Faith
After almost two weeks of 24-hour worship, a revival at Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky., will end, the school said, with the last public evening service set …
February 25, 2023Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one's birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current st…
by DEEPA BHARATH, The Associated Press February 25, 2023The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted its second-largest congregation -- Saddleback Church, the renowned California megachurch founded by pastor an…
by PETER SMITH, The Associated Press February 25, 2023SEATTLE -- The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city's anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination and…
by DEEPA BHARATH, The Associated Press February 25, 2023ROME -- Pope Francis has intervened for the third time to crack down on the celebration of the old Latin Mass, a sign of continued friction with Catholic tradi…
by NICOLE WINFIELD, The Associated Press February 25, 2023LONDON -- Several Anglican bishops from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific said Monday that they no longer recognize Archbishop of Canterbury Justin W…
by JILL LAWLESS, The Associated Press February 25, 2023ROME -- Pope Francis has essentially nationalized all assets and property owned by Vatican departments and affiliated institutions, declaring them to be sovere…
by The Associated Press February 25, 2023David Legge first heard about the revival at a small Kentucky school while waiting for a plane at London's Heathrow Airport.
by Amber Ferguson, The Washington Post February 25, 2023LOS ANGELES -- There's nothing that Oscar Rodriguez Zapata enjoys more than going out for a drive to explore Los Angeles' vast neighborhoods in search of the V…
by ALEJANDRA MOLINA, Religion News Service February 24, 2023LOS ANGELES -- A Roman Catholic bishop in Southern California was shot and killed Saturday just blocks from a church, a slaying of a longtime priest hailed as …
by Stefanie Dazio, The Associated Press February 19, 2023CHICAGO -- At age 103, Sister Jean awakes daily at 5 a.m. She sits up quickly to avoid going to sleep again -- "I've got too much to do," she says. After praye…
by Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press February 17, 2023NEW YORK (AP) -- Among sermon writers, there is fascination -- and unease -- over the fast-expanding abilities of artificial-intelligence chatbots. For now, th…
by The Associated Press February 17, 2023OKLAHOMA CITY -- The birth of Stanley Francis Rother was by all accounts ordinary, aside from the weather. The Catholic farm boy came into the world during an …
February 14, 2023More than four in ten Jews in the United States feel their status in America is less secure than it was a year earlier, according to a new survey by the Americ…
by The Associated Press February 13, 2023LAHORE, Pakistan -- Hundreds of Muslims descended on a police station in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province Saturday, snatched a blasphemy suspect from his cel…
by BABAR DOGAR, The Associated Press February 11, 2023