February 18, 2025, 4:29pm Churches & Religion
Catholic bishops sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the nation’s largest private resettlement program. Read story
February 18, 2025, 8:22am Churches & Religion
The Vatican on Tuesday canceled papal audiences through the weekend and delegated others to cover for Pope Francis as the 88-year-old pope remained hospitalized with a multi-pronged respiratory infection. Read story
February 17, 2025, 4:50pm Churches & Religion
A woman has filed a $25 million federal lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints alleging church leadership failed to report allegations of sex abuse by her Ridgefield adoptive father. Read story
February 17, 2025, 1:13pm Churches & Religion
Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment. Officials said the 88-year-old pope is suffering from a “polymicrobial respiratory tract infection,” but gave no further details on the severity of his illness or what would change… Read story
February 15, 2025, 5:59am Churches & Religion
One day into a three-day retreat for Orthodox Jews who identify as LGBTQ+, Zippy Spanjer looked around and liked what she saw. Read story
February 15, 2025, 5:58am Churches & Religion
Does anyone ever sit in church and think, “golly, this would make a nifty home?” Because someone did with this 20th-century Gothic Revival-style house of worship and made the decision to turn it into an unbelievable residence. Read story
February 15, 2025, 5:57am Churches & Religion
Planning a trip to Italy this year? You’re likely going to have to consider your plans a bit more than in previous years, as this one’s special: it’s the Jubilee Year, a Roman Catholic religious event that’s held once every 25 years. Read story
February 14, 2025, 8:35am Churches & Religion
Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday to treat a weeklong bout of bronchitis and undergo diagnostic tests, the Vatican said, confirming the latest issues with the 88-year-old’s pontiff’s health that forced him to cancel his agenda through Monday at least. Read story
February 13, 2025, 1:55pm Churches & Religion
Christianity is by far the largest faith in America, and Christian conservatives have a strong grip on the levers of government. That dominance is leaving many to question why President Donald Trump’s new task force on eradicating anti-Christian bias is needed. Read story
February 11, 2025, 9:05am Churches & Religion
More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — filed a federal court lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at… Read story