December 27, 2020, 6:00am Churches & Religion
Bridgette Fahnbulleh knows that real hugs can’t happen in 2020, so she’s hoping that a figurative hug will suffice for now. Read story
December 26, 2020, 6:00am Churches & Religion
As a child, David Biespiel knew who he was: a Jewish boy growing up in Meyerland, Houston’s Jewish enclave. One day, he’d be a rabbi. Read story
December 25, 2020, 2:45pm Churches & Religion
Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, insisting that the first in line should be the most vulnerable and needy, regardless of who holds the patents for the shots. Read story
December 22, 2020, 8:39am Churches & Religion
Pope Francis urged Vatican bureaucrats on Monday to stop their gossipy, self-absorbed conflicts, issuing another tough-love Christmas message at the end of a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic and a financial scandal at the Holy See. Read story
December 21, 2020, 6:00am Churches & Religion
According to the Bible, Jesus’ birth was a crowded affair — Mary and Joseph, a menagerie of animals and some shepherd visitors. But protesters? Read story
December 19, 2020, 6:02am Churches & Religion
A new museum under construction in New Orleans will explore the journey of immigrant Jews and subsequent generations to the American South who brought with them a religious way of life they struggled to maintain while seeking acceptance in the home of the Bible Belt. Read story
December 19, 2020, 6:00am Churches & Religion
Thirty miles of rural Missouri separate the two churches, and so much else. One is mostly white; the other hosts services in five languages for a flock that spans the world. Read story
December 15, 2020, 8:16am Churches & Religion
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a lower federal court to reexamine Colorado restrictions on indoor religious services to combat the coronavirus in light of the justices’ recent ruling in favor of churches and synagogues in New York. Read story
December 12, 2020, 6:03am Churches & Religion
Jewish Americans from a variety of branches of the faith are celebrating Hanukkah with smaller-than-usual gatherings this year, in hopes of keeping the year-end holiday safe but still joyful as coronavirus cases spike across the country. Read story
December 11, 2020, 6:46pm Churches & Religion
Rabbi Shmulik Greenberg offered an alternative perspective while speaking in a Main Street parking lot full of people, most of whom were huddled in their cars. Read story
