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Christianity
As the number of vacant pews increases in America’s houses of worship, one religious demographic is defying the trend: Latino majority congregations. According to a new…
Baptist
It began in May of this year when Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law that gave a tax incentive to parents who send…
Catholicism
In a move laden with caveats and provisos, but nonetheless regarded as “a real development,” according to its author, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican has…
Featured
Thousands of Canadian Jews converged at the site of that nation’s seat of government—Parliament Hill in Ottawa—on December 4, undeterred by a foot of snow and…
Catholicism
Vatican doctrine permits the baptism of transgender people and allows them as well to serve as witnesses at Catholic weddings, according to a recently released document. …
Issues
Brandeis University, an academic institution established by the American Jewish community in 1948 with the aim of combating antisemitism and prejudice in higher education, has implemented…
Issues
As the number of civilian casualties in Gaza rises, Palestinian protests have been prohibited in Kashmir, the sole Muslim-majority state in India, where an armed insurgency…
Issues
Acknowledging an often too-hostile climate for LGBTQIA+ youth of faith, Beloved Arise, a movement dedicated to LGBTQIA+ youth of faith set aside June 30, the last…
Issues
Gerald Groff routinely took Sundays off from his part-time mail carrier job at the U.S. Postal Service to observe the Sabbath. The evangelical Christian and former…
Features
The Episcopal Church has opened its doors to same-sex marriage, thus acknowledging the rights and personhood of the LGBTQ community. Some dioceses, however, are still fiddling…
Featured
Researcher Megan Squire puts it this way: “Imagine you have a playground at school and there is a bully on your playground. The teacher keeps putting…
Issues
The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the…