In those texts, the conquest and colonization of the Western Hemisphere were inseparable from religious conversion. His actions echoed in subsequent generations, evident in other Europeans’ efforts to ...

The Houthis are both an armed political movement and a governing authority in parts of Yemen, as well as an organization ...

Pope Leo XIV has spent his papacy carrying the enormous responsibilities of leading the Catholic Church, addressing a world troubled by conflict and division and offering spiritual guidance to ...

NEW YORK — Sylvester Stallone has spent five decades being asked about those famous steps in Philadelphia. Now, with the release of his new memoir, “The Steps,” the actor is finally telling that story ...

Legislation introduced in the Senate could allow students pursuing theological training for a religious vocation to receive federal tuition assistance. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Sen. Ted Cruz ...

After years of being stalked by Charlotte reporters (including me), the Rev. Jim Bakker knew there was one task he could not escape in 1987 as he walked away from his PTL Club empire. He agreed to ...

In the wake of Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection in Tennessee, Weekend Plug-in columnist Bobby Ross Jr. reflects on the ...

JOHANNESBURG — Many parents who are subjected to abuse by their children often suffer in silence and fail to speak out about their pain. As a result, Prince Motlou, a practicing Christian from South ...

Two scholars decided to make a pilgrimage along the Kumano Kodō trail — an ancient route in Japan connecting Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples — guided by an artificial intelligence assistant. The ...

Whenever you think about the very largest churches in the United States, what denominations come to mind? I think that most of you, if you’ve been following along with this newsletter for any amount ...

The war between Auburn University and the University of Alabama has, for example, verged on a crusade, with fans so devoted some seem possessed. In the most infamous moment on “The Paul Finebaum Show, ...