Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago.
Church vandalism exposes divisions over faith and politics
Vandalism at four downtown Washington churches after rallies in support of President Donald Trump is exposing rifts among people of faith as the nation confronts bitter post-election political divisions.
Biden laces Electoral College victory speech with Scripture and Prayer of St. Francis
President-elect Joe Biden marked his Electoral College win with a religious flair, citing Scripture and the Prayer of St. Francis during his victory speech.
Supreme Court declines to consider Indiana case on rights of same-sex parents
An effort by Indiana officials to deny parental rights to same-sex couples was turned away by the United States Supreme Court Dec. 14. Without comment, the high court denied certiorari in the case Box v. Henderson, which means the court…
Vandals hit Black churches during weekend pro-Trump rallies
Vandals tore down a Black Lives Matter banner and sign from two historic Black churches in downtown Washington and set the banner ablaze as nighttime clashes Saturday between pro-Donald Trump supporters and counter-demonstrators erupted into violence and arrests.
Evangelical leader Beth Moore trends on Twitter after calling Trumpism ‘seductive and dangerous’
As supporters of President Trump’s allegations of voter fraud have persisted in questioning the results of the election five weeks since it was called for Joe Biden, some evangelical leaders have had enough.
In final years at Liberty, Falwell spent millions on pro-Trump causes
After shocking many in the evangelical movement by endorsing Donald Trump over other Republicans for the 2016 presidential nomination, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. pumped millions of the nonprofit religious institution’s funds into Republican causes and efforts to promote…
Episcopal Diocese of Chicago elects the Rev. Paula Clark, its first Black and first female bishop
The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago has elected the Rev. Canon Paula E. Clark, its first Black bishop and the first woman to lead the diocese.
On the first day of Christmas…teachers got a legal headache over blurring the line between church and state
During a school year disrupted by pandemic-related closures, students across the U.S. will soon be absent for a scheduled reason: the annual Christmas break.