Religion

(Oded Balilty | AP)The Islamic Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City is seen trough a door decorated with a Jewish Star of David in 2017. Columnist Jeffrey Salkin explains how Jewish adherents believe life goes on after death.

Commentary: Turns out, Judaism does believe in life after death — and always has

By Jeffrey Salkin | Religion News Service | June 24, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A worshipper at a Catholic Church in Salt Lake City in 2021.

Commentary: This just in — Catholic churches have the worst preaching and music in the U.S.

By Thomas Reese | Religion News Service | June 21, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Christiana Botic | The New York Times) Linda Barnes Popham, who has been the pastor of Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., for 30 years, in New Orleans, June 12, 2023. Some conservatives in the evangelical denomination fear a liberal drift, and are set to vote on a strict ban against women in church leadership Ñ two churches are appealing their expulsions.

Southern Baptists vote to keep out churches with female pastors

By Ruth Graham and Elizabeth Dias | The New York Times | June 14, 2023, 7:27 p.m.

(Steve Helber | AP file photo) Rev. Pat Robertson poses a question to a Republican presidential candidate during a forum at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va., Oct. 23, 2015. Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93. Robertson's death Thursday, June 8, 2023 was announced by his broadcasting network.

Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93

By Ben Finley | The Associated Press | June 8, 2023, 12:47 p.m.

("The Chosen") Director Dallas Jenkins, left, works with Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus, during taping of a scene of Season 3 of "The Chosen." The production has come under fire from some conservatives after a pride flag was seen on the set.

Pride flag glimpsed on ‘The Chosen’ set prompts call for boycott

By Kathryn Post | Religion News Service | June 2, 2023, 7:40 p.m.

(Gregorio Borgia | AP | Pool)Pope Francis exchanges gifts with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a private audience at the Vatican in February 2020.

Commentary: Can Pope Francis bring peace to Ukraine?

By Thomas Reese | Religion News Service | June 1, 2023, 10:37 p.m.

(Alessandra Tarantino | AP) Pope Francis, shown in April, is calling on world to change its ways, cure its addiction to fossil fuels and “repent" of its "ecological sins."

Pope Francis decries ‘consumerist greed,’ urges all to ‘repent of our ecological sins’

By Claire Giangravé | Religion News Service | May 26, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Evgeniy Maloletka | AP) A Ukrainian serviceman takes a photograph of a damaged church after shelling in a residential district in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, March 10, 2022. A U.S. State Department reports on religious freedom laments Russia's destruction of churches in Ukraine.

U.S. points to religious liberty atrocities in Russia, China and Afghanistan

By Adelle M. Banks | Religion News Service | May 17, 2023, 4:38 p.m.

(Aaron Chown | Pool Photo via AP) Britain's King Charles III, left, stands next to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby during his coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday, May 6, 2023.

Commentary: How King Charles III became a royal mensch

By Jeffrey Salkin | Religion News Service | May 10, 2023, 9:20 p.m.

"The Holy Women at the Sepulcher," circa 1611-1614, by Peter Paul Rubens.

They healed. They followed. They led. New books spotlight women’s roles in New Testament.

By Emily McFarlan Miller | Religion News Service | May 11, 2023, 7:14 p.m.

(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) A woman prays at Catholic Mass on Ash Wednesday at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in West Jordan in 2022. A new survey shows 61% of Americans pray.

More Americans pray in their car than in a place of worship

By Adelle M. Banks | Religion News Service | May 4, 2023, 10:52 p.m.

(Alessandra Tarantino | AP Photo) Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 26, 2023.

Pope Francis allows women to vote at upcoming bishops’ meeting

By Nicole Winfield | The Associated Press | April 27, 2023, 2:57 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Two girls look at the many options available for purchase in a Giving Machine in Calgary, Canada. Canada was one of 28 locations around the world in 2022 where donations were made during the Christmas season. A new study suggests religion can prompt people to be more generous to outsiders.

Thinking about God can make people more generous to outsiders

By Bob Smietana | Religion News Service | April 25, 2023, 8:32 p.m.

(Universal Studios Home Entertainment | AP) This picture provided by Universal Studios Home Entertainment shows actors Gregory Peck, foreground left, and Brock Peters, foreground right, in a scene from the 1962 film "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Commentary: Is ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ a Jewish story?

By Jeffrey Salkin | Religion News Service | April 19, 2023, 6:44 p.m.

(Carolyn Kaster | AP) Gerald Groff, a former postal worker whose case was argued before the Supreme Court, stands during a television interview near a "Now Hiring" sign posted at the roadside at the U.S. Postal Service, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Quarryville, Pa.

Supreme Court case tests religious tolerance on Sunday work

By Jessica Gresko | The Associated Press | April 19, 2023, 6:51 p.m.

(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) Father José A. Barrera places ashes on a young boy's face for Ash Wednesday at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in West Jordan in 2022.

U.S.-born Latinos now more likely to be ‘nones’ than Catholic

By Alejandra Molina | Religion News Service | April 14, 2023, 4:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Father Martin Diaz, pastor of Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, celebrates Mass in 2020. New statistics show where Americans are becoming more and less religious.

Commentary: We know Americans have become less religious. Surprising new data shows us where.

By Ryan Burge | Religion News Service | April 14, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Vitnija Saldava | AP) Vicar Fulvio Cesare leads a baptism ceremony at a Catholic Cathedral in downtown Stockholm in 2016.

Commentary: The Catholic Church can never admit that something it taught for centuries was dumb

By Thomas Reese | Religion News Service | April 11, 2023, 8:52 p.m.

(Natacha Pisarenko | AP) This 2019 photo shows a statue of a crucified Jesus Christ inside the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Mendoza, Argentina.

Commentary: Christ continues to be crucified in today’s world

By Thomas Reese | Religion News Service | April 4, 2023, 6:37 p.m.

(Alessandra Tarantino | AP Photo) Pope Francis hugs a child at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Vatican: Pope Francis to be hospitalized for days for lung infection

By Nicole Winfield | The Associated Press | March 29, 2023, 8:56 p.m.