4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (803+ words) A new Gallup poll released Thursday shows more young men in the U.S. say religion is “very important” in their lives compared to young women — the first time young men have surpassed young women on this measure of religiosity going back…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (791+ words) Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of another contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms. Religious leaders, teachers,…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (792+ words) He hosts monthly Christian worship services for employees. His department’s promotional videos have displayed Bible verses alongside military footage. In speeches and interviews, he often argues the U.S. was founded as a Christian nation and troops should embrace God, potentially…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1098+ words) As the Trump administration has dramatically increased the number of people held in federal immigration detention facilities, detainees’ access to medical care, sufficient food, basic hygiene and legal counsel have all come under scrutiny. But the past couple of weeks…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (689+ words) By TIFFANY STANLEY and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO DHS announced on Wednesday a regulatory change aimed at reducing visa wait times abroad for the foreign nationals many U.S. religious communities depend on to serve as pastors, priests, nuns, imams and rabbis. These…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (748+ words) When the 34-year-old Democrat becomes mayor in a long-closed subway station beneath City Hall, he’ll be the first Muslim, first South Asian and first African-born person to hold that position. These milestones — as well as the historical Quran he will…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (262+ words) Immigration officials have promised to not target metro area churches this holiday season, according to the metro’s Catholic leader. In a statement Tuesday, Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Department of Homeland Security officials…...

9+ mon, 13+ hour ago   (844+ words) By LEAH WILLINGHAM and LAURA BARGFELD, Associated Press Supporters of the displays say the Bible is on their side, but critics call the scenes sacrilegious and politically divisive, accusing the churches of abusing sacred imagery and some arguing they should…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (519+ words) By MIKE PESOLI, Associated Press The church’s history and tradition, said Washington National Cathedral Provost Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope, put it “at the intersection of the civic and the sacred.” The funerals held there shed light both on the…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (387+ words) Leo, who has previously urged local bishops to take the lead on speaking out on matters of social justice, said he appreciated the U.S. bishops’ statement and urged Catholics and all people of goodwill to listen to what they said. “I…...