A federal jury awarded $75,000 to a couple after their homeowners association tried to prevent them from putting on a week-long Christmas extravaganza. It's a rare loss for homeowners associations, which usually have a broad authority for Grinchiness.
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal (right) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier light Europe's largest menorah during a public ceremony on the first night of Hanukkah, on December 2nd, 2018, in Berlin, Germany.
While many Christians are struggling to offer immigrants sanctuary, others are in favor of the Trump administration's immigration policies.
In his two years in office, Trump has done plenty to legitimize views previously considered too extreme for political discourse—and that, in turn, has opened the door for political violence.
People arrive for a vigil at the Allegheny County Soldiers Memorial in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 28th, 2018.
A new report identifies 212 priests accused of sexual abuse in the Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose dioceses.
Catholics participate in a mass demanding the freedom of political prisoners in Managua, Nicaragua, on October 21st, 2018.
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.
But frequent churchgoers and Biblical literalists have successfully resisted the temptation.
With Jeff Sessions reportedly pressuring judges to deport immigrants, diocese across the country are gathering fee money for the legal representation that many undocumented people lack.
Today's homeschool advocates are parents who don't believe that the current school model is best, or enough, for their children.
The Adorers of the Blood of Christ, an order of Catholic nuns that define themselves as advocates of Earth, square off against the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline.
A Catholic conference heard an appeal from a U.S. priest on Thursday calling for the church to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
The non-theistic religious organization has challenged Christian dominance in governmental action across the nation for years.
Altar boys prepare ahead of the Sunday Mass celebration at the Sacred Heart Church in Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 5th, 2018.
New research finds that fused identity apparently produces a predisposition toward authoritarianism and support for punitive punishments.
Among the 3,000 Muslim, Jewish, and Sikh residents surveyed, some 38 percent said they had been verbally harassed or taunted because of their race or faith.
Forget the Protestant work ethic. What we're experiencing is the secularization success.
Psychological research provides fresh perspectives on the underlying motivations of anti-choice advocates.
Social conservatives in particular report experiencing a strong sense of purpose.
In New York City, Haitian community leaders are attempting to change the script when it comes to the church's influence on social justice issues.
Americans' divergent conceptions of the supreme being's face reflect our egocentrism, and reveal our emotional needs.
Turkish people break their fasting in Istanbul on May 28th, 2018, during the holy month of Ramadan.
Gregory Stevens explains what happened when the community he'd called an "elitist shit den of hate" found out about his online life.