RELIGION

“I would permanently ‘defrock’ Johnny Hunt if I had the authority to do so,” Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber wrote in a statement.

The chief Vatican prosecutor called the recording “disturbing” evidence that Cardinal Angelo Becciu was attempting to coerce the pope to say something that could have redeemed him at his trial.

Once a beloved SBC pastor and president, Hunt will return to ministry just over seven months after the allegations were made public.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore confirmed that it is paying legal fees for a group of anonymous litigants seeking to halt public disclosure of a report into clergy sexual abuses.

The number of people identifying as Christian has dropped to just 46 percent of the population while those professing no religion has risen to 37 percent.

Lawyers for people named in a recent Maryland attorney general investigation's into child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore have asked a judge to seal all court proceedings about releasing the report.

The German church — where priests and bishops have been blessing same-sex unions — does not seek a “schism,” the head of its bishops’ conference said.

The LDS’ backing of the bill had its roots in a previous unsuccessful push for a same-sex marriage ban in Utah, after which church leaders switched to a strategy of compromise on LGBTQ rights, at least in the public square.

In a filing that contained contradictory statements, the Archdiocese appeared to criticize the Md. attorney general's findings.

The Maryland Attorney General says Archdiocese of Baltimore leaders failed to report many allegations or remove abusers. One parish had 11 abusers in 40 years.

Some have said they would support him. Others have stayed silent or hinted they may back alternatives such as former vice president Mike Pence or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said it backed the Respect for Marriage Act, which faces a procedural Senate vote, but its doctrine hasn't changed.

More than 80 Muslim candidates won local, state, federal and judicial seats in over 20 states.

Libero Milone, who was fired in 2017, says he is ready to share proof of financial mismanagement at Vatican-owned hospitals and in the church bureaucracy.

Omar Alkattoul, 18, allegedly used social media to send a manifesto that contained threats to attack a synagogue and Jewish people in New Jersey.

Appeals to Christian nationalism will continue despite election losses, experts say

As tensions mounted on Election Day -- often over who would be allowed to monitor the polls or monitor the monitors -- hundreds members of the faith community stepped in to keep the peace. In key battleground states, poll chaplains representing all faiths stood by to ease tensions and ensure open access to all voters

The Virginia prison system changed its policies after an inmate sued, but he wants a ruling barring any future restrictions.