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Ayatollah Khamenei's coffin arrives in Najaf for procession
Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s coffin was taken to Iraq’s Najaf for a procession, drawing large Shia crowds and highlighting rare cross-border unity. The event spotlights Iran’s i
Between July 4 and Nov. 3, faith leaders seek fair access to the voting booth
(RNS) — 'Our churches, our mosques, our synagogues, our places of worship will become democracy hubs,' said Minister JaNaé Bates Imari, co-executive director of the interfaith group ISAIAH Minnesota.
How a 198-year-old New Orleans synagogue became one of America’s fastest-growing Jewish communities
(The Forward) NEW ORLEANS — A Reform synagogue on the Mardi Gras route — with no dues and fluid denominational lines — is a catalyst for Jewish life after catastrophe.
(The Conversation) — Daoism approaches the world not from the perspective that the world is broken or needs to be saved, but rather that it is naturally balanc…
The idea of separating church and state has roots in both religious and secular thought, from Augustine to Jefferson, but a White House commission now argues i…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and 17 other leaders of the underground Zion Church were detained in October in one of China’s largest crackdowns on a…
“[E]ven though there are risks," says Bishop-elect Stephen Wang in an exclusive interview with Crux Now, "I don’t think we should opt out of using AI in the Ch…
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Vice President Kamala Harris has faced scrutiny on her Catholic faith, contrasting with her running mate Senator JD Vance's embracing Catholicism, which is see…
Priests exorcised the Philippine Senate before Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial to address corruption fears. The proceedings test democratic ins…
Khamenei's coffin arrived in Qom for multi-day funeral rites across Iran and Iraq, reflecting his decades-long control over Iran’s politics and religion. His d…
Pope Francis hosted a Vatican July 4 event with American-themed food and cardinals to highlight cultural ties, avoiding political alignment with the Trump admi…
The U.S. government withheld $10 million in grants from a Catholic legal aid group in El Paso, risking its collapse by September and leaving over 2,000 immigra…
Pope Leo XIV invoked Cardinal James Gibbons' 1885 defense of U.S. religious liberty, signaling the Vatican's continued emphasis on American pluralism and relig…
