Pope Francis urged Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus by thinking about the plight of today’s children, bemoaning how some must escape bombs or flee in migrant boats and how others are prevented from being born at all.
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A family expert says most years Jewish/Christian couples face tense times trying to navigate different cultural or religious holiday traditions with immediate and extended families, but this year is likely to be worse.
Pope Francis on Thursday denounced the “hidden” resistance he’s encountering in reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, saying some of it is inspired by the devil and that the prelates who work for him must undergo “permanent purification” to serve the Catholic Church better.
A former Mormon launched a web site Monday offering a secure portal for people who want to leak internal documents or videos about the Utah-based church.
John Bentham experienced his first living Nativity at the First United Methodist Church in Richardson, Texas, where he grew up. Now 46 and the owner of Ivory Star Productions, he has brought a living Nativity element to the annual Glittering Lights show, which his company produces.
A group of students at Mormon church-owned Brigham Young University are wearing hijabs to show support for Utah’s Muslim community.
Perhaps more than most, ministers, rabbis and other religious leaders understand the role stress plays in our society and the challenges it presents. They feel it, too. Here’s how some of them cope with the pressures of their work.
The Smithsonian, the nation’s museum, hired Manseau to curate new exhibits on American religious history and to collect important religious objects to add to the museum’s expansive holdings.
Throughout the valley there are religious communities ministering to the sick and elderly, quietly keeping them connected to their faith or providing the kind of outreach that lets them know they are not forgotten.
Sunday after Sunday, believers stand and sing at the start of worship. Here is the question author Leon Podles wants church leaders to ponder: Which of these two entrance hymns would inspire the most fervor in men?
Students at Brigham Young University who report sexual assault will no longer be investigated for possible violations of the strict honor code that bans drinking and premarital sex.
Mormon leaders are telling gay and lesbian members in a new website launched Tuesday that attraction to people of the same-sex isn’t a sin or a measure of their faithfulness, but reminding them that acting on those feelings by having sex violates fundamental doctrinal beliefs that will not change.
Joel Alter knew from an early age what direction he wanted to go with his studies and career.
There are no prayers, no preaching or questions about faith. The October Community Day of Service may be coordinated through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but the focus is entirely on doing something for others. And the entire community is invited to participate.
A digital ad showing Mormons reading passages from “It Takes a Village” aims to capitalize on Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women.