Covering the world of religion — every faith, every voice
Catholicism
Coronavirus, Church and State, Romney and White Horse, 200 Years of Christianity, Baxter Black, Blessing of the Nukes, Chinese Ban Funerals Christians Help in Coronavirus Hot…
WRN Editorial Staff
Feb 10, 2020
Islam
Indian Women Unite vs CAA, Falun Gong, Holocaust Property, Rohingya Ruling, Lutherans Pack 10 Million Meals, Religious School Funding India’s CAA Unites Religions India’s Citizenship Amendment…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jan 28, 2020
Christianity
Confessional Seal Breach, Sikhs Census, Vaccination Exemptions, Methodist Agree to Split, 50 Countries Suppressive to Christians, India’s CAA Turmoil, China Increases Social Control Sikhs to be…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jan 21, 2020
Christianity
In the summer of 2018, the Pew Research Center released a report on the state of religious persecution, restriction and harassment in the world; it was…
In Their Own Words
“If I were the devil,” said newscaster Paul Harvey in a 1965 radio broadcast, “I’d soon have families at war with themselves, churches at war with…
Islam
As many as a million Muslim Uighurs are currently imprisoned in Chinese “re-education camps,” according to new data released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists…
Religion News
Nine Years for Pastor, Armed Church Security? Interfaith Award, Truth or Guns? Sikhs Help in Fires, Evangelicals Polled, Falun Gong “Cult” Chinese Sentence Christian Pastor to…
WRN Editorial Staff
Jan 6, 2020
Baptist
The top 10 religious stories of 2019 – as selected by members of the Religion News Association – included: The burning of Notre Dame Cathedral, the…
Issues
Amish Eviction, Religious Freedom Violators, Daf Yomi? China Bans Christmas, Church vs. State, Video: Incarceration of Chinese Uighurs, Taoism and Star Wars Michigan County Tries to…
WRN Editorial Staff
Dec 30, 2019
Buddhism
While a religiously tolerant Europe slowly slips away from religious belief and observance, the government of China treats religion not as recognition of mankind’s spiritual nature,…
Buddhism
The first Catholic Bishop to be consecrated in China since an agreement between China and the Holy See occurred recently in Inner Mongolia.[/tweetit] According to the…
WRN Editorial Staff
Sep 20, 2019
Atheism
The Asian country remains the last spiritual challenge for the Vatican The Vatican and the People's Republic of China have reached an agreement to solve a…