2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1066+ words) JERUSALEM — The enormous doors were pushed shut, the clanking bolts secured from the outside and several clergy, pilgrims and one journalist - me - were locked for the night inside one of Christianity’s holiest sites in Jerusalem. The Church of the Holy…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (618+ words) “Emma,” a young Jewish woman who we met in 2019, didn’t belong to a synagogue. She didn’t have a Jewish partner. She didn’t observe Jewish rituals regularly. On most surveys about religion, she would not seem very engaged with Judaism. But…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (709+ words) I recently returned from leading an educational program in Thailand focusing on how Buddhists practice the religion in their day-to-day lives. The participants – Buddhist practitioners from North America and Europe – wanted to deepen their understanding and practice of the religion....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (310+ words) KONOTOPIE, Poland — An enormous statue of the Virgin Mary that is believed to be Europe’s tallest was inaugurated on Saturday in a small Polish village, financed by one of Poland’s richest businesspeople. The monument towers 55.6 meters over Konotopie in central…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (858+ words) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A suspended Catholic priest on a tiny Caribbean island is embracing calypso to make his voice heard on topics including Gaza and sexual abuse within the church. Father Gerard Paul, who hails from Grenada, can no…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (567+ words) MILAN — Pope Leo XIV will meet with survivors of clergy abuse during a four-day trip to France next month that will include a visit to UNESCO headquarters, a meeting with French bishops in Lourdes and an interreligious meeting in the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (134+ words) Congressman Mark Harris joins Billy Hallowell Congressman Mark Harris has spent decades as a pastor — but today he’s also serving on Capitol Hill. In this conversation with Billy Hallowell, Mr. Harris shares the remarkable journey that took him from the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (244+ words) ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday made his first major appointment of a woman to the Holy See hierarchy, promoting Italian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to head the Vatican office responsible for migrants, the environment and development. Smerilli, an economist, is…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (765+ words) In 1526, books appeared in England that no one had seen before: printed New Testaments in the English language. The public snapped them up. For the first time, people read now-common phrases such as “the powers that be” and “the spirit…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (207+ words) Steve Deace explains why he believes America's founding is inseparable from its Judeo-Christian heritage, weighs in on the growing confusion over Israel among young Christians, and shares his concerns about the spiritual battle shaping today's culture. Fixing shipbuilding and dominating…...