Religious leaders reacted swiftly — with legislative appeals and collective grief — to the release of video footage of police officers beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died days after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee.
How Egyptian police hunt LGBT people on dating apps
In Egypt, homosexuality is highly stigmatised, and there have long been allegations that police are hunting LGBT people online. Now BBC News has seen evidence of how the authorities are using dating and social apps to do this.
N. Carolina church says it lost nearly $800K in email scam
Leaders of a northwestern North Carolina church say cybercriminals stole nearly $800,000 that the congregation spent years raising to build a new sanctuary that’s supposed to be completed in a few months.
On A Mission To Fill Empty Pulpits: A Couple Addressing The Preacher Shortage
Low pay and benefits. Overly demanding leaders. Unrealistic expectations.
Second gentleman Emhoff visits Auschwitz, part of a push against antisemitism
This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, government officials from various countries gathered at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp to remember victims and honor survivors.
A Buddhist disaster relief organization offers key support after Monterey Park shooting
The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, a global humanitarian organization, has mobilized relief efforts in a range of emergency and disaster events, including the 2000 Singapore Airlines crash that killed more than 80 people and the 2005 Glendale train crash that…
It shouldn’t seem so surprising when the pope says being gay ‘isn’t a crime’ – a Catholic theologian explains
Once again, Pope Francis has called on Catholics to welcome and accept LGBTQ people.
USCCB official: The church must admit its role in destroying Native American culture
The sin of the Catholic Church’s role in the federal government’s attempt to destroy Native American culture through boarding schools must be examined, acknowledged and dealt with, a church official says.
House bill would limit government authority over religious events
A House committee Wednesday discussed a bill growing out of the COVID-19 pandemic that seeks to expand existing law to further prevent government officials from interfering with religious gatherings.
‘He Gets Us’ organizers hope to spend $1 billion to promote Jesus. Will anyone care?
The first time she saw an ad for “He Gets Us,” a national campaign devoted to redeeming the brand of Christianity’s savior, Jennifer Quattlebaum had one thought on her mind.
The Rise of Spirit Warriors on the Christian Right
America’s God came into being in 1620 somewhere near Plymouth Rock, and He hasn’t changed much since. That’s more or less the story that many Americans have been told. Of course, it isn’t true; American religion has undergone some massive…
Twitter reinstated white nationalist Nick Fuentes. He lasted 24 hours.
As midnight Eastern time approached on Tuesday (Jan. 24), far-right political operative Nick Fuentes shouted into his virtual megaphone — returned just hours earlier by Elon Musk’s Twitter — “I’m back! … ready for WAR!”