In 1949, 42 bronze bells were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean from the Netherlands and installed in the bell tower at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Harlem.

Homeschooled in a strict Christian household in western Maryland, Laura Parks* would murmur to herself “thank you so much, God” when things went well; and “help me, God” when they didn’t. She huddled in prayer almost every night with her…

Appealing to a form of camaraderie increasingly rare on Capitol Hill, President Joe Biden lauded the power of faith in his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday (Feb. 3), calling for unity at an unusually intimate iteration of…

Many’s the pet lover who chooses to be called “Mom” or “Dad” instead of master, or whose bumper sticker boasts of “four-footed grandchildren.” But when Pope Francis recently denounced the “selfishness” of choosing to care for an animal instead of…

One year after a military coup in Myanmar, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom joined human rights advocates and religious leaders in condemning the violence that has claimed 1,300 lives.

Deborah Lipstadt, whose confirmation as State Department antisemitism monitor has been delayed because of her past sharp criticisms of Republicans, has secured a confirmation hearing date for next week.

Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, an organizer of the National Prayer Breakfast scheduled to take place on Thursday (Feb. 3), believes this year’s iteration will be a “positive reset” for the controversial event and feature speeches from President Joe Biden…

An Oregon church is suing the coastal city of Brookings, arguing that an ordinance restricting the church’s meal program for the unhoused violates its right to religious freedom.

Rabbi Levi Notik had just finished preparing meals at the F.R.E.E. Synagogue food bank on Devon Avenue Sunday when he stepped outside and saw a yellow swastika spray-painted on the side of the building.

A Church of Pakistan lay pastor was gunned down and a priest wounded by unknown assailants as the leaders drove home from a worship service on Sunday in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar, where Christians had suffered their deadliest…

A Jewish congregation in New York City has moved to evict Rhode Island congregants who worship at the nation’s oldest synagogue as part of a long-running dispute over control of the historic building.

The day in early 2001 when Danny Awad picked up his fiancee from Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport to take her home to meet his family in Bethlehem, he got a call from his father.