In a year the Black Lives Matter movement spread across the globe, Brazilians are beginning to focus on the role the Catholic Church played in the institution of slavery in the country. Read full piece
To contend that spiritual nourishment is received only if you assemble in church, sit in pews and collectively engage in the liturgy, that is a bridge too far for some faith traditions. Read full piece
Focus on the Family founding president James Dobson’s post-election reflection was quite the lament. He took the loss by the incumbent president very personally. Read full piece
By discouraging investigations of religious organizations, Trump appeared to clear the way for Liberty University to spend millions on his own causes. Read full piece
Since arriving as pastor of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in 2017, Rev. Dwayne Gary has been stopped by Glencoe, Ill. police four times. Read full piece
A sweeping recent statement about racial theory from Southern Baptist leaders has prompted at least four Black pastors to publicly break from the denomination and has triggered high-level, urgent meetings about whether Black evangelicals have a place in the Southern Baptist Convention. Read full piece
On Tuesday, the bishops of Belarus announced that after a nearly 3-month exile over his criticism of Belarusian leaders, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk will be allowed to return to his archdiocese for Christmas thanks to a personal plea from Pope Francis. Read full piece
What if we were to actually use the life of Christ as a basis for Christmas? Read full piece
Deputies were called Sunday when a Christian prayer group and Native Americans faced off Sunday at the Great Serpent Mound, the Native American national historic site in southern Ohio. Read full piece
Katie Day’s church is among hundreds of thousands of congregations nationwide whose worship has been radically changed by the pandemic. Read full piece