Despite the rise of science, technology, and secular thought, religion remains a powerful force shaping the beliefs, behaviors, and identities of billions. From ancient spiritual systems to newer ...

Controversies regarding religion in the classroom in the United States are as old as the public school system itself. Most recently, a Louisiana law mandates that posters of the Ten Commandments be ...

Each year, the Religion News Association surveys its members to come up with the top domestic and international stories about religion. From the U.S. presidential election to the war in Gaza, religion ...

Early in the coronavirus pandemic, Catholic clergy — along with pastors in many other traditions — struggled with secular authorities or even their own leaders while trying to provide sacred rites at ...

A Supreme Court reporter and an education reporter explain faith’s new role in schools. By The Morning Team By Adam Liptak I cover the Supreme Court. In just the last month, the Supreme Court has ...

It’s mid-October in San Francisco, and a crowd of 200 or so congregants—some seated in pews, others standing below cathedral windows at the back—bow their heads in prayer. Over cranberry-apple cosmos ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently took a big step forward in one of the world’s tiniest countries. Nauru, a remote island in the South Pacific of barely 8 square miles, recently ...