Ben & Jerry's ice cream will continue to be sold in Israel and the West Bank, Unilever said Tuesday, following a deal that sold the conglomerate's business interests in Israel to its licensee. Published June 29, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi received Communion during a papal Mass at the Vatican Wednesday despite her support of abortion contrary to Catholic teaching. Published June 29, 2022
An evangelical Christian leader is calling on Congress to extend the federal child tax credit to help alleviate food insecurity. Published June 28, 2022
Roman Catholic school administrators can thank extended pandemic-based shutdowns of public schools for a dramatic reversal of fortune as enrollments increased 3.8% after a quarter-century of decline. Published June 28, 2022
An attorney for dissident members of McLean Bible Church vowed to appeal a judge's dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to overturn recent elections of local leaders. Published June 27, 2022
Finnish lawmaker Paivi Rasanen said Monday she remains optimistic despite a prosecutor's decision to appeal her acquittal on "hate speech" charges for comments the Christian evangelical has shared on homosexuality and the Bible. Published June 27, 2022
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a defamation lawsuit brought by D. James Kennedy Ministries against the Southern Poverty Law Center, which describes the evangelical Christian ministry as an "Anti-LGBT hate group." Published June 27, 2022
The Rev. Frank Pavone, head of the anti-abortion group Priests for Life, has had a lifelong fascination with roller coasters. He grew up next door to the famous Rye Playland in New York's Westchester County, home of the famous "Dragon Coaster" featured in the Tom Hanks movie "Big." Published June 24, 2022
Protecting religious liberty around the world has become more challenging in the last year, advocates said this week ahead of Tuesday's convening of the second International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington. Published June 23, 2022
Bill Gaither, a Christian music impresario who's written more than 700 songs, won eight Grammys and sold more than 40 million gospel-concert videos, knows how he'd like to be remembered. Published June 22, 2022
Black United Methodist Church pastors in North Carolina and South Carolina are paid "substantially less" than their White counterparts because cross-racial appointments for Black clergy are difficult to come by, a 12-year study reported. Published June 21, 2022
The 1.3 million U.S. members of Jehovah's Witnesses are returning to street-corner evangelism this week after more than two years of pandemic-enforced isolation, including literature displays near The White House and in New York City's subways. Published June 21, 2022
Americans gave an estimated $484.85 billion to U.S. charities in 2021, a 4% increase over 2020, the new Giving USA report revealed Tuesday morning. Published June 20, 2022
The world went nearly 600 years without a pope resigning before a frail Benedict XVI stepped down in 2013. The Vatican rumor mill is now working overtime on whether the next wait won't be so lengthy. Published June 20, 2022
Fewer Americans than ever believe in God, a new Gallup poll reported Friday morning. Published June 17, 2022
The banners, buttons and book displays are gone, as are most of the thousands of Southern Baptist Convention lay members, pastors, and administrators who filled a meeting hall at the Anaheim Convention Center here with two days of praise music and balloting on the movement's future. Published June 16, 2022
The new president of America's largest Protestant denomination declared Thursday there would no longer be a "hunting ground" for sexual predators in Southern Baptist churches. Published June 15, 2022
The Rev. Bart Barber, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Farmersville, Texas, was elected late Tuesday to lead the Southern Baptist Convention. Published June 14, 2022
The Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday for what one official termed the "bare minimum" of reforms in dealing with decades of sexual abuse in the nation's largest Protestant denomination. Published June 14, 2022
Two leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called for peace Monday amid a rising number of attacks on Catholic parishes and pro-life pregnancy centers. Published June 13, 2022