Religion

Pete Buttigieg and Julián Castro have made their faith a pillar of their political platforms, signaling potentially larger shifts within American politics.

More than a billion Muslims around the world began to observe Ramadan this week.

Gen Z is remixing and repurposing old spiritual practices to maintain a sense of community.

If our generation looked more closely at religious communities—inclusive, loving ones—we might be surprised by the care that we'd find there, no strings attached.

Many are no longer passing on the old sacred teachings, but they are imparting a new one: that everyone has not just a right but a duty to choose their own worldview.

The trend toward non-religiousness in this generation is probably here to stay. The upsides include increasing levels of tolerance.

As missionaries spread across the South Pacific, they attempted to wipe out local tattooing traditions—but they failed in Samoa.

New research finds that emphasizing a call to stewardship can be an effective tool.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan championed the construction of the mosque, which has a capacity of 63,000 people.

A 40-foot cross that honors fallen World War I soldiers stands at a busy intersection on February 28th, 2019, in Bladensburg, Maryland.

Each weekend, Harris Zafar drives into downtown Portland and allows anyone to ask him anything about Islam.

The National Prayer Breakfast is one of the few events that attempts to highlight unity over partisan divides, but prayers don't result in meaningful policy changes.

How a gay Christian rocker created a new life after Christian radio rejected him.

Pope Francis speaks from the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on January 13th, 2019.

This year, members of the most diverse Congress ever opted for over a dozen different religious and non-religious texts in their swearing-in ceremonies.

Clashes broke out in southern India for a second day on January 3rd as Hindu hardliners went on a rampage, seeking to enforce a general shutdown in protest over two women entering Sabarimala Ayyapa.

New research finds some voters conflate worldly success with morality.

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.