October 19, 2019, 6:05am Churches & Religion
After a lifetime of service that has taken him from the civil rights cauldron of 1960s Selma to the Minneapolis school desegregation battles of the 1970s and ’80s, former lawyer Chad Quaintance has settled into a role that even he did not imagine. Read story
October 17, 2019, 7:36pm Churches & Religion
The portion of Americans with no religious affiliation is rising significantly, in tandem with a sharp drop in the percentage that identifies as Christians, according to new data from the Pew Research Center. Read story
October 12, 2019, 6:05am Churches & Religion
In the days after Hurricane Dorian ravaged the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco in the Bahamas, many focused on sending food, water and hygiene products to those affected by the storm. Read story
October 6, 2019, 6:54pm Churches & Religion
The Rev. Scott Dunfee and his wife, Suzie Dunfee, passionately sang an opening hymn. Sharing the couple’s joy was their cocker spaniel, Rylee, one of several dogs who licked their owners’s faces throughout the song. Read story
October 5, 2019, 6:00am Churches & Religion
On Sept. 9, a Buddhist deity arrived at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in a wooden crate. Well, sort of. Read story
October 5, 2019, 5:37am Churches & Religion
Most of us don’t spend much time thinking about socks. We slip on a pair in the morning before throwing on our shoes and heading out for the day. On those annoying occasions when we discover a hole, we simply toss that sock in the trash and grab another. Read story
October 4, 2019, 10:30am Churches & Religion
Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living under the radar with little to no oversight from religious authorities or law enforcement, decades after the first wave of the church abuse scandal roiled U.S. dioceses, an Associated… Read story
September 30, 2019, 9:49am Churches & Religion
Entangled in a multifaceted sex-abuse crisis, the Southern Baptist Convention is preparing to host a high-profile conference on the topic that has kindled skepticism even among some of the scheduled speakers. Read story
September 28, 2019, 6:00am Churches & Religion
The Rev. Jess Felici looked out from her pulpit at her tiny flock. Read story
September 27, 2019, 9:19am Churches & Religion
A member of a secretive North Carolina church received 10 months of home confinement for taking part in an unemployment fraud scheme benefiting businesses with ties to the congregation. Read story
