It might have made a great movie script, but rejected out of hand as too incredible to be believed—yet it happened. A 13-year-old boy—a
This Saturday, August 12, marks the 56th anniversary of the day Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard brought into existence the Sea Organization, elevating it
In late spring, taking its cue from the writings and speeches of a Wisconsin pastor who formed an anti-abortion militia in the 1990s and
Speaking at a university campus and later a seaside town during a five-day trip to participate in a youth gathering in Portugal, Pope Francis
With both sides citing religious freedom, what would be the first religious public charter school in the United States met its initial challenge—a lawsuit
As the numbers of those professing membership in an organized religion continue to decline, so too do those who believe in spiritual entities such
Three quarters of a century after President Harry Truman signed an executive order aimed at ensuring that all members of the military are treated
Amid the ongoing civil war in Burma (Myanmar) and what UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described as the ethnic cleansing of its minority Muslim Rohingya
Nearly five years after the deadliest antisemitic attack in the nation’s history, the individual found guilty has been sentenced to death. For the survivors,
A week after authorities in Iran threatened to renew a crackdown on women not wearing the hijab, the country’s morality police has shut down