Nativity - Saint Paul Apostle Church, Cuauhtémoc, Federal District, Mexico

Nine Nights of Celebration to Christmas

For eight days, Joseph and Mary, who was carrying a child, traveled and sought lodging. They were refused by all homes and innkeepers for

Saint Patrick’s Cathedral

Houses of Worship: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral

1853, the Archbishop of New York plans “to erect a Cathedral in the City of New York that may be worthy of our increasing

The First Baptist Church in America

Religious Liberty in a New Land

In 1630, the Puritans, arriving from the Old World, came to America seeking religious liberty, but the Americas had known the Christian religion for

The Gifts of Wicca

The faith of Wicca—more familiarly known as Witchcraft—has origins pre-dating the Abrahamic religions, some tracing it back to as early as 25,000 B.C.E. It

John P. Meier

John P. Meier United History and Faith and Brought Forth Ecumenical Understanding

OK, so a Catholic, a Protestant, a Jew, a Muslim and an agnostic are locked in a basement… No, it’s not the beginning of

Houses of Worship: Qatar State Grand Mosque

Qatar sits on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf with Saudi Arabia to the west as their only neighboring country. Over the past 30

Religious Intolerance in Myanmar

Along the Bay of Bengal and wrapping around the Andaman Sea is the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It is home to 54

The Hazara people of Daykundi

The Fight of the Hazaras

The Hazaras have been subject to discrimination and oppression at least since the 19th century. As an ethnic minority within Afghanistan whose population largely

Is Climate Change Simply God’s Will? These Evangelicals Believe Humans Do Have Accountability and Should Do Something About It

Plagues, floods, famine—these are all manifestations of God’s will. So why shouldn’t climate change—if that’s indeed what it is—be any different? The National Association

Voodoo altar with fetishes in Abomey, Benin

Faith and Voodoo

In the coastal country of Benin, the population is divided into roughly three major religious groups: Christian, Muslim and Vodun (better known in the