discrimination in California.

Havasupai Tribe in Arizona marks a spiritual homecoming: โ€˜We are still the Grand Canyonโ€™

Members of a small tribe in Arizona are marking the renaming of a popular campground in Grand Canyon National Park as Havasupai Gardens.

To stem the housing crisis, religious congregations are building homes

The crowd that prayed together at Arlington Presbyterian Churchโ€™s Sunday worship service had dwindled from more than 100 to a few dozen.

Archbishop of Canterbury: UK migration bill is morally wrong

The head of the Church of England has made a rare appearance in Parliament to condemn the British governmentโ€™s controversial migration bill, calling the policy โ€œisolationist, morally unacceptable and politically impractical.โ€.

Catholic, Orthodox Coptic popes offer joint Vatican blessing

Pope Francis and the Orthodox Coptic pope have delivered a joint blessing from St. Peterโ€™s Square.

The end of an era for the Sisters of Charity of New York

Through more than 200 years of service, the Sisters of Charity of New York have nursed Civil War casualties, joined civil rights and anti-war demonstrations, cared for orphans, and taught countless children.

Ousted Caritas chief denounces Vatican 'power grab'

The recently ousted head of the Vatican's main charitable organization is breaking six months of silence to denounce his removal as a โ€œbrutal power grab.โ€.

How Mexico City's mural movement transformed walls into art

A century ago, artists in Mexico began transforming walls into works of art, fueling the country's burgeoning muralist movement.

Kenyan court sets bail for pastor in parishioner death probe

A court in Kenya has ruled that one of two pastors under investigation for the deaths of more than 100 of their congregants can be released on bond or bail.

Ancient Knights of Malta get their 1st non-aristocratic head

A Canadian lawyer who found his vocation caring for AIDS patients in Harlem has been elected the grand master of the Knights of Malta.

Vatican No 2 confirms Russia-Ukraine peace mission plans

The Holy Seeโ€™s No. 2 official has confirmed the existence of a Vatican peace โ€œmissionโ€ to try to end Russiaโ€™s war in Ukraine.

Jews, Muslims, Sikhs get coronation role as king reaches out

At a time when religion is fueling tensions around the world, King Charles III is trying to bridge the differences between the faith groups that make up Britainโ€™s increasingly diverse society.

Southern Baptist leader selection process fails amid dispute

A powerful Southern Baptist committee was planning to appoint a new president on Monday who could navigate controversies over its handling of sexual-abuse reforms and the ousting of churches with women pastors.

Black Protestant church still vital despite attendance drop

The wide empty spaces in pews between parishioners at a Sunday service at Zion Baptist Church in South Carolinaโ€™s capital highlight a post-pandemic reality common among many Black Protestant churches across the nation.

Pope voices willingness to return Indigenous loot, artifacts

Pope Francis says talks are underway to return artifacts in the Vatican Museum that were acquired from Indigenous peoples in Canada and has voiced a willingness to return other colonial-era objects in the Vaticanโ€™s collection on a case-by-case basis.

Pope speaks of secret peace 'mission,' help for Ukraine kids

Pope Francis says a secret peace โ€œmissionโ€ in Russiaโ€™s war in Ukraine is under way, though he gave no details, and that the Vatican is willing to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war.

Pope in final Mass in Budapest urges Hungary to open doors

Pope Francis has urged Hungarians to open their doors to others as he wrapped up a weekend visit with a plea for an end to Russiaโ€™s war in Ukraine.

Details revealed about King Charles III's coronation service

The coronation service for King Charles III will be one of many faiths and many languages.

Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches

With congregations dwindling and villages emptying out, maintaining hundreds of historic adobe churches โ€“ made with mud and straw centuries ago โ€“ is a daunting challenge across rural New Mexico.

Pope in Hungary meets with Ukrainian refugees, Russian envoy

Pope Francis has plunged into both sides of Russiaโ€™s war with Ukraine.

Scholars defend Polish Holocaust researcher targeted by govt

Scholars and historical institutions from around the world are coming to the defense of a Polish researcher.

Pope in Hungary urges Europe to unite to end war next door

Pope Francis has blasted the โ€œadolescent belligerenceโ€ that brought war back to Europe and says the continent must recover its founding spirit of peaceful unity to confront Russiaโ€™s war in Ukraine.

Ukraine ask pope's help in getting children back from Russia

Ukraine's prime minister says he has asked Pope Francis to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia.

Kenya cult death toll rises to 95 as government sets curfew

The latest death toll in Kenyaโ€™s cult investigation has risen to 95 as the government announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the ranch owned by a pastor who is accused of ordering his followers to fast to death.

UK court: Jehovah's Witnesses not liable for rape by elder

The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that the Jehovah's Witnesses organization isn't liable for an elder who raped a member of his congregation.

Pope to visit Hungary amid diverging views on war, migrants

Pope Francisโ€™ spiritual priorities will be on display during a trip to Hungary this week.

California's caste bias bill clears first legislative hurdle

California's Senate Judiciary Committee has voted in favor of legislation to outlaw caste discrimination statewide.

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