Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-up by their superiors to church authorities, in a new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for…
Paula White, Trump’s spiritual adviser, leaves Florida church with new ambitions
The televangelist, who has defended the White House, is stepping down as head of New Destiny Christian Center to start 3,000 churches and open a university.
Evangelical leaders see Trump as strong ally
Evangelicals, who were crucial to President Donald Trump’s election, are pleased thus far with their White House ally, prominent leaders say. The New York Republican is counting on his Christian conservative base to help him win a second term.
Long before lying to Congress, Barr’s views on church and state should have disqualified him
In the 1990s Barr attacked the very concept of secular government and in one speech said advocates of secularism “are clearly fanatics.” Barr’s advocacy of “God’s law” is especially alarming.
Asia Bibi: Christian leaves Pakistan after blasphemy acquittal
Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, has left the country, officials have confirmed.
A white, southern pastor takes a hard look at the sin of racism
Robert W. Lee, 26, is a minister ordained by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the author of the just published book A Sin by Any Other Name: Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South.
Report: Over 1,000 charity groups are helping fund fringe anti-Muslim projects
Nearly 1,100 philanthropic organizations have funneled almost $125 million into dozens of anti-Muslim groups from 2014 to 2016, helping once-fringe ideas shape public opinion and government policy, according to a new report from a civil rights group.
Why is Trump suddenly talking about God?
Donald Trump is finding religion. Or at least, religion is finding its way into his remarks and his campaign’s rhetoric to an unprecedented extent.
Why Christian author Rachel Held Evans touched so many people, in life and now in death
Her writings resonated particularly with those struggling with their faith, traditional evangelicalism and the treatment of women and LGBT persons within the church.