Church

The newly released concert film is a joyous celebration of faith—and of how Aretha moved even secular audiences toward the holy.

Across three church and three luxury hotel bombings in Negombo, at least 207 people were killed and hundreds more injured.

Worshipers attend Sunday service in the parking lot of Hiland Park Baptist Church on October 14th, 2018, in Panama City, Florida. The church building was damaged by Hurricane Michael.

The erosion of social capital has weakened some of America's most entrenched civic organizations and furthered a sense of individualism among its citizens.

Friends and relatives carry the coffin containing the body of the student Gerald Velazquez, shot dead during clashes with riot police in a church near the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.

Gregory Stevens explains what happened when the community he'd called an "elitist shit den of hate" found out about his online life.

Hours before a televised ceremony, the sites of King's crypt and church saw a steady stream of visitors.

A small church in Minneapolis is working to stave off the effects of rising neighborhood housing costs by unifying communities through religion.

With fewer Americans identifying as religious, communities are losing a valuable third space for connecting people socially and civically.

Dissenting justices argued the ruling weakens the country's long-standing separation between church and state.

That estimate comes from a new research paper, which suggests a lot of atheists avoid disclosing their disbelief.

How three architects in the 1950s tried to meld religion, modernism, and suburbia.

The Archdiocese of Chicago is acting on the pope’s environmental message.

What does it mean for churches that water, such an important religious symbol, is disappearing before our eyes?

A study links congregations’ interpretations of the Bible with college degrees—especially for those who don’t take the Bible literally.

Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints church doctrine says that victims of sexual abuse are not guilty of sexual sin, but there’s a far different story playing out on the ground, where bishops are making women repent for their own rapes.

The "Pope Francis Effect" hasn't caught on in the U.S., according to a Pew study.

A growing number of churches are hiring marketing companies to employ "mystery worshippers." Jeff WInkler spent a day grading a local church—and feeling guilty.