June 10, 2019, 6:02pm Churches & Religion
Warning of a society “without sexual differences,” the Vatican on Monday dismissed the idea that a person’s gender can differ from the assigned sex at birth and said a fluid idea of identity was not “based on the truths of existence.” Read story
June 9, 2019, 10:09pm Churches & Religion
The Southern Baptist Convention gathers for its annual national meeting Tuesday with one sobering topic — sex abuse by clergy and staff — overshadowing all others. Read story
June 9, 2019, 10:08pm Churches & Religion
The U.S. Air Force has granted a religious accommodation to an active duty Sikh airman that will allow him to wear a turban, beard and unshorn hair in accordance with his faith. Read story
June 9, 2019, 2:26pm Churches & Religion
As the Roman Catholic church’s sex abuse scandal grows ever wider in scope in the U.S., bishops convene for a national meeting in Baltimore on Tuesday under heavy pressure to acknowledge their oversight failures and give a larger role to lay Catholics and secular authorities in confronting the crisis. Read story
June 9, 2019, 2:25pm Churches & Religion
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter talked about his recent health setback and his conversation with President Donald Trump, as he returned to teaching Sunday school in Georgia for the first time since breaking his hip. Read story
June 8, 2019, 6:02am Churches & Religion
By 1:30 a.m. the cricket matches at the West Covina ballpark were in full swing. Farrukh Zafar stood in front of the wicket and gripped the flat bat made of willow wood, his eyes glued on the bowler who stood 22 yards away. Read story
June 1, 2019, 6:00am Churches & Religion
Wrapped tightly around her head, with no softly draping fabric to distract her during meetings at her tech startup, Dilara Sayeed’s hijab is American in more ways than one. Read story
May 25, 2019, 6:05am Churches & Religion
Each new update in the nationwide surge of measles cases takes Dr. Paul Offit back to the battlefield that was Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia during a regional outbreak that began in 1990. By the time it ended the following year, more than 1,400 city and suburban residents had contracted the… Read story
May 25, 2019, 5:49am Churches & Religion
Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan is integral in the lives of Muslims, but it’s not always safe for everyone to participate. Read story
May 18, 2019, 6:05am Churches & Religion
The letter landed in email inboxes early in May and since then, students, parents and graduates of prestigious Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School have talked of little else. It has been the subject of spirited discussions, emotional exchanges, fervent Facebook posts. Read story
