Institutional trust continues to decline in surveys, but religious organizations still rank high.

A new Vatican letter to Catholic bishops worldwide has stirred up questions again over what kinds of bread and wafers should be used during communion in Catholic churches around the world.

Each day, the Florida senator is quoting a verse from Proverbs, the GOP’s favorite part of the book. Why?

“The Greatest” was one of America’s most famous Muslims, but you wouldn’t know that from his official social media accounts — and that’s a problem.

A convent is refusing to sell an easement to the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline in Pennsylvania, believing it will harm the environment. Now they’ve constructed a chapel in the path of the fracked-gas infrastructure.

Russell Moore was the most prominent anti-Trump voice in the Southern Baptist Convention. It almost cost him his job. Related story: Russell Moore: Religious Right must change or die

Like Catholics, fundamentalists preach strict obedience to religious authority. Sex is prohibited outside of marriage and rarely discussed. Overlapping dynamics of silence and submission make conservative Christians a ripe target for sexual predators.

Christians who get all high and mighty about whether others say “Merry Christmas” come off as hateful jerks rather than loving soul winners. Ramping up on “Merry Christmas” may be a productive political ploy, but it’s atrocious evangelism.

Hobby Lobby, whose owners are evangelical Christians, said it began collecting a “variety of Bibles and other artifacts” several years ago with the goal of preserving them for future generations.

These folk preachers blended homespun sermon and song to offer life lessons on how to survive in a world of inequality and virulent racism.