May 4, 2024, 5:58am Churches & Religion
One song has stuck with Julio Cuellar Gonzales for practically his entire life. Among his first memories of church in the 1970s in Villa Serrano, a town in the Bolivian region of Chuquisaca, Cuellar remembers singing a specific version of the Our Father. Read story
May 3, 2024, 1:18pm Churches & Religion
This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago, it also provided physical refuge from the horrors outside. Read story
May 3, 2024, 11:28am Churches & Religion
As strident pro-Palestinian protests dominated U.S. colleges in recent weeks, few Jewish students responded with rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism. Read story
May 2, 2024, 6:05am Churches & Religion
James “Jimmy” Payne told his sister multiple times throughout his life that when he died his artwork would become famous. Read story
May 1, 2024, 9:33am Churches & Religion
United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Read story
April 30, 2024, 3:25pm Churches & Religion
United Methodist delegates began making historic changes in their policies on sexuality on Tuesday — voting without debate to reverse a series of anti-LGBTQ policies. Read story
April 29, 2024, 3:13pm Churches & Religion
United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in five years — one that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church’s longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy. Read story
April 27, 2024, 5:32pm Churches & Religion
By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexico’s first female president. She would also be its first leader with a Jewish background in a country that’s home to nearly 100 million Catholics. Read story
April 27, 2024, 6:04am Churches & Religion
Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in Charlotte, N.C., for their big denominational meeting, known as the General Conference. Read story
April 24, 2024, 8:15am Churches & Religion
Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation. Read story
