November 2, 2024, 5:59am Churches & Religion
Farmers and their horses walked in a festive parade through the small Bavarian town of Warngau on Sunday to honor their patron saint, St. Leonhard. Read story
November 2, 2024, 5:59am Churches & Religion
When 101 people were laid to rest at Chicago’s Mount Olivet Cemetery last Wednesday afternoon, no family or friends were there to mourn them. Yet they were certainly not alone. Read story
November 1, 2024, 8:35am Churches & Religion
It’s the time of year — tradition says — when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is lifted. Read story
October 31, 2024, 8:12am Churches & Religion
Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the banks of the river Saryu in a northern Indian city they believe to be the birthplace of the deity Lord Ram. Read story
October 30, 2024, 2:10pm Churches & Religion
The Rev. Arturo Laguna leads a largely immigrant church of about 100 followers in Phoenix. His job as a pastor, he says, gets complicated come election season. Read story
October 30, 2024, 8:15am Churches & Religion
The bitter nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a very personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed in Virginia by a former Liberty University employee. She was fired by the evangelical Christian school after disclosing her identity as a transgender woman. Read story
October 29, 2024, 8:32am Churches & Religion
Pope Francis’ child protection board called Tuesday for victims of clergy sexual abuse to have greater access to information about their cases and the right to compensation, in the first-ever global assessment of the Catholic Church’s efforts to address the crisis. Read story
October 29, 2024, 7:45am Churches & Religion
Four Roman Catholic bishops in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero called Monday for civilian and military authorities to take steps to protect residents of a region rocked by violence that has left more than a dozen dead in recent days. Read story
October 26, 2024, 5:58am Churches & Religion
After he and his fellow monks sang morning prayers in their church nestled in a forest, Brother Luke walked back to his residence to be greeted by a different kind of choir. Read story
October 24, 2024, 2:27pm Churches & Religion
Since the war in Ukraine began, Yaroslav Pyzh, a Baptist pastor in Lviv, has worn many hats. Read story
