RELIGION

Pope Francis's first stop in his visit to Africa was the DRC, where he gave Mass to thousands of people in Kinshasa.

While the church is often seen as a potential stabilizing force in the heavily Catholic countries, that burden falls principally on Francis's shoulders this week.

Forgiving has mental health benefits, and some educators and mental health professionals think kids could benefit. But some clergy object, saying it's their turf.

Amira Elghawaby, a journalist and human rights advocate, will act as an adviser to Justin Trudeau's government. Muslims in Canada have been targeted in hate-motivated attacks.

The International Foundation, referred to as “the Family,” will no longer run the event. Instead, the newly created National Prayer Breakfast Foundation will manage it.

The pope maintained that gay acts are a sin, but told the Associated Press that the Catholic Church must work to end "unjust" anti-gay laws around the world.

Hunt told a Florida megachurch that false allegations had ruined his life but he still has faith in Jesus.

A recent ruling leaves appellate judges unable to say whether religious broadcasting violates the U.S. Constitution.

A judge dismissed a suit from LGBTQ students who sought to end religious exemptions to a civil rights law they say lets Christian colleges discriminate against them.

Witches urge alternatives to sage amid concern about appropriation and overharvesting

A group of Southern Baptist leaders is working to implement a set of reforms to respond better to reports of sexual abuse.

The sexual assault conviction of the Australian cleric, who was a top adviser to Pope Francis, was overturned after he spent more than a year in prison.

Mr. Reichmann and his brothers built a real estate empire, lost it in bankruptcy and remade another.

A look at faith leaders and followers that some experts say meet the definition of Christian nationalist

The ceremony for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lacked the scale and emotion of the last papal funeral, reflecting what it means to die as a beloved sitting pope vs. a retired one.

Pope Francis led the Mass in St. Peter's Square, as the final act in a warm but awkward relationship between the sitting pope and Benedict, the pope emeritus.

The Vatican said the funeral will be on Jan. 5. But not all traditions will apply to a pope who resigned.

Pope Francis, in the final act of a relationship with Benedict XVI that was outwardly warm but often awkward, will frame the period of remembrance and mourning.