A billionaire and the tech industry are trying to shape LGBTQ rights in deeply Mormon Utah
Billionaire Jeff T. Green is planning to resign from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and give to an LGBTQ rights group.
By Sarah Pulliam BaileyDecember 21, 2021U.S. missionaries kidnapped by Haitian gang escaped captivity, Christian aid group says
The general director of Christian Aid Ministries said people donated money to pay ransom, but he declined to say whether the organization ultimately paid the captors.
By Meryl Williams Clark and Kevin Williams and Marisa IatiDecember 20, 2021Montgomery County police investigate antisemitic fliers
Residents saw a slow-driving car dropping weighted bags with fliers pointing to a Holocaust-denial website.
By Michelle Boorstein and Dan MorseDecember 20, 2021Kidnapped missionaries sang while captive in Haiti. Now their aid group says they’ll also forgive.
The 17 hostages appeared to be doing well after the last of them left Haiti on a plane Thursday afternoon, the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries said.
By Marisa Iati and Michelle BoorsteinDecember 17, 2021More Americans are becoming secular, poll says
Just 63 percent of Americans identified as Christian this year, down from 75 percent a decade ago.
By Yonat ShimronDecember 17, 2021Why police end up chasing camels around Christmas time
A camel that escaped a nativity scene in a Kansas City suburb joins a long line of fugitives.
By Joseph HammondDecember 17, 2021He was a Muslim group leader. For 13 years, he allegedly spied for an anti-Muslim organization.
Romin Iqbal was fired this week after CAIR’s national office said an investigation revealed he had shared information with Steven Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism.
By Hannah Allam and Anjuman AliDecember 17, 2021Tarot cards are having a moment with help from pandemic
Sales of tarot decks have doubled in the past five years and tripled during the pandemic, according to one online retailer.
By Sarah Pulliam BaileyDecember 10, 2021Yeshivas are mostly places where Orthodox men study the Torah. A D.C. rabbi wants to change that.
Jewish mystical texts say studying the Torah is a way of studying God’s mind. Some say a "renaissance" for a broadened Jewish interest in study is underway.
By Michelle BoorsteinDecember 9, 2021Transgender people can’t be baptized unless they’ve ‘repented,’ Catholic diocese says
The Diocese of Marquette in Michigan may be the first in the United States to issue such a sweeping policy on people who identify with a gender other than their biological sex.
By Marisa IatiDecember 9, 2021Plumber who found cash and checks in toilet wall of Joel Osteen’s church is rewarded $20,000
Justin Cauley was given a $20,000 gift by Crime Stoppers of Houston for finding about 500 envelopes of cash and checks last month while working on a toilet wall at Lakewood Church, the nonprofit’s CEO told The Washington Post.
By Timothy BellaDecember 8, 2021A plumber was working on a toilet at Joel Osteen’s church. Then a trove of cash and checks fell out of the wall.
It had been more than seven years since Lakewood Church, led by Joel and Victoria Osteen, lost more than $600,000 in a burglary reported by the church. Now, a plumber has found what's believed to be hundreds of thousands of dollars stashed away while working on a toilet.
By Timothy BellaDecember 4, 2021Marcus Lamb died of covid-19 after his network discouraged vaccines. But some Christian leaders don’t want to talk about it.
A quarter of White evangelicals say they definitely won't get vaccinated, down from over 50 percent earlier this year.
By Michelle BoorsteinDecember 3, 2021Theological seminaries see enrollment rise during the pandemic
The biggest enrollment jump is in pastoral care and counseling.
By Rabia GursoyDecember 3, 2021Marcus Lamb, head of Daystar, a large Christian network that discouraged vaccines, dies after getting covid-19
Lamb started Daystar, he second-largest Christian TV network in the world, in 1997. Opposing vaccines was a central Daystar focus.
By Michelle BoorsteinNovember 30, 2021Phil Saviano, advocate for survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests, dies at 69
After suffering abuse as a child, Phil Saviano became an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse by priests; his role was highlighted in the Oscar-winning film "Spotlight."
By Matt SchudelNovember 28, 2021Hanukkah’s darker origins feel more relevant in time of rising antisemitism, intense interest in identity
Hanukkah falls really early this year -- starting in November -- which sets it apart from Christmas, accentuating the theme of the holiday: Difference.
By Michelle BoorsteinNovember 27, 2021Some Jews see antisemitism and white nationalism becoming less fringe since the 2017 Unite the Right rally
Many white nationalists portray Jews as infiltrators, global elites or puppet masters secretly controlling the strings of power.
By Yonat ShimronNovember 26, 2021Faith groups lobby Manchin over Biden’s social policy agenda
Manchin has shown little interest in appeasing the Poor People’s Campaign and other liberal-leaning faith groups,
By Jack JenkinsNovember 19, 2021Michael Flynn calls for ‘one religion’ at event that is a who’s who of the new Christian right
The Reawaken America tour began in Tulsa in the spring of 2021 and ends in mid-January in Phoenix.
By Bob SmietanaNovember 19, 2021