Religion
A section for news and explainers on religion news — from the latest goings-on at the Vatican to explainers on Ramadan.
Pope Leo’s unusual crusade should be a model for every religion.
One of the GOP justices must have defected in a case about religious schools, but the Court didn’t reveal who it was.
What wouldn’t Jesus do?
Gen Z men are becoming more religious. The women, not so much.
His views on immigration may point to an early clash with the Trump administration.
Who is the new pope? What will the new pope do? And other questions, answered.
Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — is not your typical boomer Chicago Catholic.
American politics has poisoned how we think about the pope.
The Court’s Christian right makeover of the Constitution enters its endgame.
Advice author Lysa TerKeurst has a devoted audience, a dozen bestselling books — and she’s divorced.
3 theories for Gen Z’s return to God and faith.
The “cradle” vs. “convert” fight comes to Washington.
The political balancing act at the heart of the new conclave.
The Oklahoma charter school case is one of two April cases seeking to remake schools in the religious right’s image.
An influential Christian right law firm asks the justices to impose an impossible burden on teachers.
The authors of Project 2025 are at it again with Project Esther, a plan that’s supposedly about fighting antisemitism.
Although there are unanswered questions about how far the Court will go.
Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin risks giving employers a sweeping new power to ignore laws protecting their workers.
Pixar’s Win or Lose and Disney’s shifting stance on diversity.
The Roberts Court’s slash-and-burn approach to the separation of church and state is unlikely to end any time soon.
Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin has a sympathetic plaintiff, and alarmingly high stakes for workers.
My faith gave me my moral values. I want my child to have those — without all the stuff I don’t believe in.
The winding, weird story that even involves, yes, the battle for the White House.
Linkin Park fans welcomed new vocalist Emily Armstrong. Then the Scientology allegations surfaced.
Elite clerics still hold ultimate power.
Probably.
More than 1,300 people died during the pilgrimage to Muslim’s holiest site — but it’s not just because of heat.
Churches, mosques, and temples could change the game on affordable housing.
A separation of church and church.
The spiritual possibilities of alien encounters.
As one expert put it, “This is the Newsmax version of Catholic theology.”
These radical social conservatives could define Trump’s second term.
A spiritual atheist’s journey to helping death row inmates.
The most basic answers to the most basic questions about the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The onscreen version of exorcists Ed and Lorraine Warren is a far cry from their real-life counterparts.
To understand the Israel-Hamas war, you have to understand how we got here.
The Exorcist: Believer shows how American religion and Hollywood movies have shifted.
Savior Complex, The Mission, and the culture behind toxic missionary work.
It’s no accident — the intertwining of religion and technology is centuries old.
The Court’s Republican majority has ground the Constitution’s establishment clause down to a nub.