Catholic leaders often whisper about “Christmas and Easter Catholics,” as in people whose names are found on parish membership rolls but it’s rare to see them in pews – except …
David Fleshler provides a pretty good piece of reporting on anti-vaccine attitudes among white evangelicals: “Florida evangelicals on vaccine: Right thing to do or mark of the beast?” The “mark …
A growing share of Americans are ready to resume their pre-pandemic religious routines, but that doesn’t mean Passover, Easter and other upcoming holidays will be celebrated in the usual way, …
The sound of a bell rung 12 times and echoed through Evangelical Community Hospital on March 12, and in those moments any work not considered essential had stopped. Employees stood …
The support of Catholics worldwide is an invaluable resource for small Christian communities in the Middle East who have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a Vatican official said. In …
Churches, especially the fundamentalist and evangelical ones, are agitating for their physical reopening for services during the COVID-19 pandemic. A few have opened in defiance of state-mandated lockdown orders, with …
Concepción Sánchez didn’t get a chance to say a proper goodbye to her 68-year-old father, who died of COVID-19 in September. No one was at his bedside at the hospital …
A maskless Pope Francis met guests at a crowded, indoor papal audience last week, kissing the hands of newly ordained priests and embracing and chatting with people who pulled their masks down …
The people who worship at First Baptist Church in Maury City, Tennessee, have been exemplary during the long months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rural West Tennessee church’s members readily …
Iran’s crackdown on truth grows more severe. A member of Iran’s coronavirus task force recently told reporters the COVID-19 toll could be 20 times higher than official figures. The next day, …