November 20, 2024, 9:30am Churches & Religion
Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside… Read story
November 12, 2024, 8:03am Churches & Religion
As U.S. Catholic bishops gather for their annual fall meeting this week in Baltimore, the specter of President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory will hang over the proceedings. Read story
November 20, 2024, 5:09am Churches & Religion Free
Everyone is invited to join the Interfaith Coalition of Southwest Washington for a Thanksgiving Eve service. Read story
November 19, 2024, 1:19pm Churches & Religion
Texas' education board on Tuesday advanced a new Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for schools to incorporate in kindergarten through fifth grades, one of the latest Republican-led efforts in the U.S. to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms. Read story
November 16, 2024, 5:16am Churches & Religion
For the first time in its 237-year existence, Philadelphia’s Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, a National Historic Landmark known as a hub of activism and the first African Methodist Episcopal church, will be led by a woman. Read story
November 12, 2024, 8:16am Churches & Religion
A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday. Read story
November 10, 2024, 6:00am Churches & Religion
After former President Donald Trump gave his victory speech early Wednesday, at the Palm Beach Convention Center, dozens of his supporters gathered in a lobby to sing “How Great Thou Art,” reciting from memory the words and harmonies of a classic hymn, popular among evangelical Christians. Read story
November 9, 2024, 6:04am Churches & Religion
Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association. Read story
November 9, 2024, 5:49am Churches & Religion
As dusk falls over the City of Light, a new spectacle is illuminating Saint-Sulpice church, a monument whose interiors are even larger than Notre Dame’s — and arguably just as breathtaking. Read story
November 9, 2024, 5:49am Churches & Religion
John Albert’s daughter isn’t going to school on Friday. And he couldn’t be happier about it. Read story
