On Faith

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II has moved a step closer to sainthood.

Associated Press

The image was stark: a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister’s demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central Istanbul.

Ross Murray

Even when LGBT people have reconciled their faith and their sexual orientation or gender identity, there are those actively trying to reestablish that inner conflict.

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has given a 17-year-old boy with Down Syndrome the ride of his life — sort of.

Herb Silverman

In a country that takes pride in recognizing freedom of conscience for all people, nothing says "divisible" like "under God."

Sarah Brown

Research makes clear that religion, faith, and a strong moral sense play vital roles in protecting teens from too-early sexual activity and teen pregnancy.

Paul Asay

Never has Superman been so Christ-like as in Man of Steel.

Tim Roder

OPINION | These are complicated times, and the cases before the Supreme Court are likewise complicated. What's not complicated is that marriage can only be between a man and a woman.

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OGDEN, Utah — A Utah man is expected to survive after his son-in-law walked into Father’s Day Catholic Mass and shot him in the head in front of a congregation of 300 people, many of whom hit the floor, then helped try to stop the bleeding and chase after the suspect.

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s newly elected president pledged Monday to follow a “path of moderation” and promised greater openness over the country’s nuclear program, emphasizing messages from Western leaders since his victory that have brought cautious hope of new openings with Tehran.

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VATICAN CITY — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked Pope Francis to canonize a doctor who tended to the poor in Caracas and is considered a saint already by many Venezuelans.

Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite

OPINION | As Jeb Bush demonstrated, conservative ideology is based in biological determinism; it perpetuates the political, social and religious power of small group of elites. We are more than our gender.

Edward Cody

Questions of national identity and religion are among the many challenges confronting the country that ushered in Arab Spring.

Elizabeth Tenety

"I say until we know what we're doing, until we have a commander in chief who knows what he's doing. . . . I say let Allah sort it out."

Brad Hirschfield

Thinking about "God the father" on Father's Day.

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Biker culture came to the Vatican on Sunday as Pope Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders celebrating the manufacturer’s 110th anniversary with a loud parade and plenty of leather.

Associated Press

President Barack Obama’s decision to begin arming Syria’s rebels deepens U.S. involvement in a regional proxy war that is increasingly being fought along sectarian lines, pitting Sunni against Shiite Muslims, and threatening the stability of Syria’s neighbors.