Vote of Faith” combines ethnographic storytelling with academic analysis. Readers might find the engaging stories and ...

Belief in the supernatural — including life after death and the idea that animals and nature can possess spirits — is common ...

Canterbury Cathedral has been a significant pilgrimage destination for over a thousand years. Despite the West’s growing secularization, there seems to be no shortage of travelers from around the ...

It was the white plume of smoke that ushered in a new pope — and the reaction that the head of the Catholic Church is an American sparked reaction across the nation. Everyone had something to say ...

Many of the 30.8 percent of Americans whose mothers have died, as the U.S. Census Bureau counted in 2021, experienced the loss when they were not ready to process the pain. For them and others, such ...

Pizzaballa’s name has been included in almost every list == in secular and Catholic media — of “papabile,” or “pope able” ...

Here’s a religion and politics story from the 2024 election that I hadn’t really thought about until recently: J.D. Vance, ...

With clouds of white smoke emanating from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel and to the loud cheers of thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the 133-member conclave elected a new pope on Thursday ...

Here are three questions for news consumers who are paying attention to pre-conclave news. These questions play a crucial ...

As the U.S. church continues to navigate a changing cultural and technological landscape, Pushpay’s new report makes it clear ...

Christian faith threatens Russian President Vladimir Putin because it is out of his control. As such, his war on Ukraine has centered on the systematic persecution of Christians, their families and ...

Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion and Harvard University's Human Flourishing Program, along with Gallup ...